INSIGHTS

1968 was the worst possible time to retire. Not because stocks crashed overnight. Not because one catastrophic event wiped out a generation of savers. But because inflation showed up — and didn’t leave. That’s the part most people get wrong. They think the big risk is a crash, a sudden drawdown, something obvious. It’s not. The real risk is slow. It grinds. It sits there year after year, quietly destroying your purchasing power while your portfolio looks “fine” on the surface