Every retiree is taught the same reflex. Volatility is the enemy. As you approach retirement, wring it out of the portfolio. Go quiet. Go safe. Go still.

So you de-risk into things that barely move, and you breathe easier. You have mental stability.

But here's the part that reflex never mentions. Volatility is not just risk. It is also raw material. It is the thing other people will pay you, in cash, to absorb.

Markets are full of participants desperate to offload uncertainty: to protect a position, to hedge a fear, to sleep at night. That fear has a price. And someone is on the other side of it, collecting.

For most of your life, that someone was Wall Street. Almost never you.

The reflex to flee volatility quietly hands away one of the few income sources that actually scales when markets get choppy. The very moments that frighten ordinary retirees are the moments this kind of income gets richer.

You don't have to suffer from volatility.

Positioned correctly, you can sell it.

How that works, safely and on assets you'd want to own anyway, is what I'm covering in Retirement Income Reinvented: Why Everything You Were Told About Retirement Income Is Wrong — And What Actually Works.

Frances Newton, our CIO at Tuttle Wealth Partners and a regular macro voice on Bloomberg and CBS, will join me to put it in context: why this volatility regime is different, and what it means for income.

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July 7, 2026 · 2PM ET · 30 minutes · Zero cost to attend

Matt Tuttle

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