A conservative portfolio can feel reassuring, but protecting a retirement lifestyle takes more than avoiding market losses. Ashley Patterson and Dave Perkins discuss building an income plan beyond a drawer full of statements, treating Social Security as a retirement asset, and keeping emotion from driving financial decisions.

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