New Stock ETFs Offering '100%' Downside Protection Are Coming

If you are afraid to have 100% of your portfolio in the S&P 500, the simplest and cheapest thing to do is to put some of your assets in money-market funds and bonds. Avoid fee-laden products such as the one below.

'The first fund launching within the suite is the Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF, which aims to match the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker SPY) up to a cap of 9.65%.

The catch: Investors looking to reap the full protection will need to buy it on launch day — May 1, 2024 — and hold it, come rain or shine, through April 30, 2025. After that, a new defined period of cover kicks in.'