How Mediocre Returns Can Be Worse Than Black Swans
May 3, 2012
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By Michael Kitces, MSFS, MTAX, CFP, CLU, ChFC
Clients generally recover from sudden, short-term market drops (i.e., black swans). What they don't recover from are extended periods of mediocre returns—especially in a distribution portfolio. Are we focused on the wrong risks?