Introduction:
Right now there are a few key areas of risk when constructing an income generating portfolio. Interest Rates are rising after years of an extremely accommodative Federal Reserve policy. The process of raising the long end of the curve can wreak havoc on an income oriented portfolio's principal valuation. Efforts to mitigate these risks often involve strategies such as weighting to Short Duration, using Bond Ladder strategies, or purchasing ETF's that effectively hedge out rising rate risk by shorting Treasuries. Yet there are more risks to your portfolio's valuation that these strategies can't fully