Retirement confidence on an even keel as anxieties offset optimism – Financial Planning

With markets holding strong but concerns lingering about inflation and a resurgent pandemic, investors planning for retirement are hovering above the intersection of exuberant and spooked, according to the latest Retirement Advisor Confidence Index, Financial Planning’s monthly barometer of business conditions for wealth managers.

The key metrics in the RACI survey saw little movement in August, though allocations of retirement funds to equities and bonds both ticked up.