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Three ways to invest in Thrivent funds

We’re here to help you invest with confidence.

MUTUAL FUNDS

Thrivent Account

You can purchase mutual funds right on our site with an online account.

Invest with a Thrivent account

  • 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.

MUTUAL FUNDS & ETFS

Financial Professional

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

Invest with a financial professional

  • Receive investment help from an experienced professional.
  • Build a relationship through in-person meetings.
  • Get help planning for life’s goals such as saving and retirement.
  • Additional fees may apply.

MUTUAL FUNDS & ETFS

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.

Invest with a brokerage account

  • Add Thrivent Mutual Funds and ETFs to your investments within your existing portfolio.
  • Take advantage of your account to keep your investments in one place.
  • Additional fees may apply.

Not quite ready?

We want you to invest your money wisely and with confidence.
Here are some other options that may help you.

  • Take our quiz to determine your personal investment style.
  • Talk to your financial advisor about ETFs.
  • Sign up for our monthly investing insights newsletter.

 

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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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Cost basis

Cost basis is used to calculate capital gains or losses — for tax purposes — when you sell shares. For the most part, cost basis only applies to taxable investing accounts and not to tax-deferred accounts for retirement or education.

On the face of it, cost basis is simple: you purchase a mutual fund share at a certain price and this amount is your cost basis for that share. When the share is sold, the cost basis method you select is used to calculate how much gain (or loss) needs to be reported on your income tax return.

Where cost basis becomes more complex is when you’ve been investing long-term and buying shares through reinvesting your dividends and capital gains and/or making new purchases through one-time and recurring investments. Share purchase prices change over time, which means that original value—the cost basis—of your shares may differ. When you sell your shares, the cost basis method you choose to use determines which shares are sold and impacts the amount of capital gains or losses you’ll have from the sale. Being strategic about which shares you choose to sell can potentially lower your tax bill and save you some money.

Holding periods

Another factor to consider when thinking about cost basis is that the amount of time you’ve owned the shares (the holding period) impacts the tax rate you pay on the capital gains. The holding period is used to determine the tax rate applied to capital gains from the sale of shares:

  • Long-term periods apply to shares owned more than one year. Generally, lower capital gains tax rates apply to long-term capital gains.
  • Short-term periods apply to shares owned one year or less. Ordinary income tax rates apply to short-term capital gains and they tend to be higher tax rates than apply to long-term capital gains.

Cost basis accounting methods

Thrivent Mutual Funds offers several different cost basis calculation methods. The various cost basis methods indicate the order in which shares are redeemed when you sell your investment. If you don’t choose a cost basis method, we will use the funds default method of average cost.

  • Average cost
    All shares purchased are added together and then divided by the number of shares. This average price per share becomes the value used when shares are sold to determine the gain or loss. The holding period is determined by using the FIFO method. This is the default cost basis method for Thrivent Mutual Funds.
  • First In First Out (FIFO)
    The first assets purchased are the first ones to get used or sold.
  • Last In First Out (LIFO)
    The last assets purchased are the first ones used or sold.
  • High cost
    The shares with the highest cost per share when purchased are the first shares to be used or sold.
  • Low cost
    The shares with the lowest cost per share when purchased are the first ones to be used or sold.
  • Specific lot identification
    At the time of transaction, you can select individual purchase lots to use to get your desired total sale amount.
  • Loss/gain utilization
    The objective of this method is to generate the least amount of potential tax liability from the sale. At the time of redemption, shares are grouped based on the amount of losses or gains they will produce and the holding period. A short-term holding period means your purchase was less than one year ago and long-term means it was more than one year. This is how they’re grouped and sold:
    1. Short-term losses (from greatest loss per share to least loss per share)
    2. Long-term losses (from greatest to least)
    3. Short-term no gain or loss
    4. Long term no gain or loss
    5. Long term gains (from least gain per share to most gain per share)
    6. Short term gains (from least to most)
    7. Lots with unknown cost in FIFO method, and then least share count order.

More information about cost basis also be found in our Cost basis FAQs

Corporate actions impacting cost basis

IRS form 8937 reports Thrivent Mutual Funds actions impacting the cost basis for shareholder accounts. View previous tax year information here.

Consult your tax advisor

Depending on your individual tax situation, you may wish to consult with your tax advisor before selecting a cost basis accounting method and selling shares you own. You can change the cost basis method used on your account; however, once you have sold your shares, you cannot retroactively change the cost basis used for a specific transaction. Also, note that cost basis is not a substitute for performance information for an investment.


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