http://netvouz.com/infor626/tag/investment?feed=rss&pg=3 infor626's bookmarks tagged "investment" on Netvouz http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.40/chance-creates-the-illusion-that-investors-can-beat-the-stock-market.html Chance creates the illusion that investors can beat the stock market - Personal Investment Management > Investment Luck versus Investing Skill Articles - Financial Articles, “Market efficiency” makes it very difficult for individual investors to “beat the market.” Left to their own decisions, individual investors perform so poorly that on average their investment returns lag behind the returns that one would expect from a completely random stock selection process. The average professional trader does somewhat better than amateurs do and, in part, probably does so at the expense of the amateurs. On average, any actual performance advantage delivered by professionals is significantly less than the average fees they charge for their services. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.45/choose-mutual-funds-with-lower-investment-management-expenses.html Choose mutual funds and ETFs with lower investment management expenses - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Selecting Diversified Investment Funds -- Mutual Funds and ETFs - Financial Articles, Investment fund management fees can only be justified, if they lead to higher returns that more than compensate for the fees. Sadly, this is most often not the case with actively managed equity and bond mutual funds. In addition, you have no reliable way to tell beforehand which active fund will return more than its costs, when compared to a passively managed index fund. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/commodity-futures-in-your-investment-portfolio-107.htm Commodity futures in your investment portfolio - Is there really any future for individual investors? 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The industry entices investors to pay more to achieve better returns. More frequently, however, higher investment costs will lead to lower net returns. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/develop-your-own-personal-financial-planning-skills-24.htm You are completely responsible for your financial and investment success or failure. Delegating investment decisions to industry advisers largely on naive faith infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.41/distinguishing-between-true-investment-skill-and-luck.html Distinguishing between true investment skill and luck - Personal Investment Management > Investment Luck versus Investing Skill Articles - Financial Articles, Repeated investment success may still be the result of luck rather than skill. Only if an investor makes specific predictions about why the prices of certain securities prices will move in a particular direction and those predictions actually come true can investment skill be demonstrated. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/diversify-to-avoid-investment-fraud-163.htm Another kind of investment diversification that individual investors should consider important relates to the failure or corruption of the financial industry infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.83/does-it-matter-how-financial-planners-and-investment-advisors-are-paid.html Does it matter how financial planners and investment advisors are paid? - Financial Advisors, Investment Counselors, and the Financial Industry > Payment of Investment Advisors, Financial Planners, and Investment Counselors - Financial Articles, Yes, it can matter significantly how an advisor is paid. The heart of the compensation issue is an advisor’s potential “conflict of interest” with respect to payments from third parties. If an advisor works on sales commissions or accepts other third party payments, will he still provide the best recommendations based solely on the client’s best interests infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/early-retirement-for-renters-through-investment-cost-reductions-120.htm Early retirement for renters due to investment cost improvements and higher savings rates Improving on Fran and Fred's lifetime financial plan with earlier infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT