Build a retirement savings plan with growth potential

Nationwide New Heights® Select fixed indexed annuities provide multiple strategy options to help you protect and grow your retirement savings

Options for a more confident retirement

  • Multiple index options provide global, domestic and international growth opportunities
  • Strategy options deliver the potential to accumulate retirement savings in a variety of market conditions
  • Potential earnings are tracked every day during the strategy term

Provide growth potential through the strategy options

Each index currently has two strategy options, which provide earnings based on the growth of the underlying index while eliminating the risk of losing principal due to negative index performance.

Each strategy option has several components to help provide growth opportunities. All strategy options have an index allocation that contributes to earnings based on the performance of the index. Strategy options that include a declared rate allocation greater than 0% will provide earnings at a fixed rate of interest (the declared rate). The strategy spread is deducted from potential earnings at the end of the strategy term but will never cause earnings to be less than zero.⁴

Each index currently offers two strategy options to provide growth
opportunities in a variety of market environments

Strategy OptionGrowth Opportunity
Strategy AMay provide higher returns when the index grows substantially during a strategy term due to higher index allocations.
Strategy BMay provide higher returns when the index experiences a lower return during a strategy term due to lower or no strategy spread.

Key terms

  • Daily Accumulation Value (DAV): The DAV monitors the combined daily fluctuations of the elected strategy options and is the greater of (1) the contract value, plus any strategy earnings that have not yet been credited to the contract, or (2) the return of purchase payment guarantee amount
  • Declared rate: Annual fixed interest rate
  • Declared rate allocation: A percentage that is multiplied by the declared rate
  • Index allocation: A percentage that is multiplied by the performance of the index
  • Strategy spread: An annual percentage rate that is deducted when calculating earnings but will never cause earnings to be less than zero for any strategy term
  • Strategy term: A specific number of years used to measure strategy earnings. The initial strategy term is set at contract issue

Track potential earnings throughout the strategy term

The Daily Accumulation Value (DAV) tracks changes to your potential earnings every day, and earnings will be credited at the end of each strategy term. Earnings to-date are credited on withdrawals and if a death benefit is payable, meaning you won’t lose earnings when you need to access your money.⁵ Your contract value is guaranteed and will not decrease due to negative market performance. The hypothetical graph below shows how DAV is tracked during a strategy term.⁶ Past performance is not an indication of future results as results may vary.

Hypothetical New Heights Select DAV Performance

Optional one-time lock-in

If you’re satisfied with the amount of index growth before the end of a strategy term, you have the option to lock in your index value once every strategy term. This innovative feature ensures you won’t lose potential earnings based on negative index performance.