Why Diversifying Your Retirement Portfolio Matters Now (More Than Ever) #

The Unlikely Naive Perspective on This Hot Topic #

Went off to work one day (think: “boom”). Boy, was that commitment lost on me then. When you’re so cool and secure you stage a surprise retirement, folks definitely hear you. All kinds of fanciful schemes and golden get-rich-quick come around, from luring real estate deals to venture “opportunities”—perhaps I should’ve been a journalist instead. Bottomline: avoid getting “experts” in charge of your money. They’re statistically likely to lose it for you. That’s not even 5%. At 8%, you’ll wish a meteor had taken out your complete house and the ten easiest “friends from finance.”

Is This Really That Hard? #

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