This document presents an alternative investment strategy called income matching using individual bonds. It describes how this strategy can provide predictable income streams through building portfolios of individual bonds that match a client's future cash flow needs. This strategy aims to immunize clients against interest rate risk by constructing bond portfolios with specific durations tailored to the timing of a client's expected expenses. It argues that individual bonds are better suited than bond funds or annuities for delivering reliable income due to risks such as fluctuating dividends, counterparty risk, and losses during periods of rising interest rates.

1. Income Matching Using Individual BondsAn Alternative to Annuities and Bond FundsPresented by:Stephen Huxley, PhDBrent Burns

2. RiskThings may not always turn out the way you planned© Asset Dedication, LLC 2011

3. Market TimingSometimes it’s hard to guess where the market is going.© Asset Dedication, LLC 2011

4. Hot StocksJust because Cramer says it’s a good idea doesn’t mean it’s right for you© Asset Dedication, LLC 2011

5. RiskThe worst case scenario seemed a lot less likely a few minutes ago© Asset Dedication, LLC 2011

6. Stock PickingMuch more scientific than chimpanzees throwing darts

7. Financial PlanningIt is a lot easier to get where you are going if you have someone to help steer you in the right direction© Asset Dedication, LLC 2011

8. UncertaintyIt turns out that the stock market doesn’t always go up© Asset Dedication, LLC 2011

10. Decline in Traditional PensionsFortune 100 Companies 1985-2010

11. Liability-driven investing (LDI) is an investment strategy of a company or individual based on the cash flows needed to fund future liabilitiesSource: Wikipediacash flowsfuture liabilities

12. Behavioral Finance Meets Asset Allocation

13. Clients with multiple goals and varying timelines have trouble relating to stocks, bonds and cash are blended into a single portfolio. People tend to use mental accounts to manage various goals in their head. A pure Total Return approach creates a single portfolio that isn’t intuitively linked to the underlying goals.

14. Client NeedsLiquidity for current expensesPredictable near-term cash flows to cover near-term expenses (usually 8-10 years for those in retirement)Long-term growth to ensure sufficient growth to cover future needs

15. Total Return Asset AllocationLong-Term GrowthCash Flow NeedsBondsStocksCash

16. Splitting assets into multiple sub-portfolios helps clients better understand and stick to an allocation strategy. Bonds are specifically allocated to predictable current or future income (LDI). Equities are dedicated to long term growth, but are given time to ride through bad markets (long-term total return). Each asset class is dedicated to the function it best serves.

17. Total PortfolioSplit into sub-portfolios to serve different purposesBondsStocksTotalReturnLiability Driven Investing

18. Asset Allocation and Time HorizonUsing Asset Classes That Fit How Clients Think About Their MoneyStocksBondsCash8 Years – Prefers predictable bonds Today -Prefers liquidity of money market9 Years – Prefers higher return prospects of stocksNext Year – Prefers predictable bonds 7 Years – Prefers predictable bonds Time

19. Parallels Between MPT and DPT Modern Portfolio TheoryDedicated Portfolio TheoryRisk-free asset = T-billsRisk-free asset = Fully immunized cash flow streamReturnReturnRiskRisk

20. How Often Bonds Beat StocksS&P 500 and Intermediate Treasury Bond Index 1927-2009

21. Worst and Average SpreadS&P 500 and Intermediate Treasury Bond Index 1927-2009

22. Using Individual Bonds to Build Income-Matching LDI Portfolios

23. Income-Matching “Paycheck” PortfoliosImmediate Income Portfolio – Cash flows begin nowDeferred Income Portfolio – Cash flows begin later, when the client retires

24. Example:$100,000 per year3% inflation adjustment8 year time horizon

25. Timing Cash FlowsBond quotes 5/12/2011

26. Cost = $800,220 Duration = 4.3 YearsIRR = 2.6%(Fully Immunized)

27. Immunization Definition“When a bond portfolio is immunized, the investor receives a specific rate of return over a given time period regardless of what happens to interest rates during that time.”Morningstar Bond Course 104

28. Why Not a Bond Ladder?Bond quotes 5/12/2011

29. Cost = $800,865 Duration = 4.2 YearsIRR = 2.4%Income Shortfall = $15,166

30. Tale of Two AllocationsTotal ReturnLDI

31. Double Duty From BondsStandard BenefitsBeta exposure to fixed incomeDiversificationDampen volatilityUnique LDI BenefitsPredictable cash flowsImmunization from rising interest rates8Years of Income

32. Source: Asset Dedication, 2009. Data set 1927-2008. Indices used for comparison: Equities (both models)—Standard and Poors 500 Index; Total Return Fixed Income Allocation—Barclays Capital US Intermediate Government Index; Asset Dedication Fixed Income—1975-2008 Treasury Bond quotes (source WSJ), 1927-1974 prices backcast against Treasury yield curve.

33. Monitoring Progress

34. The Dynamic Dimension -“Flexible” Rolling HorizonsUsing time to ride out bad marketsTaking more off the table when markets have been goodDo Not Roll . . .Years

35. Immediate vs. DeferredIncome PortfoliosImmediate Income Portfolio – Cash flows begin nowDeferredIncome Portfolio – Cash flows begin later, when the client retires

36. Deferred Income Portfolio: Leveraging the Yield Curve

37. Deferred Income Portfolio: Leveraging the Yield Curve$770,911

38. De-Risk

39. Interest Rate Risk

40. Timing Risk

41. Planning Risks

42. Behavioral Risks

43. Why Individual Bonds?

44. Individual BondsVs.Bond Funds

45. Legal ObligationVs.Mutual Fund

46. Decomposing Bond Fund Total ReturnIncome ReturnIncome return represents the sum of portfolio’s coupon paymentsIncome is never negativePrice ReturnBond prices are inversely related to interest ratesBond prices fall as rates rise

47. Impact of Interest Rates on Total Return

48. Impact of Interest Rates on Total Return

49. 30 Years of TailwindsTotal Return 11.3%Source: United States Treasury 10-year constant maturity yield 1962-2009, Global Financial Data 1800-1962. 5-year rolling average

50. 97%of taxable bond funds were started after 1981

51. Impact of Interest Rates on Total Return

52. Impact of Interest Rates on Total Return

53. Rising Rates 1950-1981Source: United States Treasury 10-year constant maturity yield 1962-2009, Global Financial Data 1800-1962. 5-year rolling average

54. Rising Rates 1950-1981

55. Rising Rates 1950-1981

56. Rising Rates 1950-1981

60. -9.0%S&P 500:10 Yr. Treasury:-5.1%

61. Catch-22 for Bond Fund Investors

62. Keep Duration Short and Rates Stay Flat (Japan)

63. Japanese Interest Rates Since 1985

64. Historical Interest Rates Average Yield 1800-2010Long Depression Great Depression Source: United States Treasury 10-year constant maturity yield 1962-2009, Global Financial Data 1800-1962. 5-year rolling average

65. Extend Duration and Rates RiseDuration ≈ 5 yearsEstimated loss ≈ -2%

66. Headwind of Rising RatesTotal Return 2.2%Average Coupon 5.6%Source: United States Treasury 10-year constant maturity yield 1962-2009, Global Financial Data 1800-1962. 5-year rolling average

67. Total Return Shortfall with WithdrawalsSource: United States Treasury 10-year constant maturity yield 1962-2009, Global Financial Data 1800-1962. CRSP 10-year Treasury Index total return

68. “People have unrealistic expectations of what a portfolio manager can do in a rising-rate environment.” Jim Jessee, president of MFS Fund Distributors Inc. Investment News mutual fund round table in New York on Feb. 9, 2010

69. Other Income StrategiesAnnuitiesDividend paying stocksReal Estate/REITs

70. Other Income StrategiesAnnuitiesDividend paying stocksReal Estate/REITs

71. Based on the Treasury yield curve and standard mortality tables, annuitants can expect to only receive 81%-85% of their premium in return.Annuities for an Ageing World, Olivia S. Mitchell and David McCarthy, June 9, 2002

72. Challenges for AnnuitiesPassing assets on to heirsManaging inflationFlexibilityExpenses, commissions, and feesCounterparty risk

73. Insurance Company Failures California 1991-2008

74. Other Income StrategiesAnnuitiesDividend paying stocksReal Estate/REITs

75. Dividend payments from companies in the S&P 500 dropped by…January 2008 to January 200923.9%Standard and Poors S&P 500 Market Attributes SnapshotJanuary 2009

76. Other Income StrategiesAnnuitiesDividend paying stocksReal Estate/REITs

77. 70%of REITs followed by Morningstar cut or suspended their dividends in 2009Morningstar Industry Report 2010

78. Key PointsIndividual bonds can immunize against interest rate riskIndividual bonds are uniquely suited to delivering predictable incomeBond funds will lose value when rates riseAnnuities can be expensive and inflexibleDividends and REITs can be unreliable just when your clients need them most

79. Questions?

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