Not exact matches
Being old fashioned, I gravitate to basics such as: — pay down all debt as quickly as is reasonably possible — broadly diversify across at least 5 asset classes —
keep expenses low — its OK to have an advisor for their expertise in security selection but never give an advisor
control over how your money is invested i.e. style, strategy, asset allocation — if you want to take a flyer on a hunch (and we all do at some point) take the funds out of your core
investment account and create a «satelite» account
Custodial Accounts are for those who wish to retain full
control over the selection and management of their
investment portfolio but would prefer not to have the record
keeping responsibilities.
But it also has an important unique feature (compared to competitors) to
keep things «Real World»: You have total
control over how annual cash flow surpluses and / or deficits are allocated between
investment asset accounts in the Financial Planner module.
No, you can't
control if the stock market bottoms out, but assuming your
investments will balance out
over the long run is still a safe bet, and it's within your
control to
keep contributing money to retirement accounts.