While it may be tempting to start planning for your retirement alone, creating a financial strategy capable of maximizing your nest egg is no simple task. In fact, without the proper investment experience, you open the door to potentially taking a wrong turn that can ultimately impact the size of your retirement savings.
To assist you on the journey towards a fruitful retirement, the Financial Post recently spoke with Sightline Wealth Management to learn about some of the most common retirement planning mistakes and the steps you can take to avoid them.
One mistake, mentioned by Sightline Wealth Management Senior Vice President and Investment Advisor Paul de Sousa, is avoiding any risk in your portfolio. While many investors are constantly striving to safeguard their assets at any cost, often selecting the safest investments only leads to missing out on significant returns in the future. Fortunately, there is a way to steer clear of the problem.
“Understand that guaranteeing the preservation of your capital may earn an investment return so small that it won’t be enough to see you through retirement,” de Sousa warns. If you reallocate and diversify your investments with some level of risk, the end result may be greater returns and a more resilient portfolio that can better weather market volatility and economic storms.
Some other retirement savings wrong turns mentioned by Sightline in the article include:
- Relying on the advice of family and friends to create a retirement investment strategy
- A preoccupation with income rather than cash flow
- Putting off the creation of an estate plan
- Assembling the full force of your professional team too late in the game
To learn about the best practices to steer clear of these common problems, read the entire article here.
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