Protecting your nest egg, retail earnings, and potential disruption to Social Security

As equities have experienced an especially volatile period in recent few weeks, what does this for retirement investors who are staked in the stock market? As major retailers report earnings, Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma sits down with Madison Mills on Wealth to share three takeaways from the sector results: consumer demand is uncertain, shoppers are deals-driven, and tariffs are in focus. Former head of the Social Security Administration, Martin O'Malley, warns that planned staffing cuts could put Social Security payments at risk, potentially for the first time in history. Yahoo Finance’s Wealth helps you manage your financial life from retirement planning to preparing your taxes. Find this and other episodes of Wealth at https://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/wealth/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at [email protected]. Yahoo Finance's Wealth is hosted by Brad Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices