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  • Set up an account starting with as little as $50 per month.1
  • Access your online account at your convenience.
  • Purchase funds without transaction fees or sales charges.

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For guidance when investing, ask a financial professional about buying Thrivent mutual funds & ETFs.

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  • Get help planning for life’s goals such as saving and retirement.
  • Additional fees may apply.

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Brokerage Account

If you already have a brokerage account, our mutual funds & ETFs can be purchased through online brokerage platforms by searching for Thrivent Mutual Funds and ETFs.

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  • Add Thrivent Mutual Funds and ETFs to your investments within your existing portfolio.
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  • Additional fees may apply.
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This ETF is different from traditional ETFs. Traditional ETFs tell the public what assets they hold each day. This ETF will not. This may create additional risks for your investment. For example:

 - You may have to pay more money to trade the ETF’s shares. This ETF will provide less information to traders, who tend to charge more for trades when they have less information.

 - The price you pay to buy ETF shares on an exchange may not match the value of the ETF’s portfolio. The same is true when you sell shares. These price differences may be greater for this ETF compared to other ETFs because it provides less information to traders.

 - These additional risks may be even greater in bad or uncertain market conditions.

 - The ETF will publish on its website each day a “Proxy Portfolio” designed to help trading in shares of the ETF. While the Proxy Portfolio includes some of the ETF’s holdings, it is not the ETF’s actual portfolio.

The differences between this ETF and other ETFs may also have advantages. By keeping certain information about the ETF secret, this ETF may face less risk that other traders can predict or copy its investment strategy. This may improve the ETF’s performance. If other traders are able to copy or predict the ETF’s investment strategy, however, this may hurt the ETF’s performance. For additional information regarding the unique attributes and risks of the ETF, see the Principal Risks section of the prospectus.

1 New accounts with a minimum investment amount of $50 are offered through the Thrivent Mutual Funds "automatic purchase plan." Otherwise, the minimum initial investment requirement is $2,000 for non-retirement accounts and $1,000 for IRA or tax-deferred accounts, minimum subsequent investment requirement is $50 for all account types. Account minimums for other options vary.

Thrivent ETFs may be purchased through your financial professional or brokerage platforms.

Contact your financial professional or brokerage firm to understand minimum investment amounts when purchasing a Thrivent ETF.

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Gene Walden
Senior Finance Editor

INVESTING ESSENTIALS

3 ways to approach market volatility

05/31/2022
Gene Walden, Senior Finance Editor | 05/31/2022

You’ll want to get comfortable with volatility if you plan to invest in the stock market. Markets go up and down, and volatility can also vary greatly with the types of investments you select. It may help to look back at market performance of an index like the S&P 500®, which is a market-cap-weighted index that represents the average performance of a group of 500 large-capitalization stocks. Generally, bear markets—a decline of 20 percent or more—have been followed by a bull market recovery of at least 20 percent within a year.

Whatever happens with the market, there are steps you can take that may help to mitigate the effects of volatility.

Here are 3 ideas to consider:

1. Diversify
Balance your portfolio by increasing the diversification of products and asset classes you include - which could help with downside protection and reduce risk during volatile market periods.

2. Don’t try to time the market
Timing the market or making decisions by attempting to predict the future is not a practical strategy. It is very risky, can result in high fees and potentially leads to lower long-term returns.

3. Keep buying even during volatile periods
Dollar-cost averaging is the strategy of investing a set amount of money in an investment on regular periodic intervals. It’s been a popular approach because it compels individuals to invest the same dollar amount on a consistent basis no matter what the market is doing. It also compels you to ignore market volatility and continue to participate actively in the market. Because dollar cost averaging involves continuous investing, investors should consider their long-term ability to continue to make purchases through periods of low price levels and varying economic periods.

Volatility will always be a part of the market, but there are options to help smooth out the bumps.  Keep in mind, although these can help reduce the risk of investing, nothing can completely eliminate risks. These steps cannot guarantee a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market.

Learn more about how we can help plan your path to investing.

Any indexes shown are unmanaged and do not reflect the typical costs of investing. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

The concepts presented are intended for educational purposes only. This information should not be considered investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy, or product.

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