Bonus Episode: Building a Better Baby Boomer Portfolio
Motley Fool Answers
The Motley Fool
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2016
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
If you're one of the 75 million baby boomers who are planning to retire in the coming years, it's time to position your portfolio to defend against every possible economic onslaught. Ron Gross joins us for this bonus episode to talk about the benefits for soon-to-be-retirees — or anyone looking for a more conservative approach to investing — of becoming a Wealth Defender. For more Foolish guidance and free reports, go to http://defend.fool.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is a special bonus episode of Motley Fool Answers. I'm Alison Southwick, and as always, |
| 0:08.8 | I'm joined by Robert Brokham, personal finance expert here at The Motley Fool, and we also have |
| 0:12.9 | a special guest, Ron Gross. |
| 0:14.2 | Hello there. |
| 0:15.2 | He's back. Every day, 10,000 baby boomers enter retirement. In the coming years, roughly |
| 0:20.7 | 75 million Americans will retire. |
| 0:24.0 | If you're one of them, the good news is that you're going to live. |
| 0:26.4 | You're lucky. |
| 0:27.4 | You're lucky. |
| 0:28.4 | The good news is you're going to live longer than previous generations. |
| 0:31.0 | The bad news is your money will need to last longer, too. |
| 0:34.0 | But wait, we're back to some good news. |
| 0:35.9 | In today's bonus episode, Ron Gross and Robert Brokamp are going to talk about how to create |
| 0:39.5 | a portfolio that doesn't stop working for you no matter the economy or how long you've been |
| 0:44.6 | retired. |
| 0:45.6 | All that and more on this bonus episode of Motley Fool Answers. |
| 0:50.4 | At the Motley Fool, we recognize that no two individual investors are the same. |
| 0:54.7 | Some are young and take risks like investing in Tesla and eating pizza that's been sitting out all night. |
| 1:00.3 | Done that. |
| 1:00.8 | Others are risk-averse, perhaps closer to retirement, and can afford to just buy a brand-new pizza in the morning if they really want it. |
| 1:08.3 | We're not judging. |
| 1:10.1 | But today, we're talking to the people who don't |
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