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. <strong>The</strong> products that are used need to reflect the client’s knowledge of where themoney is coming from.c. Products in the short-term bucket should minimize liquidation fees and transactioncosts.8. Any “distant” buckets will be more identified with the equity investment portion of theneed for asset allocation.LO 7-2-4: Products for the flooring approach1. Overview: <strong>The</strong> flooring approach to retirement planning calls for special products to beused to set the floor. In other words, products used for essential spending are muchdifferent than products used for discretionary spending. (Video: What are the productsused when the flooring approach is followed? Tacchino, Woerheide, Nanigian, Lemoine)2. Items included in the floor are basic needs such as:a. Foodb. Shelterc. Clothingd. Transportation3. Immediate annuities can serve as an excellent base for the floor (if the environment isright to purchase them).4. TIPs can also be used to set up a floor.5. Laddering annuities may help to set the floor.6. Immediate annuities become very viable at interest rates over 5 percent.7. Discretionary expenses raise the following considerations:a. <strong>The</strong> products used depend on the importance of the expenditure to the client.b. <strong>The</strong>re is a continuum of expenses in retirement ranging from critical for survival, tocritical for enjoyment of life, to not critical at all, but nice to have.c. Once clients have effectively set a floor, then they can choose products that fittheir other goals and wishes.8. <strong>The</strong> panel’s selections for flooring:a. Social Security and inflation adjusted fixed annuityb. I-bonds: <strong>The</strong>se are attractive in today’s interest rate environment and they alsoprovide inflation protection.c. TIPs9. <strong>The</strong> panel’s selections for discretionary expenses:a. Equities and mutual fundsb. Deferred annuity with a death benefitc. Stock mutual funds that invest in less liquid stocksSECTION 3: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONLO 7-3-1: Identify practical issues that arise in the retirement incomeplanning process1. Forming the client relationship (Video: Forming the client relationship with a retirementincome plan: Littell, Tacchino, Kitces, Guyton)7.23

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