But once I began to learn the classic mistakes that most investors make and how large of an impact those mistakes have on your ability to
generate returns over a long period of time, I made a promise to myself to develop a discipline that would enable me to avoid or at least minimize mistakes.
Not exact matches
«As a
long - term value investor, we remain cautious and recognise that to
generate good real
returns over time, we have to be prepared for
periods of underperformance relative to the market indices, some even for a stretch
of several years.»
Accept the fact you don't deserve the higher
returns they
generate over longer periods of time and be content with that.
In this book Bill Schultheis presents a simple investing plan built on establishing an investment portfolio
of low cost index funds that, based on historical performance, will
generate positive
returns over a
long time period (10 + years).
Successful investing
generates its
returns over very
long time periods, through the extremes
of the economic and market cycles.
A yearly dividend amount
of around 2.5 % or even more is common for the S&P 500, which represents a sizable portion
of the 9 % or 10 % yearly total
return the index has
generated over long periods of time.
Think
of it like this: If you have $ 30,000 in a tax - free account with dividends reinvested, you can put yourself in the position to have 8.5 % annual growth plus 1.5 %
returns coming from dividend reinvestment, so you could realistically compound your money at 10 % annually
over that
time frame, due to the nature
of high - quality cash
generating businesses mixed with
long periods of time and tax - favored holding structures.
Despite the criticism
of being front - loaded, ulips through systematic investments have the potential to
generate good
returns over a
long period of time.