Investment Clinic: I'm 67 - will US stocks crash my retirement?
From Money Clinic with Claer Barrett by Financial Times
March 11, 2025 · 25 min
About this episode
The episode discusses retirement investment strategies for a 67-year-old concerned about stock market volatility.
Sixty-seven-year-old Paul invests using index funds. Over the years, his exposure to US tech stocks has helped him build up a sizeable retirement pot — but recent stock market volatility is making him worry. Now that he’s no longer working, Paul wonders if he should diversify into other equity markets, consider buying bonds, or an annuity. But he is finding this is hard to do without looking at the bigger picture of his finances in retirement. Financial Times consumer editor Claer Barrett is joined by Adam Walkom, co-founder of financial planning firm Permanent Wealth Partners, and Moira O’Neill, an award-winning journalist with a column in the weekend edition of the FT. Disclaimer: the Money Clinic podcast is intended as a general discussion about investing, and is not intended as financial advice or any kind of investment recommendation. Everybody's financial situation is different. You should always do your own research before you make any investment decisions. If you would like to be a guest on a future episode of Money Clinic, email us at money@ft.com or send Claer a DM on social media — she’s @ClaerB on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Want more? Free links: If concentration…
People in this episode
Host: Claer Barrett
Guests: Adam Walkom, Moira O’Neill
Topics covered
- retirement planning
- investment strategies
- stock market volatility
- diversification
- financial advice
Keywords
- retirement
- US stocks
- index funds
- bonds
- annuities
- financial planning
- diversification
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Financial Times
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