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Pete is 62 years old, married, and has three adult children. He is currently employed in the energy industry and earns roughly \$1 million annually. He anticipates retiring completely from this position in three years and relying solely on his portfolio to maintain his and wife's combined spending level of $400K annually. In addition to these portfolio assets, they also own a $2 million home in The Woodlands. Pete and his wife have no other financial assets or business interests. Beyond the value held in this portfolio, the only income they will receive is Social Security, which is not particularly impactful given their level of assets and spending. Pete is more risk averse than the average client. His approach to investing generally places wealth preservation as the top priority, followed by keeping up with inflation, and capital appreciation after that. The volatility in financial markets during the onset of the Covid crisis was unsettling to Pete despite his ability to "weather the storm." At retirement, Pete and his wife plan to downsize their house. However, given the run-up in real estate value in the wake of Covid, and despite the rise in interest rates, Pete believes that he can sell his current house for $2.5 million after a neighbor's house for $2.4 million in early 2022 . He and his wife are emotionally attached to house as this is where they raised their three children. Please complete the short response prompts on the following slides while maintaining a focus on what the implications of your observations are, why a client would be interested in them, and potential "fixes" where necessary to better align the portfolio with the needs and wants of the client within the constraints of the financial markets. Please respond completely and clearly. Complete this assignment assuming you needed to present it to your employer and to the client Use this to respond to the Taxable Investment Account Allocation questions on the next slide. Given Pete's high level of income, is the large allocation to taxable bonds in a taxable account appropriate? If not, how could it be corrected to be a more efficient bond allocation? Give that there is little opportunity for capital appreciation and poor tax treatment, is the allocation to preferred stocks appropriate? Why or why not? What recommendation would you make to increase his expected total return