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You can open an account and purchase funds right on our site.

Why buy online?

  • Set up an account starting with as little as $50 per month1
  • Access your online account at your convenience.
  • Purchase funds without transaction fees or sales charges.

 

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  • Build a relationship through in-person meetings.
  • Get help planning for life’s goals such as saving and retirement.

Additional fees may apply, when working with a financial professional.

 

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Our funds can be purchased through other online brokerage platforms. Search for Thrivent Mutual Funds when making your selections.

Why buy through a brokerage account?

  • Add Thrivent Mutual Funds to investments within your existing portfolio.
  • Take advantage of your account to keep your investments in one place.

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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. $50 a month automatic investment does not apply to the Thrivent Money Market Fund or Thrivent Limited Maturity Bond Fund, which have a minimum monthly investment of $100.

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COVID-19 UPDATE

Coronavirus creates chaos in the investment markets

02/27/2020

By Mark Simenstad, Chief Investment Strategist | 02/27/2020

Although the investment world continues to assess the long-term impact of the coronavirus (formally known as COVID-19), the obvious short-term impact has been a decline in stock prices, oil prices and bond yields.

The virus has spread well beyond the borders of China and the Far East, with nearly 30 countries outside of China reporting confirmed cases of COVID-19, including the U.S., western Europe, Iran, and Latin America.

Manufacturing firms feel the hurt

Beyond the investment markets, we’ve seen the epidemic affect businesses well beyond China. Supply chain disruption is among the chief concerns. Many suppliers of goods for both end-products and components of production systems are based in China and the Far East. As a result, companies in the United States and abroad are finding it increasingly difficult to source inventory or parts necessary to manufacture their products:

  •  Apple recently announced that production and supply of its products are being constrained and sales have fallen sharply, particularly in China.
  • More than a third of S&P 500 companies have reported the potential for some impact from the COVID-19 virus on the outlook for 2020, indicating that the specific impact is too difficult to quantify until greater clarity on the extent of the epidemic can be defined.

The short-term economic impact continues to be real. Global economic output will be negatively impacted by the virus and the actions taken to stem the spread. Until there is confirmation that the virus has been contained, it will be impossible to fully quantify its full effect.

The growing crisis has had a significant impact on several areas of the economy:

  • Oil prices have dropped by more than 20% since the outbreak began in January, as global travel has slowed.
  • Gold and government bonds have been on the rise as investors have looked for a safe haven for their money. As the bond market has heated up, yields have plunged. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries has dropped to an all-time low of under 1.3%.
  • Stocks have experienced a steep drop, with the S&P 500® falling nearly 10% off its 2020 high. (The S&P 500 is a market-cap-weighted index that represents the average performance of a group of 500 large capitalization stocks).
It should be noted, however, that while stocks have dipped dramatically in the short-term, they are still well ahead of their level of a year ago. Even after a drop of nearly 10%, the S&P 500 was still more than 15% above its level at the beginning of 2019.

Long-term perspective

At some point, the spread of the virus will be contained, just as it was for other epidemics and pandemics. At that point, we believe it is highly likely that economic activity will rebound, perhaps sharply, as spending that was either delayed or deferred resumes, production recovers and inventories are restocked.

In the meantime, financial markets will likely continue to be volatile and will continue to react to the incremental news headlines related to the expansion or containment of the disease. No doubt, risks to both the economic and equity market outlook have increased, but, in the absence of a recession, any equity market correction related to this event would likely be reversed with positive signs of progress in containing the virus.

Media contact: Samantha Mehrotra, 612-844-4197; samantha.mehrotra@thrivent.com

Learn how Thrivent is responding to Covid-19: for our customers, workforce, members and communities.

Mark Simenstad
Chief Investment Strategist

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All information and representations herein are as of 02/27/2020, unless otherwise noted.

The views expressed are as of the date given, may change as market or other conditions change, and may differ from views expressed by other Thrivent Asset Management, LLC associates. Actual investment decisions made by Thrivent Asset Management, LLC will not necessarily reflect the views expressed. This information should not be considered investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or product.  Investment decisions should always be made based on an investor's specific financial needs, objectives, goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance.

Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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