If I am right that equity fund managers are fully allocated to stocks now, the only way we can get
excess gains in the stock market is if new liquidity is created by bank lending, or liquidity is transferred from the bond market to equities.
Not exact matches
In short, investors have gained about a 5 % annualized excess return over the long term by investing in stocks rather than bills or bond
In short, investors have
gained about a 5 % annualized
excess return over the long term by investing
in stocks rather than bills or bond
in stocks rather than bills or bonds.
He also claims that 1 out 5
stocks has
gains in excess of 300 %.
If you follow our three - pronged approach — diversifying across most if not all of the five main economic sectors, avoiding
stocks in the broker / media limelight, and sticking mainly to well - established companies — then you can be almost certain of long - term
gains in excess of what you'd get with any other investment approach.
Norm responds: The equity mutual fund holds
stocks and its return is composed of capital
gains (changes
in the price of
stocks) plus dividends plus interest on any
excess cash (etc) minus the fund's fee.
Somewhat arbitrarily,
in the interests of brevity (& sanity), I'm just going to focus here on
stocks that delivered
gains / losses
in excess of 10 %:
If you diversify across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; and Utilities), and stick mainly to high quality blue chip
stocks — then you can be almost certain of long - term
gains in excess of what you'd get with any other investment approach.
To the extent that the Fund invests
in these securities, the Fund may be subject to an interest charge
in addition to federal income tax (at ordinary income rates) on (i) any «
excess distribution» received on the
stock of a PFIC, or (ii) any
gain from disposition of PFIC
stock that was acquired
in an earlier taxable year.