

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC decreased its holdings in Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF - 2 Yr to July 2025 (NYSEARCA:TJUL) by 11.0% in the undefined quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 608,348 shares of the company's stock after selling 75,153 shares

Recent downturns from the Great Recession and the worldwide pandemic are still fresh on investors' minds. Now any pullback in the market has left investors shaky.

You don't get upset for having homeowner's insurance but your house doesn't burn down. The same principle should apply to investors who insure their stock portfolios against a crash.

Innovator Capital Management announced Tuesday the launch of seven Defined Outcome ETFs on the Cboe BZX, including its second Defined Protection ETF. The Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF (AJAN) aims to track the return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) to a capped level.

Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF offers 2-year downside protection and modest upside capture for conservative investors. The ETF uses options to achieve its protective strategy, but investors must hold it for the entire outcome period to receive full benefits. Investors should consider buying the ETF at issuance to maximize the benefits, and the upcoming "TNOV" series may be worth waiting for.

The recently launched ETF with ticker "TJUL" offers the upside of stocks with protection on the initial amount invested. This is basically what "principal protected notes" offered by banks have long done, and is now possible again thanks to higher interest rates. In this article, I show you why you don't need ETFs like TJUL, and instead would be better off creating your own protected payoffs trading options directly.

TJUL: Interested In The S&P 500 With Downside Protection? This Fund Could Be The Answer

Hello! This is MarketWatch reporter Isabel Wang bringing you this week's ETF Wrap. In this week's edition, we look at the increasingly popular “buffer” ETF concept.
SEC filings for TJUL aren't indexed yet — common for recently launched funds. Browse the issuer's filings on SEC EDGAR directly.