However, this cost pales in comparison to the large performance gap
between most individual investors and the simple strategy of using index funds.
Not exact matches
We also cover topics like knowing the differences
between stockbrokers (also known as financial consultants, financial advisers) and investment advisers — differences
most individual investors may not know.
But while behavioral changes, i.e. saving more and working longer, will have the
most dramatic impact in helping to ensure a fully funded retirement,
investors — especially pre-retirees, i.e.
individuals between the ages of 50 and 65 — also need to consider the composition of their portfolios.
For years now, growing interest rate spreads
between countries have been the main focus of professional
investors, but what
most individual traders do not know is that the absolute value of interest rates is not what's important - what really matters are the expectations of where interest rates are headed in the future.
While large - scale professional
investors may swing back and forth
between favoring domestic or foreign stocks, the question for
most individual investors is what role, if any, international stocks should play in a long - term investment strategy.