The Wealthy Pilot's Podcast: Financial Flight Controls for Today's Commercial Airline Pilots

Liberation Day: Is 2025 A Bad Time To Retire?

Scott Osborn

Plenty of people have concerns about stock market volatility, a potential recession on the horizon, and fears for the economy amidst federal layoffs and tariffs. What if you’ve had 2025 marked on the calendar for a while as the year you plan to retire? Is this a bad time to do it?

Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:

0:00 – Intro

2:08 – Headline response to market

3:49 – Sequence of returns risk

6:19 – Different market sectors

8:07 – The tendency to chase performance

9:36 – Investor sentiment and diversification 

Resources:

Our website: https://retireairlines.com/

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The “When I Die” binder: https://retireairlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Scott-O-FILLABLE-BINDER-10.22.24-1.pdf

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