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How Do You Protect Against Market Drops?
Enticing pitches for “buffered” strategies promise protection against downside risks in stocks. Are they worth it? Softening the blow during equity market downturns is appealing for most investors. But there is more than one way of targeting this goal. In Episode 9 of “The Informed Investor” podcast, Dimensional’s Mark Gochnour, Wes Crill, and Jake DeKinder analyze the allure of buffered strategies as well as the risks and costs of seeking downside protection.