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...investment world is filled with numbers, but these are perhaps the most troubling: according to Vanguard founder Jack Bogle, in the 20 years ending in 2005, the S&P 500 index rose 11.9% annually and the average mutual fund 9.7%, but the average investor realized only a 6.9% return. The difference between the index and the average mutual fund is readily explained by fund costs, including management fees...
...does the average investor perform so much worse than the average fund? The answer is timing--bad timing. People have a knack for stampeding into a sector as its performance peaks, only to suffer the impending decline while missing the rally. So the average investor's money, often earmarked for important future needs like education and retirement, grows at a slower rate than it would with a simple buy-and-hold strategy...
...attention. Most people pay little mind to the details of why the stock market rose or fell. But the media capture our attention by highlighting strong sectors--real estate and energy are recent illustrations. More often than not, once a sizzling sector comes to the attention of an individual investor, the opportunity is gone...
Pataki has said he will not seek a fourth term as governor. The Gordon lectures, established in 1987, honor the 105-year-old investor Albert H. Gordon...
...contributor to Proposition 87, a statewide initiative that would impose a tax on oil companies for drilling in California - and use the $4 billion raised over 10 years to fund the development of "cleaner" and "cheaper" energy. "Proposition 87 is 100% a subsidy," says Cleantech blogger and energy investor Neal Dikeman, who is opposed to Prop. 87's call for the creation of a new state bureaucracy spending $4 billion on "an undefined bunch of renewable programs," and prefers that the money come from California's General Fund or by raising taxes. Khosla maintains that Prop. 87 is a "limited...