# Episode 66: Kevin asks: β€œIs it risky to retire in a year when the market is at or near all-time highs?” Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/retirement-decoded-podcast-7121619/episode-66-kevin-asks-is-it-risky-to-retire-in-a-year-when-the-market-is-at-or-near-all-time-highs Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/retirement-decoded-podcast-7121619/episode-66-kevin-asks-is-it-risky-to-retire-in-a-year-when-the-market-is-at-or-near-all-time-highs.md Podcast: [Retirement Decoded Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/retirement-decoded-podcast-7121619) Published: 2026-02-23T11:00:02+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-66-kevin-asks-is-it-risky-to-retire-in-a-year-when-the-market-is-at-or-near-all-time-highs--69689634 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69689634/podcast_episode_66_final.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retirement-decoded-podcast-7121619/episodes/episode-66-kevin-asks-is-it-risky-to-retire-in-a-year-when-the-market-is-at-or-near-all-time-highs Duration seconds: 1507 ## Resource Kevin is close to retirement and worried about stepping away from work when markets feel expensive. He wants to understand sequence-of-returns risk, whether waiting for a pullback actually helps, and how proper income planning and risk alignment can matter more than market headlines when the paycheck stops. Get on our phone calendar at https://TuckerRetirement.com . Watch this podcast on YouTube at https://TuckerYouTube.com . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retirement-decoded-podcast-7121619/episodes/episode-66-kevin-asks-is-it-risky-to-retire-in-a-year-when-the-market-is-at-or-near-all-time-highs/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/retirement-decoded-podcast-7121619/episode-66-kevin-asks-is-it-risky-to-retire-in-a-year-when-the-market-is-at-or-near-all-time-highs.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.