Not exact matches
Granted, many studies show that a lot of individual
investors would
actually be best off if they left their money in index funds over investing themselves, but then again, index funds don't
reward you with the next 1000 % return growth stock or provide the investing options available in a typical employer sponsored plan or index fund.
Just one final post-script:
Actually, I'm mostly focused on analysing & evaluating large cap stocks in just two sectors, specifically — in general, they're the only obvious sectors which I believe still offer
investors a pretty compelling risk /
reward.
While the average US
investor stays (insanely) close to home, those with European exposure (again, presuming they were unhedged) were doubly
rewarded — with currency boosting their returns to +18 - 23 % (in dollar terms) across the region (&
actually besting their S&P return!).