Fed Rate Cut: Protect Your $1M+ Retirement Income Now

The Fed just signaled a rate cut — and if you have over $1 million in investable assets, your retirement income is directly in the crosshairs. In this episode, we break down exactly what falling interest rates mean for high-net-worth retirees and why the window to protect your income is narrowing fast. This is not a conversation for the average investor. This is for executives, business owners, and retirees in Florida and beyond who have spent decades building meaningful wealth and cannot afford to watch yields quietly erode. We cover practical retirement and tax planning strategies, the role of fiduciary, fee-based financial planning in navigating rate environments, and the moves worth considering before yields actually fall. If your wealth management strategy has not been stress-tested against a shifting rate environment, now is the time to act. Ready to talk? Schedule a complimentary discovery call at TDWealth.net. For educational purposes only. Not investment advice. 📖 Full show notes: https://tdwealth.net/fed-rate-cut-protect-your-1m-retirement-income-now/

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SPEAKER_00 0:00

Uh think about this for a second. If you have, you know, $2 million sitting in short-term instruments right now, a standard Federal Reserve rate cut is not a reason to celebrate.

SPEAKER_01 0:10

Oh, absolutely not. It's actually a massive red flag.

SPEAKER_00 0:12

Trevor Burrus, Jr. Right. I mean, it is essentially a $20,000 annual pay cut that just vanishes from your account overnight. So welcome to today's deep dive.

SPEAKER_01 0:20

Yeah, glad to be here to unpack this.

SPEAKER_00 0:22

Aaron Powell Because for the mass market consumer, you know, lower rates mean a slightly cheaper mortgage or like a better deal on an auto loan.

SPEAKER_01 0:30

Aaron Powell Right. They see it as a win.

SPEAKER_00 0:32

Exactly. But when you step into the world of high net worth of retirement planning, where you rely on a portfolio of one to ten million dollars or more just to generate your daily living expenses, a rate cut is a direct, immediate threat to your income.

SPEAKER_01 0:45

Aaron Powell It really is. It changes everything.

SPEAKER_00 0:47

Aaron Powell So today we are exploring a highly specific, pretty high-stakes briefing from Davies Wealth Management. They are a fee-based fiduciary advisor out in Stewart, Florida.

SPEAKER_01 0:58

Yep. Great team over there.

SPEAKER_00 0:59

Yeah. And they recently featured this on their show, the 1715 Treasure Coast Financial Wellness Podcast. Their analysis essentially outlines seven critical moves for a million-dollar plus retirement income plan right now.

SPEAKER_01 1:14

And it's so timely because, well, the macroeconomic event is uniform across the board, right? Interest rates go down. But the planning problems are entirely dictated by your portfolio size. Trevor Burrus, Jr. Right.

SPEAKER_00 1:25

The impact scales with your wealth.

SPEAKER_01 1:27

Exactly. Like if your retirement relies on a target date fund and a fixed pension, you can kind of just ignore the Fed's day-to-day maneuvers. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

SPEAKER_00 1:35

Sure. It doesn't really touch your day-to-day cash flow. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

SPEAKER_01 1:37

But for an affluent investor relying on that consensus, mass market financial advice during a rate shift is incredibly dangerous.

SPEAKER_00 1:44

Aaron Powell Because of that $20,000 hit we mentioned.

SPEAKER_01 1:47

Right. That yield reduction on a $2 million fixed income portfolio isn't just a one-time anomaly. I mean, it represents a permanent loss of compounding power year over year.

SPEAKER_00 1:56

Aaron Powell Okay, let's unpack this. The Davies Wealth Management briefing starts by tackling the yield trap, right? And this sort of illusion of safe cash.

SPEAKER_01 2:05

Aaron Powell Yeah. Move number four in their framework.

SPEAKER_00 2:07

Aaron Powell Because over the past couple of years, you know, parking cash and a money market fund and collecting 5% yield just felt brilliant.

SPEAKER_01 2:14

Oh, so comfortable. Everyone loved it.

SPEAKER_00 2:16

It was. But sitting in cash right after a rate cut signal is kind of like I mean, it's like leaving your windows open when you know a blizzard is coming.

SPEAKER_01 2:26

That is a great way to put it.

SPEAKER_00 2:27

The source actually calls it a silent tax on your retirement income.

SPEAKER_01 2:31

And it really is, because that floating yield drops almost instantly when the Fed acts. So to solve this exposure, the Davies framework applies a very deliberate four-tier liquidity structure.

SPEAKER_00 2:43

Okay, break that down for us.

SPEAKER_01 2:44

Well, the goal is to completely separate your immediate spending needs from your long-term growth engines.

SPEAKER_00 2:49

So you aren't backed into a corner.

SPEAKER_01 2:51

Exactly. You never want to be forced to liquidate equities during a market downturn just to, you know, fund your lifestyle.

SPEAKER_00 2:58

Right. Selling at the bottom is the ultimate retirement killer. So I want to walk through how they structure those tiers because the timeline is what really separates this from generic advice.

SPEAKER_01 3:08

Aaron Powell Sure. So tier one is strictly operating cash. We are talking about three to six months of living expenses held in high yield savings.

SPEAKER_00 3:17

But wait, are those yields dropping?

SPEAKER_01 3:20

Yeah, they are. But you accept the impending drop in yield here because the absolute priority is frictionless liquidity. You need that money fast and safe.

SPEAKER_00 3:30

Okay. That makes sense. What about tier two?

SPEAKER_01 3:32

Tier two is your income reserve. This covers months 12 through 24. And this is where you utilize short duration bond ladders or um certificates of deposit. Got it.

SPEAKER_00 3:43

Moving out a bit further on the timeline.

SPEAKER_01 3:45

Right. Then tier three is the growth in income engine. This is designed to cover years three through ten.

SPEAKER_00 3:50

So that's where we start seeing the stock market come in.

SPEAKER_01 3:52

Exactly. That involves a diversified portfolio of equities, dividend funds, and intermediate bonds. Aaron Powell Okay.

SPEAKER_00 3:58

And the last one, Tier 4.

SPEAKER_01 3:59

Tier 4 is legacy capital. This is money that remains untouched for 10 plus years. So it's allocated to higher growth equities, alternative investments, or trust structures.

SPEAKER_00 4:08

Aaron Powell It's a beautifully structured defense mechanism, honestly. But looking at tier two, that income reserve for the next two years, how do you actually secure that before the rate cut hits?

SPEAKER_01 4:19

Well, this is their first big move.

SPEAKER_00 4:21

Right. The briefing emphasizes extending your bond ladder right now. But I really want to understand the mechanics behind that urgency.

SPEAKER_01 4:27

What's fascinating here is the inverse relationship between bond prices and interest rates.

SPEAKER_00 4:33

Right. Rates go down, prices go up.

SPEAKER_01 4:35

Exactly. When the Fed cuts rates, newly issued bonds yield less. That instantly makes existing bonds, the ones holding those older, higher yields, way more valuable.

SPEAKER_00 4:48

Aaron Powell Okay. So you want to be holding those older bonds.

SPEAKER_01 4:50

Yes. And there is a notoriously narrow window between the moment the Fed signals a cut and the moment they actually pull the trigger. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

SPEAKER_00 4:57

Right. The market prices it in so fast.

SPEAKER_01 4:59

It really does. So if your capital is trapped in three-month treasury bills, you face massive reinvestment risk.

SPEAKER_00 5:05

Aaron Powell Because once those bills mature, you're just out of luck.

SPEAKER_01 5:08

Trevor Burrus Exactly. You are forced to reinvest your capital at the new lower rates.

SPEAKER_00 5:12

Aaron Powell So to dodge that reinvestment trap, you stretch out the timeline. You lock in intermediate-term corporate bonds in the uh four to seven year range, or maybe eight to fifteen year treasuries.

SPEAKER_01 5:22

Right. That locks in the yield before the cut.

SPEAKER_00 5:24

Aaron Powell But the briefing also heavily highlights municipal bonds for this strategy. And why do Munis suddenly become the hero in this scenario? Because I mean, I always thought municipal bonds were just these slow growth tools for funding local bridges.

SPEAKER_01 5:38

I mean, they are, but it comes down to the tax equivalent yield, specifically for listeners sitting in higher tax brackets.

SPEAKER_00 5:44

Okay. How high are we talking?

SPEAKER_01 5:45

Well, look at the 2026 projections. A single filer earning above $626,350, or a married couple earning above $751,600 sits in the 37% federal income tax bracket.

SPEAKER_00 6:00

Wow. Okay, so the IRS is taking a huge bite out of any normal bond yield.

SPEAKER_01 6:04

Aaron Powell Exactly. But municipal bonds generally offer interest that is completely exempt from federal taxes. So when you calculate what you actually keep after the IRS takes its cut, a high grade municipal bond often severely outpaces a standard taxable bond.

SPEAKER_00 6:19

Aaron Ross Powell That is a massive advantage. So we've essentially locked the front door by securing our cash yields and extending duration. But what about the back door?

SPEAKER_01 6:28

You mean taxes.

SPEAKER_00 6:30

Yeah. Rearranging a portfolio to chase yield can easily trigger massive tax penalties if you aren't paying attention. And here's where it gets really interesting.

SPEAKER_01 6:38

Oh, the Roth conversion strategy.

SPEAKER_00 6:40

Yeah, move two in their framework. The Davies briefing argues that a rate cut environment, which often brings market volatility and temporarily lowers portfolio valuations, is actually a golden opportunity for Roth conversions.

SPEAKER_01 6:54

It is, even though the instinct for most investors during volatility is to just freeze.

SPEAKER_00 6:59

Right. But I have to play devil's advocate for a second here.

SPEAKER_01 7:01

Go for it.

SPEAKER_00 7:02

If I'm looking at my traditional IRA, let's say it's sitting at $2 million and market jitters temporarily knock it down to $1.6 million. Why in the world would I want to convert that to a Roth at the absolute bottom? Doesn't that just lock in my losses?

SPEAKER_01 7:16

Aaron Powell It feels like it, right. But you have to mentally separate the underlying asset from its tax wrapper.

SPEAKER_00 7:22

Yeah, what do you mean?

SPEAKER_01 7:23

Converting the asset doesn't mean cashing it out. You are merely changing its tax status.

SPEAKER_00 7:28

Aaron Powell Oh, I see. You're just moving it from one bucket to another.

SPEAKER_01 7:31

Exactly. So if you convert that portfolio when it's valued at 1.6 million, you pay ordinary income tax on significantly fewer dollars today.

SPEAKER_00 7:40

Right, because it's quote unquote worth less right now.

SPEAKER_01 7:43

Yes. And then when the market inevitably recovers and the portfolio climbs back to 2 million and beyond, all of that subsequent growth occurs inside the Roth wrapper. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

SPEAKER_00 7:53

Meaning it becomes completely tax-free forever.

SPEAKER_01 7:56

Exactly. You are essentially using the market volatility to buy your own assets on sale from the IRS.

SPEAKER_00 8:02

Aaron Powell That is a brilliant way to frame it. Buying your own assets on sale. But you know, the briefing includes a massive warning label here, which is the IRMA Cliff.

SPEAKER_01 8:11

Oh yeah. You have to be so careful with IRMA.

SPEAKER_00 8:14

Because you can't just blindly convert a million dollars without setting off alarms over at Medicare, right?

SPEAKER_01 8:19

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 8:19

Managing this IRMA Cliff sounds a bit like playing the prices right with the IRS.

SPEAKER_01 8:23

Aaron Ross Powell That is exactly what it's like.

SPEAKER_00 8:25

Aaron Powell Because if you go over by even one dollar, you don't just lose the game. You get penalized heavily. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

SPEAKER_01 8:31

Yeah. The income-related monthly adjustment amount, or IRMAA, is one of the most punitive invisible taxes for affluent retirees.

SPEAKER_00 8:39

Aaron Powell And it basically just hikes up your Medicare premiums, right?

SPEAKER_01 8:42

Trevor Burrus Right. It's a surcharge added to your Medicare Part B and Part D premiums based on your modified adjusted gross income.

SPEAKER_00 8:48

Aaron Powell And what are the thresholds for that right now?

SPEAKER_01 8:50

Aaron Powell For 2026, the threshold for single filers kicks in at a MAGI of $106,000. And it's $212,000 for married couples. Okay. And here's the kicker. It is not a gradual phase in.

SPEAKER_00 9:03

Well, it's a hard cliff.

SPEAKER_01 9:04

A literal cliff. If your Roth conversion pushes your income just $1 over those specific lines, you get bumped into a surcharge tier that can easily add thousands of dollars in extra Medicare premiums for the year.

SPEAKER_00 9:17

Aaron Ross Powell Wow. Which would just completely wipe out the long-term tax benefits you were trying to gain with the conversion in the first place.

SPEAKER_01 9:23

Exactly. Precision is everything here.

SPEAKER_00 9:25

So zooming out to the day-to-day reality, how do you actually manage these landmines when deciding which accounts to draw from for your living expenses?

SPEAKER_01 9:34

Well, Davy's wealth management outlines a very strict withdrawal sequence to protect the portfolio's longevity.

SPEAKER_00 9:40

Okay, let's hear the sequence.

SPEAKER_01 9:42

First, you clear your required minimum distributions from traditional accounts. You manage that immediate tax set right away.

SPEAKER_00 9:49

Get the mandatory stuff out of the way.

SPEAKER_01 9:50

Right. Second, you tap your taxable brokerage accounts, strategically harvesting long-term capital gains, which enjoy preferential tax treatment.

SPEAKER_00 9:58

Okay, makes sense.

SPEAKER_01 10:00

And then third, you draw down the traditional IRAs, but only up to the ceiling of your current desired tax bracket. You do not want to spill over into the next bracket.

SPEAKER_00 10:09

Right. And then I assume Roth is last.

SPEAKER_01 10:11

Finally, yes, you touch the Roth IRAs last. You want to preserve that tax-free growth engine for as long as mathematically possible.

SPEAKER_00 10:18

Now there is a fantastic workaround mentioned in the briefing for managing those mandatory distributions without blowing up your adjusted gross income.

SPEAKER_01 10:27

Ah, yes. The QCD.

SPEAKER_00 10:29

Right. If you are philanthropic, they suggest using a qualified charitable distribution.

SPEAKER_01 10:35

The mechanics of a QCD make it an absolute powerhouse for anyone 70 and a half or older.

SPEAKER_00 10:40

How does it actually work in practice?

SPEAKER_01 10:42

So in 2026, the tax code allows you to transfer up to $108,000 directly from your traditional IRA to a qualified charity. Okay. Because the capital goes directly to the institution, it satisfies your minimum distribution requirement. But, and this is the key, those funds never touch your adjusted gross income.

SPEAKER_00 11:03

Which means it completely bypasses the IRMAA threshold calculations.

SPEAKER_01 11:07

Exactly.

SPEAKER_00 11:08

That's huge. You fulfill your charitable goals, you satisfy the government mandate, and you essentially hide that income from the Medicare surcharge formulas.

SPEAKER_01 11:16

It is a highly efficient strategy. And honestly, it's something that mass market investors simply don't have the balance sheet to utilize.

SPEAKER_00 11:22

Right. So this raises an important question about overall portfolio construction.

SPEAKER_01 11:26

Yeah, zoom in out a bit.

SPEAKER_00 11:27

Once you've secured the fixed income yields and you've insulated the portfolio against these tax cliffs, you really have to examine the legacy assets, the massive equity positions.

SPEAKER_01 11:38

Because falling rates dramatically shift the broader equity landscape.

SPEAKER_00 11:43

Typically, lower rates make dividend-paying stocks, REITs, and utility companies look fantastic, right? Yield-starved investors just rush in and bit up those prices.

SPEAKER_01 11:52

They do. But the briefing warns executives and business owners about a huge blind spot here. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

SPEAKER_00 11:58

Concentrated stock risk.

SPEAKER_01 12:00

Exactly. If you've built your net worth working for one company and your wealth is entirely tied up in their stock, you are incredibly vulnerable.

SPEAKER_00 12:08

Especially when the Fed is cutting rates because economic uncertainty often travels alongside rate cutting cycles.

SPEAKER_01 12:14

Yes. Holding an illiquid, undiversified portfolio of a single employer stock during those periods is basically an uncompensated risk.

SPEAKER_00 12:22

Here's the catch. If an executive just liquidates their entire concentrated position, they trigger a catastrophic capital gains tax bill.

SPEAKER_01 12:29

Oh, it would be devastating.

SPEAKER_00 12:30

So what are the sophisticated mechanisms Davies uses to unwind this without just handing half the wealth straight to the government? The briefing throws out terms like exchange funds and CRTs, but how do those actually work under the hood?

SPEAKER_01 12:43

Let's break down the exchange fund first. It solves the diversification problem without triggering an immediate taxable sale.

SPEAKER_00 12:50

Okay. I'm listening.

SPEAKER_01 12:51

You essentially pool your shares of your company's stock with other executives who hold concentrated positions in completely different companies.

SPEAKER_00 12:59

Oh, interesting. So it's like a swap.

SPEAKER_01 13:00

Right. By swapping your shares into this pool, you receive a proportional interest in a highly diversified basket of stocks.

SPEAKER_00 13:07

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 13:08

Yeah. You defer the capital gains taxes indefinitely while instantly spreading your risk across multiple sectors.

SPEAKER_00 13:14

That is incredibly clever. You get the safety diversification without the tax penalty of selling. What about the charitable remainder trust? The CRT.

SPEAKER_01 13:23

A CRT involves an irrevocable transfer. You move the highly appreciated concentrated stock into the trust.

SPEAKER_00 13:30

Okay. And then what?

SPEAKER_01 13:31

The trust then sells the stock. But because the trust is tax exempt, that sale generates zero immediate capital gains tax.

SPEAKER_00 13:40

Wait, really? Zero.

SPEAKER_01 13:41

Zero. The trust reinvests the full untaxed proceeds into a diversified portfolio and pays you an income stream for the rest of your life.

SPEAKER_00 13:50

That sounds almost too good to be true. What's the catch?

SPEAKER_01 13:53

Well, when you pass away, whatever remains in the trust goes to your designated charity. But you also get a substantial upfront income tax deduction the exact moment you fund it.

SPEAKER_00 14:03

It's an elegant way to generate lifetime income while solving that concentration problem. The source also mentions covered call strategies and aggressive tax loss harvesting.

SPEAKER_01 14:14

Yeah, those are more tactical moves.

SPEAKER_00 14:16

Aaron Powell Right, because selling covered calls essentially means you are collecting a premium from the market by agreeing to cap your upside on the stock. So you generate extra income while you figure out your exit strategy.

SPEAKER_01 14:26

Exactly. It pays you to wait.

SPEAKER_00 14:27

And then tax loss harvesting allows you to systematically sell off loser assets to offset the gains you take when slowly unwinding the concentrated stock.

SPEAKER_01 14:35

Aaron Powell Right. But if we connect this to the bigger picture, all of these strategies require a real understanding of how deep the rate cuts might go. Sure. A true fiduciary doesn't just plan for a single quarter point cut. Historically, a rate cutting cycle lasts 12 to 24 months and can slice away 150 to 250 basis points from the benchmark rate.

SPEAKER_00 14:57

That is a massive macroeconomic shift.

SPEAKER_01 15:00

It is. And it requires rigorous stress testing. Move six in the briefing is all about this. A specialized advisor will actually model what happens to your specific retirement lifestyle if the yield on your money market funds gets slashed in half over the next 18 months.

SPEAKER_00 15:15

Just to see if the plan holds up.

SPEAKER_01 15:17

Right. They map out your exact tax exposure and IRMAA vulnerabilities under those new scenarios, just ensuring the portfolio won't fracture under pressure.

SPEAKER_00 15:25

So what does this all mean? We've navigated the income replacement, the tax cliffs, and the equity risks. The Davies wealth management briefing saves a most counterintuitive twist for the very end.

SPEAKER_01 15:36

Aaron Powell The estate planning aspect.

SPEAKER_00 15:38

Yes. Move seven. The exact same rate cuts that threaten your short-term cash yields are actually a secret weapon for generational estate planning.

SPEAKER_01 15:48

It's wild, but it's true. And this hinges on a very specific, often ignored IRS metric called the Section 7520 rate.

SPEAKER_00 15:56

Which admittedly sounds incredibly dry, but it is literally the engine powering the transfer of millions of dollars to the next generation. So what is it?

SPEAKER_01 16:05

Basically, the 17520 rate is a benchmark hurdle rate. The IRS uses it to value the future growth of assets placed in various trust structures. When the Federal Reserve cuts broader interest rates, this IRS hurdle rate drops right alongside them.

SPEAKER_00 16:19

So the hurdles get lower.

SPEAKER_01 16:20

Exactly. If the hurdle rate is set artificially low, say 2%, and the assets inside your trust grow at 7%, that 5% difference passes to your heirs completely free of estate and gift taxes.

SPEAKER_00 16:32

You are essentially using the Fed's monetary policy to lower the bar your investments have to jump over.

SPEAKER_01 16:37

That's a perfect way to summarize it.

SPEAKER_00 16:39

The briefing highlights a few specific trusts that exploit this, right? Like the GRS.

SPEAKER_01 16:43

Yeah. A grantor-retained annuity trust or DRAT is highly effective in this environment.

SPEAKER_00 16:48

How does that one work?

SPEAKER_01 16:49

You place assets into the trust, which pays you an annuity for a set number of years. When the term ends, any appreciation above that low 7520 hurdle rate goes to your beneficiaries tax-free. Wow. Davies also utilizes slats, spousal lifetime access trusts. A slat allows you to lock assets away for your spouse's benefit, removing them from your taxable estate while still maintaining indirect access to the funds if you ever really need them.

SPEAKER_00 17:17

It's like having your cake and eating it too. But you know, the source also points out a much simpler strategy that doesn't require these complex trusts, intrafamily loans.

SPEAKER_01 17:26

Aaron Powell Oh, these are great right now. The mechanism there relies on the applicable federal rate or AFR. Right. If you want to lend money to your children to buy a home or maybe start a business, the IRS forces you to charge a minimum interest rate. If you don't, they classify the loan as a taxable gift. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

SPEAKER_00 17:42

And nobody wants that.

SPEAKER_01 17:43

No. But when rate cuts push that AFR down to historic lows, you can essentially become the bank for your family. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

SPEAKER_00 17:50

Locking in incredibly favorable, tax-efficient loans that keep the wealth compounding inside your family unit rather than paying interest to a commercial bank.

SPEAKER_01 17:59

Aaron Powell Exactly. It's a huge wealth preserver.

SPEAKER_00 18:01

Trevor Burrus And there is a massive ticking clock on all of this estate planning, right? The briefing heavily emphasizes the federal estate tax exemption.

SPEAKER_01 18:11

Yes. The sunset is coming.

SPEAKER_00 18:13

Right now, in 2026, it is sitting at around $13.99 million per individual. But that exemption is scheduled by law to sunset and gets slashed roughly in half after 2025, unless Congress acts.

SPEAKER_01 18:26

Which means high net worth families are staring at a profound window of opportunity right now.

SPEAKER_00 18:31

It's like a perfect storm.

SPEAKER_01 18:32

It really is. You have falling interest rates, which make these trust strategies mechanically more powerful, colliding perfectly with a historic high in the estate tax exemption just before an impending drop. The urgency to combine these factors is immense.

SPEAKER_00 18:45

So synthesizing this entire briefing from the 1715 Treasure Coast Financial Wellness Podcast, a Federal Reserve rate cut signal is a blaring call to action.

SPEAKER_01 18:54

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 18:56

To protect your million-dollar plus portfolio, you must immediately extend your bond durations and segment your liquidity into distinct tiers so you aren't forced into panic selling. Right. You must sidestep the IRMAA tax cliffs using surgical Roth conversions and QCDs. You have to actively de-risk concentrated stock positions through exchange funds or CRTs. And finally, you must turn those falling rates into an estate planning advantage before the tax exemption sunset.

SPEAKER_01 19:25

And Davy's wealth management emphasizes that executing a plan with this level of interconnectivity really requires a fee-based fiduciary advisor.

SPEAKER_00 19:33

Yeah, you can't just wing this.

SPEAKER_01 19:35

No, a generic mass market broker simply isn't equipped to coordinate your tax strategy, estate planning, and investment management all simultaneously. You need a partner whose sole legal and ethical obligation is your financial well-being.

SPEAKER_00 19:48

And that brings us to a final paradox I want to leave you with today. Think about this. Central banks cut interest rates to stimulate the broader economy by making money cheaper to borrow.

SPEAKER_01 19:58

Right. It's meant to be a stimulus.

SPEAKER_00 20:00

But for the high net worth retiree, that exact same action silently drains the spending power of their hard-earned nest egg. It is a massive structural transfer of economic momentum from savers to borrowers.

SPEAKER_01 20:13

It really makes you look at the headlines differently.

SPEAKER_00 20:15

It does. So ask yourself are you positioned to be the casualty of that economic stimulus or the beneficiary? Thanks for joining us on this deep dive. As always, keep questioning the consensus and take a hard look at your own portfolio. We'll catch you next time.