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Forbes Daily: How To Protect Your Portfolio Amid A Software Selloff

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07.04.2026

Retirement savers have benefited from the explosive growth of tech stocks for more than a decade. Recently, however, that growth has given way to a selloff.

As fear that AI coding tools can quickly create rival products sets in, software stocks have lost big. Year to date, the Magnificent 7 is down 11% on average. Retirement portfolios, especially 401(k)s and target-date funds, are heavily concentrated in the tech sector.

Still, even tech skeptic and retired financial advisor Bill Bengen says you should invest all of your retirement savings into equities until you’re about five years out from retirement. “Retirees cannot be passive investors completely,” he says. “That’s an easy way to lose a lot of money.”

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