Playing the stock market #2
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Playing the stock market #2
from that old closed thread, starting with post #100 in the link below, what a difference a year can make. 15500 + now trying to top the 20,000 mark
http://britishexpats.com/forum/trail...-839010/page7/
Anyone have any thoughts, updates, suggestions or personal picks for 2017?
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http://britishexpats.com/forum/trail...-839010/page7/
Anyone have any thoughts, updates, suggestions or personal picks for 2017?
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Last edited by not2old; Jan 17th 2017 at 2:22 pm.
#2
Re: Playing the stock market #2
Yes. I have a suggestion, no, recommendation for you:
Buy and hold passive index mutual funds or ETFs for the long term. Understand the meaning and importance of an investment policy statement (IPS), diversification, risk tolerance, expense ratio, asset allocation and asset location (tax-advantaged vs. taxable), among others.
The average investor makes returns lower than the market. This is because they tend to buy high, because they buy stocks that are doing well and are popular, and they tend to sell low, because they get spooked and sell after the price has dropped. Reading through your posts in the other thread, you come across as an average investor.
The only ways to not be an average investor are to 1) buy and hold, so that you don't try to time the market or 2) use insider trading, which is illegal. You might think that professional traders know enough to outdo the market, but in fact multiple studies have shown that the average actively managed mutual fund significantly underperforms their related market index.
Buy and hold passive index mutual funds or ETFs for the long term. Understand the meaning and importance of an investment policy statement (IPS), diversification, risk tolerance, expense ratio, asset allocation and asset location (tax-advantaged vs. taxable), among others.
The average investor makes returns lower than the market. This is because they tend to buy high, because they buy stocks that are doing well and are popular, and they tend to sell low, because they get spooked and sell after the price has dropped. Reading through your posts in the other thread, you come across as an average investor.
The only ways to not be an average investor are to 1) buy and hold, so that you don't try to time the market or 2) use insider trading, which is illegal. You might think that professional traders know enough to outdo the market, but in fact multiple studies have shown that the average actively managed mutual fund significantly underperforms their related market index.