You retire on a Tuesday. The market drops 18% on Wednesday. Same portfolio, same dividend stocks you held last week, and every red number now feels personal. That gap between feeling and reality is the difference between the accumulation phase and the decumulation phase. When you are 40, a market drop is a sale. When you are 65, it can feel like the end of your retirement plan. The portfolio did not change. Your relationship to it did. This article walks through what volatility means at …
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