Have you ever wondered why investors abandon a carefully planned investment strategy when markets fall—even when they understand the risks?

Your biggest retirement risk may not be the market itself, but how you react to it. Behavioral finance helps explain why emotions, cognitive biases, and decision-making patterns can lead investors to make costly choices at precisely the wrong time.

In this episode of Your Wealthy Retirement, host John speaks with Kris Podolski, CFP, CIM, founder and CEO of Sigmalign Behavioral Intelligence, about how understanding investor behavior can help improve financial advice and retirement outcomes.

Drawing on more than 20 years of experience advising Canadian clients, Chris shares why traditional risk assessments may not tell the whole story and why conversations about behavioral biases should happen before market volatility arrives.

In this episode, you'll learn:

1. Why investors make costly decisions during market downturns. Understand how emotional reactions and behavioral biases can lead you to sell investments at the wrong time and potentially undermine your long-term financial plan.
2. How to prepare for better retirement decisions. Discover how proactive conversations, behavioral awareness, and strategies such as cooling-off periods can help you approach challenging financial decisions more deliberately.
3. Why understanding your behavior matters as much as understanding risk. Learn how financial advisors can use insights into decision-making patterns to tailor their guidance, strengthen client relationships, and support more informed retirement planning.

If you want to make more confident financial decisions and protect your retirement plans from the effects of emotional investing, listen to this episode and discover how understanding your behavior can help you navigate market uncertainty.

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Has the world changed so much that the retirement investment strategies you've relied on for decades may no longer work?

In this episode of Your Wealthy Retirement, host John speaks with economist and bestselling author Jeff Rubin about the new world order and what it means for your financial future. From tariffs and trade wars to persistent inflation, rising bond yields, and growing government debt, the forces reshaping the global economy could have significant implications for your retirement savings.

Jeff explains why traditional assumptions about stocks and bonds may need to be reconsidered, how economic and geopolitical tensions are changing markets, and why retirees should think carefully about protecting their purchasing power and managing investment risk.

In this episode, you'll learn:

1. Why inflation may be harder to control as tariffs, supply-chain disruptions, and changing global trade relationships reshape the economy.
2. How rising bond yields could affect your retirement portfolio, including the risks facing traditional bonds and the potential role of shorter-term guaranteed investments.
3. What to consider when managing retirement risk in a changing economic environment, including potential inflation hedges and the importance of reassessing conventional investment strategies.

The old investment playbook may not be enough for the world we're entering. Listen now to discover how today's economic shifts could affect your retirement—and why reviewing your portfolio may be an important step toward protecting your wealth.

Worried about the current investment climate and your money?

Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement:

https://yourwealthyretirement.s.gy/pod

Worried about the current investment climate and your money?

Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement:

https://yourwealthyretirement.s.gy/pod

What if the investment strategy that worked for the past decade is no longer suited to the world we're entering?

AI, persistent inflation, geopolitical fragmentation, climate change, and uncertainty surrounding the US dollar are reshaping the investment landscape. For investors planning for the next decade, these changes raise important questions about traditional portfolios, the role of bonds, and the opportunities emerging beyond public equities.

In this episode, we speak with Amneet Singh, Director of Asset Allocation and Strategy at Russell Investments Canada, and co-author of A Strategic Asset Allocation for the Next Decade. He explains why investors may need to rethink traditional diversification and consider a broader range of asset classes as the global economy evolves.

In this episode, you'll discover:

1. Why traditional diversification may need a rethink — Explore how inflation, higher debt levels, and changing stock-bond relationships could challenge the role bonds have traditionally played in a portfolio.
2. How private markets could expand your investment opportunities — Understand the potential diversification roles of private equity, private credit, infrastructure, and real estate as companies seek new sources of capital.
3. Why global diversification matters in a fragmented world — Learn how regional differences, emerging markets, valuations, AI, and shifting supply chains could create new opportunities and risks for investors.

Listen to discover how a changing investment regime could reshape your approach to asset allocation—and why keeping an open mind about diversification may be essential for navigating the next decade.

Disclaimer: This episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. The views expressed by the guest are his own and do not necessarily represent those of Russell Investments Canada.

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