Should you be making changes to your portfolio with a recession looming? Market volatility brings a lot of anxiety, especially when retirement is just around the corner. But reacting out of fear can do more harm than good.
Listen in as your certified retirement counselor Mark Struthers breaks down the main difference between strategy and tactics, as well as why knowing the difference can help you stay the course. Using a simple road trip analogy, he explains how to stick with your long-term plan while still making smart, tactical moves when the market throws you a curveball. You’ll learn when it makes sense to make changes and how to think about risk, detours, and staying on track.
What You’ll Learn:
- The difference between strategy and tactics—and why it matters.
- A road trip to Vegas as a guide to investing.
- How to build a balanced strategy.
- Real-world examples of smart portfolio tweaks.
- How to make small tactical changes without derailing your plan.
- Why diversification protects you in tough markets.
Ideas Worth Sharing:
- “If you’re moving back and forth between routes—if you’re trying to time the market—you could get lucky, but you’re probably not going to get to your destination.” – Mark Struthers
- “You should regularly review your strategy, but make changes rarely.” – Mark Struthers
- “There are very few bad decisions in financial planning. There are just decisions where you haven’t thought things out.” – Mark Struthers
Resources:
- Work with Mark Struthers
- Subscribe to our Healthy & Wealthy newsletter and get our 2025 Tax Cheat Sheet: Subscribe here
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Disclosure:
Investment advisory services are offered through Sona Financial LLC (DBA Sona Wealth Advisors, Sona Wealth, Sona Wealth Management), an investment adviser registered in the state of MN. Sona Financial only offers investment advisory services where it is appropriately registered or exempt from registration and only after clients have entered into an investment advisory agreement confirming the terms of engagement and have been provided a copy of the firm’s ADV Part 2A brochure and document.
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