Sentences with phrase «gimmicky investment»

Combine financial firms» relentless marketing of new and often gimmicky investment products with investors» natural tendency to gravitate toward The Next New Thing, and it's hardly surprising that over time our portfolios can become an unwieldy hodgepodge of investments bought on the spur of the moment that don't function as a coherent whole.

These are speculative or gimmicky investments people tend to snap up on the spur of the moment during the euphoria of a rapidly rising market but that don't really fit into a coherent investing strategy.

Even people who start out with a well - balanced mix of assets sometimes spoil it by shifting their savings into gimmicky investments or moving from one investment to another in a vain attempt to capitalize on market sectors they hope will surge to outsize gains.

In other words, in the future as now, your best shot at investing success lies not in guesswork and intuition — or chasing after trendy or gimmicky investments — but in setting a reasonable strategy you'll feel comfortable following in good times and bad.

Not exact matches

I'm going to buy the system, don't get me wrong — it's a neat step forward and nicely, surprisingly, never felt gimmicky — but it just feels like I'm doing it as an investment right now, covering my bases for when the Great Wii U Game — maybe Pikmin 3?

But you certainly don't need to invest in every obscure corner of the markets or load up with every gimmicky new fund or ETF some investment firm comes up with in order to build a perfectly solid retirement portfolio.

Low - cost index funds and ETFs can also bestow an advantage beyond their cost savings — namely, the more you stick to a straightforward mix of stock and bond index funds, the less likely you are to fall for gimmicky or exotic investments that can make it more difficult to manage your retirement portfolio and possibly drag down long - term returns.

I'm going to buy the system, don't get me wrong — it's a neat step forward and nicely, surprisingly, never felt gimmicky — but it just feels like I'm doing it as an investment right now, covering my bases for when the Great Wii U Game — maybe Pikmin 3?