Common Sense Advisors | Retired Wealth Investors: The Dangers Associated With Correlation Risk Are High

Retried wealth investors and those retirees trying to determine how to invest in retirement should be aware the global concerns have increased the correlation risk associated with investing. Retired investors are encouraged by the Wall Street System to broadly diversify their investments between several different asset classes. This may lead retired wealth investors to think that their portfolio is better protected than it really is.

Wealth manager Jeffrey Voudrie comments, "When the markets crashed in 2008, all asset classes were effected and cash was the only safe haven. That was because the traditional relationship between the asset classes (correlation) broke down and all the asset classes moved in tandem, defeating the purpose of traditional asset class diversification."

Retired investors and those with investments in retirement paid an especially high price in 2008 with many losing 50% of the value of their portfolios. Most were not able to endure the pain of those losses and exited the markets altogether. Thus they failed to participate in the market recovery that eventually began in March of 2009. Retired wealth investors need to remember those times and to use the lessons learned by taking a different action this time.

Wealth manager Jeffrey Voudrie continues, "There are two aspects to performance: gain and pain. Investors, especially those with investments in retirement are urged to focus more on the potential pain element instead of the gain one. There are times to increase risk and times to decrease it. This is a time that suggests prudence."

You can find articles written by Wealth Manager Jeff Voudrie on Seeking Alpha here: http://seekingalpha.com/user/1573711/instablog.

You can also view free educational videos from Mr. Voudrie's recent book "How Successful Investor's Tripled The Return Of They S&P 500" here: www.TheRetiredInvestorsSurvivalGuide.com.

Jeffrey D. Voudrie, CFP(R)

Wealth Manager/Portfolio Manager

Common Sense Advisors

jeff@commonsenseadvisors.com

www.commonsenseadvisors.com

www.jeffvoudrie.com

www.TheRetiredInvestorsSurvivalGuide.com

www.guardingyourwealth.com

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