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Reaching higher: Stephanie Spicer searches for an investment strategy that delivers a higher income without taking too much risk.(Investing for income)(Cover story)

When it comes to generating income from your investment portfolio, the essential element is striking the fight balance between keeping the value of your capital intact and providing for withdrawals in the form of a regular income.

It is for the investor to decide how much risk to take, and this itself will depend on the reasons why you need the income and when you want to take it. Some risk to capital may be acceptable for a certain period of time and at certain stages of your personal investment cycle. At other times, for example when approaching or actually in retirement--when income needs may be more stable--risk to capital will not be so acceptable.

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