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c. Each of the three portfolios will have a certain or guaranteed income stream.(1) <strong>The</strong> guarantee could be the Social Security annuity.(2) <strong>The</strong> guarantee could be immediate or deferred annuities.(3) <strong>The</strong> Social Security and/or annuity component will be keyed towards thenecessities for all three 10-year age bands.(a) Editor’s Note: This part of the video actually crosses over to“morphing” the bucket approach with the flooring approach(discussed next).d. Once the flooring is set for all three age bands and specific necessities, thenget the asset allocation issue:(1) First portfolio as conservative as possible:(a) Fixed income securities(b) Bond ladders(c) Treasury bonds(d) Some inflation hedge securities (TIPs)(2) <strong>The</strong> second bucket is 1½ to 2 macroeconomic cycles of growth andrecession. This allows the client to manage the portfolio(a) Some equities for growth(b) Bring in other assets to diversify (it’s not just stocks and bonds)real estate, commodities, REITs(3) <strong>The</strong> third bucket will have even more risk(a) Bring in small caps, emerging markets, high yielding bonds(b) Can take more risk(c) Since you are investing for 25 years versus 2 years, the termpremium should be 2 to 3 percent more8. How does parsing the investments into buckets affect the psyche of the investor?a. When breaking the portfolio into three pieces, how much you need to save forretirement goes down.b. <strong>The</strong> marginal increase in rate of return can grow return enough to lowercontributions.c. When you break it down, the client will be reassured to see how you specificallyaddressed their needs.d. Even if markets fall dramatically in the short run, we know that the equity money isbeing used much later, so we will sleep better.e. <strong>The</strong> bucket investment strategy allows the client to buy and hold.9. Additional psychological benefits of time segmentation from the Principal white paper“Income Distribution: Comparing a Bucket Strategy and a Systematic WithdrawalStrategy”a. A bucket strategy can address the client preference for smaller simplified issues.b. <strong>The</strong> bucket strategy helps take a large problem and parcels it into manageablepieces.c. <strong>The</strong> bucket strategy may lead to self-control and minimize excess withdrawalrisk because:(1) It links money directly with goals.6.19

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