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Using terms like moderate, aggressive, and conservative to assess investment risk are subjective. What's aggressive to one person might be moderate to another and vice versa. When it comes to your 401(k), real numbers are the best way to assess your investment risk. In this recap, host Molly Nelson talks about how a risk assessment using real numbers helps you understand your 401(k) investments and make the proper adjustments to set you up for retirement.

Molly Nelson, Host of Retiring Today https://merkleretirementplanning.com/staff-members/molly-nelson/

Chapters:

0:00 Why you should care about your investment risk in retirement

1:40 What you can do if you are not comfortable with the risk level in your investment portfolio

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