Over a ten
year investment horizon there is nearly a 10 % chance of realizing a negative return - but on the bright side, the worst - case return over ten years was 1.4 % annually, a loss of around 15 % over the period.
Not exact matches
«Most private equity
investment is still in traditional energy —
there's a lot of money to be made
there,» Heck said, noting a typical PE
investment time
horizon of 3 to 7
years.
Instead investors with slightly longer
investment horizons should use it a buying opportunity, particularly considering that several secular trends suggest that
there are many more
years of life in this cycle.
Most economists would be agreeing that
there's going to be some form of economic slowdown in the Northern European, North American economies over the next two to three
years — so within any reasonable
investment time
horizon.
I think the trick in the
investment business is to have a long enough
investment horizon that you maximize your probability of success but not so long that
there's extended periods of poor performance that investors lose hope, and we found that about a two -
year investment horizon achieves that balance of being able to maximize the probability of success while hopefully having only short periods of underperformance.
Besides a 3 % deduction from my paycheck into a retirement portfolio and a state retirement plan, I don't have any «
investment» money saved away for future purchases - and I know
there are some on the
horizon, like a down payment on a Car, a House Mortgage, and my future child's college education that I'd like to be able to make (in 5, 10 and 20
years respectively).
If you are planning to use that money in two or three
years, your
investment horizon is kind of short, so you rather allocate more in fixed income, in case
there is a dip in the stock market.
Dear PRATAP, For an
investment horizon of 15
years or so,
there is absolutely no need to postpone your
investments.
Butler Philbrick Gordillo and Associates» argue in Valuation Based Equity Market Forecasts — Q1 2013 Update that «
there is substantial value in applying simple statistical models to discover average estimates of what the future may hold over meaningful
investment horizons (10 +
years), while acknowledging the wide range of possibilities that exist around these averages.»
I am planning build MF portfolio with 10
years as total
investment horizon and next 1
year with high SIPs (may be 1 - 1.5 lakh per month) and small amounts per month (may be 20k) from
there on wards.
But if your
investment horizon is more than 10
years or 12
years as per this plan, then
there are many
investment options which can give a better return.