Active or Passive Investing—Which Gets Better Results?
March 22nd, 2019
Which is the best approach for maximizing long-term returns … actively investing funds using an asset manager, or taking the passive approach using index funds? It’s a debate that has raged among investors for decades. After all this time, a comprehensive statistical analysis1 has delivered the verdict. And the answer is: BOTH! According to theRead Entire Article…
Zacks Advantage Achieves Back-to-Back Top Rankings from The Robo Report™ by Backend Benchmarking.
February 27th, 2019
After achieving a top-ranking (#1) for Year-to-Date Top Performers for Total Portfolio and Equity portfolio in Q3, 2018 by The Robo Report by Backend Benchmarking, Zacks Advantage has once again achieved a performance-based honor in the just-released Q4, 2018 report. In the fourth quarter and end of the year (annual) ranking, comparing performance among theRead Entire Article…
The Most Reliable Way to Build Wealth is No Mystery
January 22nd, 2018
Saving part of your income to help build wealth long term is better than doing nothing. But it’s not necessarily the best approach. Why? Because it doesn’t let your money compound as fast as it might if it were invested in higher-performing investments like high performing stocks. “Compounding causes your wealth to snowball over timeRead Entire Article…
How $5,000 a Year Can Become Nearly $1 Million
January 11th, 2018
Any patient investor can turn $5,000 a year into nearly $1 million in their lifetime. So says Ron Baron, billionaire founder of Baron Capital.1 In a recent CNB article, he calculates that “if you invest $5,000 a year for 30 years … it’s worth $890,000″ based on historical stock market returns. “It’s all about compounding.”Read Entire Article…
Participate in the Market While Mitigating Risk
November 29th, 2017
Savvy investors know that one of the best ways to maximize stock market returns over the long term is to simply stay invested. Market timing has been shown time and again to underperform a stay-invested approach. That said, the current bull market is close to becoming the longest one ever. If you have the vastRead Entire Article…
Waiting is the Hardest Part. It Can Also Be the Costliest.
November 8th, 2017
Investors are always told to “buy low and sell high.” But a recent study by Goldman Sachs suggests that a “buy low and sell high” strategy is not only unpredictable, it’s undesirable. Even investors astute enough to divine when the market was near the top – not an easy thing to do – and soldRead Entire Article…
Surprise! Most Stocks Aren’t Very Good Investments
October 19th, 2017
The stock market is often touted as the best choice for growth-oriented investors, based on its roughly 10% average annual return over the long term*. But that figure masks a surprising discrepancy: the vast majority of stocks don’t deliver anywhere near that type of return. In fact, if you exclude the top performing four percentRead Entire Article…
Paying More Doesn’t Mean You’ll Get More
October 9th, 2017
Beware the money manager who charges high fees and justifies them with a “highly sophisticated” trading strategy. It’s tempting to equate exotic or complex methodologies with a higher degree of sophistication, and therefore submit to massive fees in order to pursue higher returns that “regular joe investors” can’t access. But in fact, there often seemsRead Entire Article…