Why You Shouldn't Rebuff Buffer ETFs

Recent downturns from the Great Recession and the worldwide pandemic are still fresh on investors' minds. Now any pullback in the market has left investors shaky.

ETF Trends • Aug 8, 2024

‘Crash proof' your portfolio with these 10 stocks and 3 ETFs

You don't get upset for having homeowner's insurance but your house doesn't burn down. The same principle should apply to investors who insure their stock portfolios against a crash.

Market Watch • Jul 9, 2024

Innovator Launches 7 Defined Outcome ETFs

Innovator Capital Management announced Tuesday the launch of seven Defined Outcome ETFs on the Cboe BZX, including its second Defined Protection ETF. The Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF (AJAN) aims to track the return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) to a capped level.

ETF Trends • Jan 3, 2024

TJUL: Wait For The Next Series

Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF offers 2-year downside protection and modest upside capture for conservative investors. The ETF uses options to achieve its protective strategy, but investors must hold it for the entire outcome period to receive full benefits. Investors should consider buying the ETF at issuance to maximize the benefits, and the upcoming "TNOV" series may be worth waiting for.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 30, 2023

How To Capture Stock Upside With 'Zero' Downside, Without The TJUL ETF

The recently launched ETF with ticker "TJUL" offers the upside of stocks with protection on the initial amount invested. This is basically what "principal protected notes" offered by banks have long done, and is now possible again thanks to higher interest rates. In this article, I show you why you don't need ETFs like TJUL, and instead would be better off creating your own protected payoffs trading options directly.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 14, 2023

TJUL: Interested In The S&P 500 With Downside Protection? This Fund Could Be The Answer

The Innovator U.S. Equity Defined Protection ETF is a new exchange-traded fund. The fund utilizes an options collar strategy to eliminate any downside risk in the S&P 500 (outside of annual fees) in exchange for a capped upside profile.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 29, 2023

Get Cash Off the Sidelines With Alts in ETFs

VettaFi's Fixed Income Symposium finished on Monday with a conversation about alternative income, or alts. Alts in ETFs notably gathered attention in 2022 when both bonds and stocks were down.

ETF Trends • Jul 25, 2023

This new ETF can protect your portfolio from losses — but there's a catch

A just-launched exchange-traded fund in effect asks you that question. It is the Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF TJUL, -0.24%, which began trading earlier this week.

Market Watch • Jul 21, 2023

An ETF that can't go down? This new ‘buffer' fund is designed to provide 100% protection against stock-market losses

Hello! This is MarketWatch reporter Isabel Wang bringing you this week's ETF Wrap. In this week's edition, we look at the increasingly popular “buffer” ETF concept.

Market Watch • Jul 20, 2023

In An Uncertain Stock Market Environment, This New 'Buffer' ETF Offers 100% Downside Protection

On Tuesday, the company's newest ETF, the Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF TJUL began trading. The fund, which tracks S&P 500 returns with a 100% downside buffer over a two-year outcome period, has an upside cap of 16.62%.

Benzinga • Jul 19, 2023