Retirement Starts Today Radio

Have you wondered why the markets had such an amazing year in 2020 when the economy was a mess and everyone was stuck at home? You aren’t the only one. That’s why in this episode, we’ll look at a New York Times article that examines this question.  We’ll also answer some listener questions directly from our newsletter readers. Dave asks about dividend investing in retirement and Brian asks about how to pivot away from target-date funds after retiring.  Outline of This Episode [1:22] How data can help us understand the stock market’s response to Covid 19 [7:50] Is it better to reinvest dividends from stock funds and interest from bond funds in retirement? [10:30] Should you maintain your assets in a target-date fund after retirement? Covid brought about even bigger differences between the haves and have nots Recently the New York Times investigated Why Markets Boomed in a Year of Human Misery. This article analyzed the income, spending, and savings levels from March through November of 2020 and during that s