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- A retail investor is considering allocating a significant portion of their portfolio to a high-yield ETF (GPIQ) for retirement income. The investor plans to fund this investment by selling existing positions, including QQQM. The high yield and favorable tax treatment are attractive, but the concentration risk and potential for NAV erosion in a volatile market could negatively impact the investor's retirement savings.
Would be adding to a larger position in GPIQ (I already own 5k so would be adding 35K). I like the fund's dynamic call strategy and (thus-far) stable NAV. I also respect Goldman-Sachs so I don’t think they are a fly by-nighter in terms of their execution. I am about 3-4 years from retirement and want to invest in one dedicated dividend fund for possible supplemental income in retirement. I have a growth-tilted portfolio of $530K, so this would become about 7.5% of my total portfolio and become my 3^(rd) biggest fund. In order to generate the additional funds to get to 40K, I could see off some flat funds or portions of gaining funds where I see some overlap. I could also sell off my QQQM position to the tune of about 17k to help fund it if that somehow now becomes a bit redundant.
I would be putting GPIQ on drip for 3-4 years. Yield at present is about 9.7% and the tax treatment has been favorable thus far.
Please let me know your thoughts if you’ve had a similar consideration. Thx