3 Stocks Retirees Should Absolutely Love

Being a retiree doesn’t mean you should not invest in stocks. These stocks can give you the financial freedom for a comfortable retirement.

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Retirement comes with its own set of opportunities and challenges. You have time to pursue the dreams and hobbies you wanted to but never had time. You could consider investing in these stocks to ensure you have the financial freedom to chase your dreams.

Stocks retirees should absolutely love

While it is true that low-risk investment options are the best for retirees, they may not give you the financial freedom you need to chase your dreams. However, retirees would love these low-volatility stocks as they help you beat inflation and keep your accumulated wealth intact.

Suppose you built a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) portfolio of $500,000 by retirement. You can diversify this amount into three segments.

Passive income stock

The first segment of your TFSA portfolio can be used to earn passive income and support the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) payout. I suggest TFSA passive income as it is tax-free and may not impact your OAS payouts, which depend on your income.

Telus Corporation (TSX:T) is a good stock to generate immediate passive income. The telecom stock is trading near its pandemic low, creating an opportunity to lock in a dividend yield above 7%. Moreover, the company increases the dividend at an average annual rate of 7%, helping you beat inflation.

You could consider investing 25–35% of your TFSA portfolio ($125,000–$175,000) in this stock. A $175,000 investment can give you $12,900 in annual passive income in 2025 if the stock continues its 7% dividend growth. And by 2029, your passive income could be $16,995.

However, if the company slows its dividend growth, it would be enough to beat inflation. And while you get the tax-free payouts, your $175,000 investment will be sustained as you purchased the stock at the dip, which reduced its downside.

Wealth restoration stock

You can use the second segment of your TFSA portfolio to restore wealth. You can withdraw this amount in small tranches to fulfill your dreams while the invested amount will keep growing, keeping your portfolio intact.

Constellation Software (TSX:CSU) is a resilient growth stock that can grow your money at an average annual rate of over 20%. The company keeps acquiring vertical-specific software companies that enjoy stable cash flows. It uses these cash flows to acquire more companies, compounding the value. The price of one stock is above $4,300 as the company never did a stock split. You can consider investing 10–20% of your TFSA portfolio ($50,000–$100,000) in this stock. If you invested $100,000 in this stock in November 2019, its value would be worth $329,000.

If you even withdraw one stock, it would be sufficient to fund your dream vacation. The remaining stocks will continue to grow your money and help you fund your next dream.

An emergency pool

The third segment of your TFSA portfolio can be invested in a slightly risky stock that gives you both dividends and growth. I suggest keeping the allocation to 10–15% ($50,000–$75,000). goeasy (TSX:GSY) gives you both dividends and capital appreciation. The non-prime lender is growing its loan portfolio and this portfolio is driving the stock price. The high yield of around 33% that it earns from this portfolio is used to distribute dividends.

Since the portfolio is growing, the dollar value of the interest income is also growing, allowing goeasy to increase its dividend at an average annual rate of 30% in the last 10 years. The risk with this stock is that the stock price can fall by 20–30% for a longer term if credit risk increases. However, the 20% dividend growth can give you liquidity for emergencies. A $75,000 investment will earn you an annual dividend of $1,946. This annual passive income could grow to $4,000 in five years and accumulate a $14,500 emergency pool. And this pool will keep getting bigger as you age, keeping up with medical inflation.

The remaining $150,000 can be invested in low-risk fixed deposits. A diversified pool of stocks and fixed securities can make your retirement comfortable.

This article represents the opinion of the writer, who may disagree with the “official” recommendation position of a Motley Fool premium service or advisor. We’re Motley! Questioning an investing thesis — even one of our own — helps us all think critically about investing and make decisions that help us become smarter, happier, and richer, so we sometimes publish articles that may not be in line with recommendations, rankings or other content.

Fool contributor Puja Tayal has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Constellation Software and TELUS. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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