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Turn Off The Fake News and Let’s Get Real…Income<\/h3>\n

June 12, 2017 | Print View<\/a><\/p>\n

Real income from investments has been tough to find for the last few years. With banks currently offering just 0.15% for a six month certificate of deposit, ten year U.S. Treasuries paying 2.2% and longer term investment grade corporate bonds yielding 4%, the traditional choices of income producing sources are unappealing.<\/p>\n

Gradient Investments offers a strategy for meaningful yield generated across multiple asset classes. The Absolute Yield portfolio invests in exchange traded funds (ETFs) to gain exposure across these asset classes, both in the U.S. and globally. ETFs provide diversification to reduce risk. The Absolute Yield portfolio\u2019s volatility since inception in 2013 has been about 60% of the U.S. stock market.<\/p>\n

What are these multiple asset classes? We use eight to ten stock, fixed income and alternative asset classes which tend to be non-correlated. No one class exceeds 20% of the portfolio. At this time, these asset classes are:\n<\/p>\n