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January 30, 2023

How to create your retirement glide path

  • The transition can be jarring if you haven't set up ways to replace the structure, sense of purpose and socializing opportunities.
    • By LIZ WESTON
    NerdWallet

    In investing terms, a “glide path “ describes how a mix of investments changes over time. Typically, the mix gets more conservative — with fewer stocks and more bonds, for example — as the investor approaches a goal such as retirement.

    You also can create a glide path into retirement by making gradual changes in your working and personal life in the months or years before you plan to quit work. Retirement can be a jarring transition, especially if you haven't set up ways to replace the structure, sense of purpose and socializing opportunities that work can bring, says financial coach Saundra Davis, executive director of Sage Financial Solutions, a nonprofit financial education and planning organization in San Francisco.


     
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