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What if the biggest threat to your retirement portfolio isn’t the market, but your own behavior?

Even with the right investments, the right mix of stocks and bonds, and a thoughtful long-term plan, psychological biases can quietly cost retirees thousands of dollars over time. In this video, Hunter Brockway with Boca Retirement Strategies explains four common behavioral mistakes that can drain your portfolio and how smart planning may help turn them into tax or investment advantages.

Most investors know markets go up and down. But fewer people recognize how loss aversion, tax hesitation, gross return thinking, and account-by-account comparisons can lead to poor financial decisions at exactly the wrong time.

In this video, Hunter breaks down: • Why investors refuse to sell losing positions • How tax loss harvesting can turn losses into opportunities • Why Roth conversions can feel painful upfront • How paying taxes today may support long-term planning • The difference between gross return and net return • Why municipal bonds may be more attractive after taxes • How silo thinking hurts portfolio evaluation • Why different accounts should serve different purposes • How behavior coaching can improve retirement outcomes

Hunter also explains why selling a losing investment is not always “locking in defeat.” In some cases, it may create a tax asset that can offset future gains or up to $3,000 of ordinary income each year, while still maintaining similar market exposure.

You’ll learn several practical planning concepts retirees can use to make better long-term decisions, including: • Reframing losses as potential tax opportunities • Evaluating Roth conversions beyond the current-year tax bill • Comparing investments based on after-tax return • Looking at your total portfolio instead of individual accounts • Understanding how emotion can interfere with smart planning

If you’re approaching retirement or already retired, understanding the behavioral side of investing is critical. Often, the difference between a good plan and a great one is not the fund you picked. It’s whether emotion got in the way.

Download the free Tax Smart Retirement Workbook linked below to help evaluate key retirement planning decisions around taxes, income, Social Security, Roth conversions, and Medicare planning.

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