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The traditional advice for retirees is to sell down “risky” investments and increase “safe” ones in\u00a0retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, that has meant selling off stocks and buying bonds. Yet there’s little about the current\u00a0bond market\u00a0<\/a>that seems safe to most. Yields are being held down artificially, driving up bond prices.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, stocks have benefited. Many retirement investors have resorted to buying stocks for their dividend payments. Since bank CDs and money\u00a0markets\u00a0are dependent on bonds to generate a return, they too have been out of favor.<\/p>\n

As a result, the typical\u00a0retirement portfolio<\/a>\u00a0right now probably looks like one that makes more sense for a 30-year-old: Big stock holdings, diminished bonds and very little cash.<\/p>\n

If the\u00a0markets\u00a0turn sharply, this kind of portfolio is at risk. It is, perhaps, no biggie for the 30-year-old. He or she has decades to recover from even a drastic reversal of fortune.<\/p>\n

The retiree of today, however, has no such recourse. An immediate hit to income and portfolio value directly impacts their ability to finance food, housing, travel, everything.<\/p>\n

The way forward for the cautious retiree is to consider using\u00a0ETFs\u00a0in a balanced portfolio<\/a>. By earning income from a variety of buckets, including divided-paying stocks, high-yield bonds and real estate, the retiree investor can balance out the risks involved in being stock-or bond-heavy in difficult\u00a0markets.<\/p>\n

Some\u00a0ETFs\u00a0to consider include:<\/p>\n

SPDR\u00a0Barclays\u00a0High Yield Bond (JNK)
\n<\/b>Follows the U.S. high-yield corporate bond market, i.e., “junk” bonds. You’ve heard of the companies whose debt is held by his fund. Top holdings include\u00a0Sprint Nextel\u00a0and hospital companies such as HCA and\u00a0Tenet Healthcare. Many of these corporations are finding financing a bit of a challenge, so they pay more for their money. As a result, the yield on this ETF is 6.14%.<\/p>\n

iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging\u00a0Markets\u00a0Bond (EMB)
\n<\/strong>Offers exposure to a broad, diverse U.S. dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark. Translation: You own a big collection of foreign government debt, translated automatically back into dollars, at a very low cost. This is not a fund where you dump half your money by any means, but it does pay 4.72%.<\/p>\n

SPDR Dow Jones REIT (RWR)
\n<\/b>Tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, this real estate fund provides the effect of directly investing in real estate all over the country, such as major malls, office buildings, public storage businesses and apartment housing. It offers diversification and simplicity, two features missing from traditional\u00a0real estate investments<\/a>, and pays a 3.22% yield.<\/p>\n

iShares Russell 3000 (IWV)<\/strong>
\nEven the most cautious retiree will need to plan for a decade or more of life, perhaps double that number in many cases. To avoid losing purchasing power, it helps to hold at least some stocks. This ETF owns a broad-based index composed of U.S. equities, tracking the Russell 3000 Index. The yield is lower, at 1.71%, but it’s not zero and only adds to total return.<\/p>\n

Finally, it pays to hold your ETF funds in a balanced portfolio, which allows you to sell off gainers in the medium term and use that cash to buy positions out of favor. By\u00a0rebalancing<\/a>, even in retirement, you protect gains even while realizing a regular income from your savings investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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