It’s all a matter of perspective. Most people wait for a “good reason” to get into the stock market. They want a shortcut — or better yet, a crystal ball. The truth is that there’s always a good reason to invest now, because everyday stocks have an expected rate of return. With this mindset, you’re always in. You just have to stay in at all times, and you will get the returns.
We live in a society of immediacy. We’ve become used to services that give us immediate gratification. If you want to be a successful investor, one of the most important attributes — after following financial science and academic research — is patience.
If you invest in global and diversified equity portfolios and expect to receive high returns, you have to expect there will be times of disappointment. The average return over time has been around 10% in globally diversified equity portfolios. Continue reading
We are pleased to present our Quarterly Market Review for the 3rd quarter of 2018. Please see it in its entirety below.
Quarterly Market Review (QMR) - Q3 2018 (Landscape version)
Jeff Holland
info@viaiv.com
{2:30 minutes to read} Sometimes people look at their portfolios and wonder why they own international stocks, specifically in emerging markets. What they may not realize is that because they have a global portfolio, the assets within that portfolio are not always moving up or down in lock step. It could be said that these people are recency biased. Continue reading