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    Market Volatility Can Upend Your Retirement Plans. How Do You Protect Yourself?

    July 27, 20244 Mins Read


    Key Takeaways

    • A MetLife survey found that a majority of retirement plan sponsors were worried about the ability of retired people or those less than 10 years from retirement to handle market volatility. 
    • Panic-selling during stock market volatility is not a good idea.
    • Retirees can minimize the risk of volatility by having savings in cash, cash-equivalents, and short-term investments.

    Big swings in the stock markets can hurt your retirement savings, but there may be ways for you to stay on track to meet your goals.

    A recent survey from MetLife found that nearly 70% of defined contribution plan sponsors, who offer retirement plans such as 401(k)s, were concerned about participants’ (who were within 10 years or less from retirement) abilities to weather market volatility. 61% of sponsors were worried about participants’ who were already retired.

    Although the stock market has generally climbed higher in the past two years, negative returns plagued the market in 2022. If this happens, it’s important not to panic and initiate a sell-off, according to Rob Williams, Managing Director of Financial Planning at Charles Schwab. Doing so could result in missing out on investment gains once the market recovers.

    A Cushion Of Savings Can Help Avoid Panic

    In order to avoid a panic sell-off, experts recommend that current retirees have between three and five year’s worth of living expenses in cash, cash-equivalents, and short-term investments. 

    That lines up with how the stock market behaves. According to Schwab research, from the 1960s to 2021, it has, on average, taken around three and a half years for a diversified index of stocks recover after a downturn.

    “Retirees should have what we call a war chest of cash and bonds that would allow them to fund their living expenses for somewhere between two and five years,” says Taylor Schulte, a CFP and founder of Define Financial. “I know that’s a big range, but it kind of depends on how much risk the client wants to take.”

    Williams recommends retirees set aside a year’s worth of expenses in cash or cash-equivalents, like a money market fund or high-yield savings account for the more immediate needs. Additionally, he recommends having 2 to 4 years worth of expenses in short-term investments like short-term bonds, short-term bond mutual funds, exchange traded funds, or even a CD ladder.

    If you’re not retired yet though, you still have time on your side. According to the MetLife survey, only 40% of sponsors were concerned about participants’ who were more than 10 years out from retirement. 

    “That risk of a sudden drop in the market, if you’re very heavily invested in stocks, is much riskier when you’re close to or in the early years of retirement than it is if you’re in you’re 30s or 40s,” says Williams. “You can also benefit from a down market because you’re putting money into your portfolio and you’re buying into the market at lower prices.”

    Which Assets Should You Tap First In An Emergency?

    Retirees who don’t have short-term savings may have no other option but to tap their investment accounts. If they do, Williams favors withdrawing interest or dividend income first.

    However, Schulte prefers to reinvest dividends whenever possible.He recommends focusing on building up that cash cushion over time.

    For example, if you wanted to build up your cash and short-term investments over the course of 18 months, Schulte suggests selling off some of your investments, every quarter, until you have the amount of cash and short-term savings that you were aiming for.

    Both Williams and Schulte strongly encourage retirees to periodically rebalance their portfolios based on their financial goals. If your portfolio becomes overrepresented or underrepresented in one asset class due to market volatility, you may consider buying or selling certain assets to return the portfolio to it’s target allocation.

    “The market will tell you when to reposition that money,” says Williams. “If the stock market has gone up, you might buy more bonds. If the bond market has gone up, you may be tapping some of that to rebalance and go back to the stock market.”



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