Not exact matches
According to the Times, a BlackRock report «has calculated that if the financial transaction tax were set at 0.1 % per trade, an
investor putting $ 10,000 in its global
equity fund would
lose more than $ 2,300 in expected returns over a 10 - year period.
«if the financial transaction tax were set at 0.1 percent per trade, an
investor putting $ 10,000 in its global
equity fund would
lose more than $ 2,300 in expected returns over a 10 - year period.
Although US
equities have shown us double digit gains this year, an
investor in an asset like the Vanguard Emerging Markets
fund has
lost 14 % of their money on a price basis through August.
These
funds change the allocation over time, becoming more conservative (i.e. less
equity, more bonds) to reduce the risk of an
investor losing a large percentage of their net worth just before needing to start withdrawing money from the
fund.
In 2011, when the S&P 500 had a total return of about 2 %, the average
equity mutual
fund investor lost 5.73 %.
Certainly
equity funds are a means of investment that demands more attention from the
investor than the well - known savings account, but then an
equity fund pays off while a savings account is actually
losing money.
If you equate
equity investors to fans at a baseball stadium, the
fund flow data clearly shows
investors are tired of
losing money and have been leaving the game in droves.
Now, investing in a private
equity fund usually requires being an accredited
investor, because the legal form is that of a limited partnership, and those who invest in that are supposed to be sophisticated
investors who can afford to
lose it all.
Investors should never
lose sight of the fact that real estate is an actively managed asset: a high - quality, well - managed property — which describes most properties owned by REITs, certainly including retail properties — is more likely to maintain strong occupancy and favorable NOI growth than a property whose owners are merely waiting out the life of their private
equity fund before selling.