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RetirePro Daily Brief · October 28, 2026

Cash or bonds for near-term needs

Keep one or two years of your spending needs in cash or short-term bonds. During a downturn, draw from that reserve instead of selling shares from your stock holdings. Your portfolio then has time to recover without locking in losses from low prices.

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