About this episode

Tim Wood discusses the costly mistakes retirees make regarding retirement planning and the importance of shifting focus from growth to protection as retirement approaches.

One bad market swing early in retirement can undo decades of saving. In this episode, Tim Wood explains why sequence‑of‑returns risk, poor diversification, and procrastination are some of the most expensive mistakes retirees make. Using real‑world examples, including his own family’s experience, Tim breaks down the critical shift from growth to protection as retirement approaches. The conversation also explores how often portfolios should be reviewed, why “diversified” doesn’t always mean saf...

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Host: Tim Wood

Topics covered

• retirement planning
• sequence-of-returns risk
• diversification
• financial mistakes
• portfolio review
• retirement protection

Keywords

• retirement
• procrastination
• financial planning
• market risk
• diversification
• portfolio management
• retirement savings

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