Sentences with phrase «to chase performance»

In other words, don't chase performance and buy low and sell high.

The ease of trading ETFs has some investors chasing performance.

Like most investors, those using momentum are often guilty of chasing performance.

Understanding your comfort level with risk can only make you a better investor and perhaps avoid some emotional investing mistakes, like chasing performance.

Understanding your comfort level with risk can help you avoid some emotional investing mistakes, such as chasing performance.

Follow your asset allocation plan and avoid chasing performance based solely on a fund's one year performance.

Please note that we do not attempt to chase performance by constantly updating our indicators as many systems on the market do.

This prevents investors from chasing performance.

«People chase performance, so even if the product performs well over a full market cycle, investors may not have the conviction to stay with them,» says Kaplan.

But while chasing performance is a terrible move, so is sticking with a bad strategy or a strategy that is likely to be a lousy fit in a given macro environment (i.e. owning bonds in an inflationary environment or owning gold and commodities in a severe disinflationary environment).

@ anon: CC has a post covering this topic - April 17th 2007 - one of his comments «My personal preference is to invest directly in US - listed ETFs without hedging currency exposure because in my opinion, hedging is simply chasing performance after the Canadian dollar has run up significantly.

Chasing performance in a momentum environment has been a really good way to eradicate wealth.

First - level thinkers tend to view past price weakness as worriesome, not as a sign that the asset has gotten cheaper» Howard Marks «Money always chases performance, so it tends to mostly show up after you've done really well for a long period of time, probably ten minutes before you're about to look really silly» Chuck Royce

«Pension fund managers across the country have cut or eliminated exposure to these overpriced and underperforming investments, while the Office of the New York State Comptroller has stood still and spent pension system funds chasing performance that continues to fall far short,» said Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo.

MFDA advisors may be able to bring ETFs to more Canadians, but if they continue chasing performance or using sector funds to make tactical plays, their clients won't be any better off than they were before.

Rebalancing works for muppets because it counteracts your tendencies to chase performance which lowers your financial returns.

I also sympathize with John Bogle's beef with Vanguard on ETFs since ETFs are cheaper only in theory for muppets since ETFs encourage chasing performance.

Chasing performance produces lower returns.

In addition, many investors» tendencies to chase performance typically results in money - weighted returns lower than their funds» time - weighted returns.

Hedging sounds like chasing performance right now since the CAD has done so well against the greenback.

You will do much better choosing managers for yourselves and ditching the consultants who (it should be known) merely chase performance.

Overall, speculatively chasing performance is tempting, but if you don't want your financial foundation to crumble, then build your successful investment future by sticking to the fundamentals and financial basics.

You will always feel the pull to chase performance because clearly your strategy is «not working.»

Both Munger and Buffett believe that so - called chasing performance («buying high and selling low») is one of the worst mistakes an investor can make.

Chasing performance Ideally, every new ETF would bring something valuable to the table for investors.

We know that assets tend to become more risky as they increase in price and less risky after price declines, yet the majority of investors react to asset price changes without understanding that chasing performance often means chasing higher risk.

That's usually chasing performance.

A forthcoming study in the The Review of Financial Studies entitled «Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Brokers in the Mutual Fund Industry» shows that financial advisers and individuals both chase performance equally.

They never chase performance by purchasing the high flying momentum stocks.

Don't chase performance.

Same thing for hedge funds; they tend to be volatility - averse on average; and their investors may be technically more sophisticated than mutual fund investors, in practice, they make the same mistake of chasing performance.

Rebalancing discourages you from chasing performance, timing the markets and taking inappropriate risk.

Despite best intentions and claims to the contrary, many investors chase performance, react emotionally to market moods, and generally incur far more trading costs than good -LSB-...]

Given the way that people chase performance, we can all make mistakes as a group, with large booms and busts.

In the paper Vanguard tries to make the case for active investing in theory while ignoring the fact that in practice muppets are muppets and will do things like chase performance and trade too much.

Tactical asset allocation strategy advocates suggest that you can anticipate the crowd, but flow - of - funds studies show that almost all tactical asset allocation fund flows are late money flows that chase performance after valuations have already moved.»

So the odds are, you won't do meaningfully better or worse by chasing performance and switching investments, but you'll be on the hook for tax on any capital gain — potentially taxed as short - term capital gains — that you generate from selling the old fund.

A big mistake made by experienced investors involves fleeing underperforming managers and chasing performance.

Unfortunately, many investors struggle to fully realize the benefits of their investment strategy because in buoyant markets, people tend to chase performance and purchase higher - risk investments; and in a market downturn, they tend to flock to lower - risk investment options; behaviors which can lead to missed opportunities.

To get the best returns over time, you need to focus on the three pillars of smart and profitable investing — keeping costs low, diversifying your investments, and not chasing performance.

Those keys are keeping investment costs low, diversifying your investments broadly, and not chasing performance.

What we were really providing investors was a level of discipline that few individual investors can muster over time — by adopting a long term asset allocation strategy and using low cost investment vehicles, our long term performance was always going to be better than the average individual investor who tends to time markets and chase performance, with little understanding of the costs they are incurring.