Maximum pain drives changes for most people, which is
why average investors don't make much money.
Discover five reasons
why average investors and sophisticated hedge funds choose ETFs instead of mutual funds to meet their investment goals.
Given the kind of showing we've seen in the knowledge test, I suppose it's easy to understand
why the average investor holds a portfolio that has returned 3.9 % over the last 20 years or so.
And this is
why the average investor averages returns a little over 1 %.
I firmly believe this is
why the average investor does not even come close to the returns of the S&P 500.
This is exactly
why the average investor only gets 1/3 of the return of the funds they own (Dalbar 20 - year study).
These same psychological biases are part of the reason for the boom - bust cycles in the stock market and
why the average investor get hurts repeatedly.
Not exact matches
Handy: I understand
why the industry would want to be in 401 (k) s. It's sort of crazy for the
average investors.
It's calculated annually by dividing operating expenses by the
average dollar value of the fund's assets — lowering returns for
investors, which is
why it's important to know.
There are a multitude of reasons as to
why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many
investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies - dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their dividends at rates considerably above
average and high dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above -
average dividend yields as measured by the dividend rate compared to the stock market price.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on
average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for
investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different
investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «
why» [32:40] What and
why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «
why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?
In an interview with Yahoo Finance editor - in - chief Andy Serwer, Munger expanded on this idea and, in doing so, outlined quite simply
why you — the
average investor — will never be Charlie Munger.
Why is it the
average investor earned just 2.6 % annually over the decade to 2013 when the stock market rose 7.6 % annually?
This is
why this index gives
investors a better benchmark for
average stock performance and a clearer indication of the movement of the U.S. marketplace.
This clearly shows
why doing an «
average investor» return calculation solely based on fund inflows and outflows is misleading.
Having the «full faith and credit» of the federal government gives
investors greater confidence in Ginnie Mae securities, and that ultimately helps explain
why VA loans and FHA loans typically have lower
average interest rates than conventional mortgages, which don't carry that government backing.
Why can't the
average investor just buy a basket of value stocks?
It is easy to understand
why many
investors abandon stocks even when dollar cost
averaging.
Portfolio Strategies Picking a Rate of Return to Use for Long - Term Planning A review of the historical data shows
why long - term
investors should look to long - term
averages when setting return expectations.
Written by Rob Bennett, This Is the Best Time in History to Be a Stock
Investor is an excellent look at P / E10 (price to earnings, but using an
average of the prior 10 years earnings) and
why Rob concludes we are in a positive buying environment.
This is
why momentum investing is more prevalent with institutional
investors rather than the
average retail
investor.
The primary reason
why the
average mutual fund expense ratio has come down in the past, albeit only slightly, is that a substantial minority of all individual
investors has gotten smarter about excessive investment costs.
Why would an
average investor suddenly post good returns because they implemented the SM?
Index fund are such a compelling story for the
average investor that I wonder
why they are not even more popular.
Why is it that the
average investor's return in a mutual fund is far inferior to the mutual fund's long - term performance?
In fact, a recent Fidelity survey found that many
investors think index funds, which attempt to match a market benchmark like the S&P 500 (before fees), are less risky than active funds, which attempt to outperform a benchmark.1 That may help explain
why during 11 weeks of heightened market volatility in 2015,
investors bought index funds but sold active funds at seven times the
average rate during nonvolatile weeks.2
Maybe this is the reason
why North America's ultra-high-net-worth
investors put 27 % of their investment money, on
average, into real estate, according to a recent survey of the member of the high - net - worth, peer - to - peer network group Tiger 21 (for people with a minimum of $ 10 million to invest).
As far as I am aware, there are no reliable market - timing indicators (although there are several
investors who I respect who swear by a simple moving
average crossover — they can explain to you
why they like it).
Add in the conversion covenants associated with the bonds and we can see
why converts usually don't make it to the
average retail
investor's portfolio.
So if you are pursuing a dollar - cost -
averaging approach using low - cost index funds (something I think many would benefit from as I wrote in
Why Passive Investing Is an Excellent Default Choice — an Active
Investor's View), by all means continue with that approach.
There is also an incredible amount of research behind
why these are the best options for the
average investor, unlike the research behind Iraqi Dinar.