I just got the nod from our financial advisor, and....

mopowers said

I'm sorry to hear. But I'm wondering why someone so close to retirement would have such a large portion of their portfolio in investments that would be subject to such volatility.

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You're making an assumption that "...a large portion of (our) portfolio..." is subject to volatility.

And on this you are incorrect.

But if you're comfortable losing $55k in such short of a period in time, I guess Congratulations are in order.