Balance Your Risk and Reward
Kiplinger's Personal Finance|July 2024
These new ETFs let you cut stock market losses. But you'll sacrifice some gains.
NELLIE S. HUANG
Balance Your Risk and Reward

IF it's true that the psychological pain of losing money is twice as great as the pleasure you feel when you make a profit, then there's an exchange-traded fund for that. A new class of ETFs, called defined outcome or buffered ETFs, limit your losses in the stock market in exchange for giving up some of your potential gains. And they're growing in popularity. The first defined-outcome ETF launched in 2018. Today, there are nearly 270 funds, with $47 billion in aggregate assets.

Interest in these ETFs ramped up after both stocks and bonds turned in terrible returns in 2022, and investors sought ways to build some defense into their portfolios. But buffered ETFs also appeal to risk-averse investors who want to keep a toe in the stock market. Word is, recent and soon-to-be retirees, who are staring down a possible 30-year stretch for their money to last, are interested. "You can't maintain your standard of living for that long without earning equity-like returns," says Matt Collins, head of ETFs at PGIM Investments. "Some are willing to take some risk to get that exposure, but not a lot. And if you can offer them a narrower range of outcomes, it gets them a little closer to being comfortable with exposure to largecompany U.S. stocks."

Buffered strategies aren't new. These approaches have existed for years in mutual funds and in annuities and other products sold by insurance companies. But the ETF versions are accessible to all investors. Innovator and First Trust were the first firms to offer buffered ETFs; AllianzIM, Pacer and TrueShares entered the market in 2020 and 2021. More-recent joiners include iShares, PGIM Investments and Fidelity.

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