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The First Five Years

Why Sequence-of-Returns Risk Ruins More Retirements Than Bad Stocks

• Two retirees, same savings, same returns. One runs out of money. Why?
• The five-year window where a bad market does permanent damage.
• The simple bucket move that neutralizes a crash in year one.
• How to keep spending in a downturn without gutting your future income.