As retirees face their golden years, it is important to have a plan and even include an exchange traded fund investment strategy to help manage retirement spending.
Darren Coleman, Senior vice-president, and portfolio manager, Coleman Wealth/Raymond James Ltd., argued that baby boomers don’t understand that costs go up through their retirement years, so it is essential to think about income preservation, according to Investment Executive.” One of the things we tell our clients is that getting to a comfortable retirement is only half of the story” Coleman told Investment Executive.”The next is how you stay comfortably retired. What we used to perceive to be old is not old anymore, and they need to understand they [could] live more vitally or expensively than they ever expected.”
Ron Hanson, Senior vice-president, head of retirement, Mackenzie Investments, also warned that it is vital to have a proper withdrawal strategy. “Your biggest expense in retirement is taxes, so it is important to have a plan that minimizes taxes and optimizes your net after-tax income. That’s the bottom line,” Hanson told Investment Executive.
Debbie Hartzman, Financial advisor, Professional Investments Inc., noted that retirees are finding that people can find ways to save money and live without certain extras to help maintain their nest eggs.”Clients [who did that] started having money in their bank account at the end of the month that they never used to have before. Clients have also asked to increase their monthly [investments], so the money is gone from their account, and they can’t spend it. What started out as forced savings made some of these clients realize they really don’t miss it,” Hartzman told Investment Executive.
As retirees look for ways to maintain their retirement accounts through their golden years, one can turn to ETF strategies like the Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF (NYSE Arca: NUSI), which seeks to provide current income with a measure of downside protection.
NUSI follows a rules-based options trading strategy that seeks to produce high income using the Nasdaq-100 Index, an index of the 100 largest non-financial stocks on the Nasdaq exchange. The ETF potentially may complement traditional equity and fixed income allocations or function as a possible hedge for investors.
The Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF establishes a collar strategy to generate monthly income. Collar strategies involve holding shares of the underlying stock while at the same time buying protective put options and writing calls for the same security. A put option gives its owner the right but not the obligation to sell the underlying asset at a specified price and on a specified date. A call option gives its owner the right but not the obligation to buy that asset instead.
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