What If You Retire at the "Wrong" Time?

What If You Retire at the "Wrong" Time?

April 21, 2026 · 32 min · Episode 261

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The episode explores the implications of retiring at an inopportune time and how market conditions influence retirement planning.

What if you retire at the "wrong" time? It’s a question that sounds reasonable, especially when headlines suggest that market conditions should dictate when you stop working. But what does a “wrong time” even mean, and is it something you can actually plan around? In this episode, Johnny Dean and Rick “The Professor” Plum, CFP®, take a closer look at the idea of a “retirement window” and whether your retirement date should actually depend on what the market happens to be doing at that moment....

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Host: Johnny Dean

Guest: Rick “The Professor” Plum, CFP®

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