Surprise, Gen X! History didn’t end, your RRSP is tanking and the nihilism isn’t fun anymore

CBC News
April 15 2025.

Near retirement? Your timing matters more than you think.

Evan Riddell, Investment Advisor at Richardson Wealth, helps clients navigate what’s often called “the fragile decade” — the five years before and after retirement.

“Having multiple down or negative years in those first years of retirement, that can have a really lasting effect,” he says. It’s called sequence-of-returns risk, and it can shape retirement outcomes.

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