Building a Reliable Retirement Income Stream

What will life be like in the days, months, and years after you retire? A lot of that depends on the income that you have after you stop working. That’s right, there’s more than one income stream that all near and far future retirees should cultivate, starting now.  

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FINSUM + Magnifi: 6 ETFs to Buy as Spending Recovers

(September 2020)

Now that many signs are pointing to an improving US economy, some investors think it is time to shift out of growth stocks and into more cyclical sectors. That said, cyclicals—which rely on consumer spending improvements—are going to be a hard place to invest because of the highly variable recovery path for different sectors created by COVID. With that in mind here are a few places to look: transportation (excluding airlines), such as the iShares Transportation ETF (IYT); or infrastructure, like the Global X Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE); e-commerce and home entertainment, such as the Amplify Online Retail ETF (IBUY); or housing, either through single names like Home Depot and Lowe’s, or a broader homebuilders ETF like the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB).
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