Curated Links: 05/20/2024 – Stick to Your Investment Plan
Market Timing: What It Is and How It Can Backfire
Many investors, academics, and financial professionals believe it is impossible to time the market. Other investors—particularly, active traders—believe strongly in market timing. Whether successful market timing is possible is a matter for debate, though nearly all market professionals agree that doing so for any substantial length of time is a difficult task.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/markettiming.asp
Investment Strategies for the Long Term
Investing is one of the best ways to increase your money over the long term and achieve your financial goals, but you shouldn’t approach investing with the expectation of getting rich quickly. History shows that the most dependable way to create wealth is to take a long-term approach.
https://www.fool.com/investing/how-to-invest/stocks/investment-strategies/
Financial Navigating in the Current Economy: Ten Things to Consider Before You Make Investing Decisions
Given recent market events, you may be wondering whether you should make changes to your investment portfolio. The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is concerned that some investors, including bargain hunters and mattress stuffers, are making rapid investment decisions without considering their long-term financial goals. While we can’t tell you how to manage your investment portfolio during a volatile market, we are issuing this Investor Alert to give you the tools to make an informed decision. Before you make any decision, consider these areas of importance:
Here are the reasons these investments are bogus
That bluntness aims to cut through the soft, misleading, and in my opinion, near-criminal “guarantees” annuity firms have peddled for decades – to investors’ detriment. Whatever you think an annuity can do for you, it can’t. Or there is likely a cheaper, better, more flexible way to do it.
Are Annuities A Good Investment?
Despite the prospect of annuities helping Americans better enjoy their golden years, few actually sign up—it’s what’s known as the “annuity puzzle.” Many would-be users don’t like the prospect of giving up a large portion of their portfolio, and they’re unsure about the prospect of high fees or indecipherable contracts.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/retirement/are-annuities-a-good-investment/