Key elements of the Fund's strategy include: > No reliance on market timing or stock selection > Designed to seek consistent returns > Aims to protect client
assets during market downturns > Always hedged, all the time, using put options
Key strategy elements to each of the Defined Risk Funds include: > No reliance on market timing or stock selection > Designed to seek consistent returns > Aims to protect client
assets during market downturns > Always hedged, all the time, using put options
Not exact matches
The vast majority of 401 (k) participants did not make any
asset allocation changes
during the
market downturn, but for those who did it was a fateful decision that had a lasting impact.
Assuming you are a long - term investor, you need to have other
asset classes to keep you afloat and sane
during these severe
market downturns.
We believe that traditional
asset allocation and diversification fails to sufficiently protect wealth
during periods of severe
market downturns.
In the example below, we see how some
asset classes used for diversification purposes actually performed worse than the core S&P 500
during major
market downturns.
This is not ideal because
during a
market downturn,
assets may be sold at a loss.
The rest of your
assets are invested to provide income for non-necessities, such as travel and entertainment, which presumably can be postponed
during a stock
market downturn.
These strategies driving the core allocation are in turn paired with FTMAS» systematic, fundamentally driven tactical
asset allocation process that seeks to provide an additional, uncorrelated return source while at the same time providing a mechanism to potentially hedge the portfolio
during market downturns and lower overall portfolio volatility.