Why Does the Average Investor Keep Getting Clobbered?

By Steve McDonald Transcript:
Here’s the annual small investor’s behavior slap, compliments of Dalbar.

Dalbar is a Boston-based behavioral finance research group that has been collecting data on the small investor for more than 30 years. And its current report is a virtual repeat of last year’s.

If you’ve followed me for any amount of time, this won’t come as a surprise… The small investor is getting killed, and he’s doing it to himself.

The little guy is lagging the market badly – how does 4.7% below the S&P 500 sound? That’s worse than it was last year.

And it isn’t about excessive fees or bad advice; it’s …read more

Source::

      

Did you enjoy this article? Join our FREE Newsletter!
I agree to have my personal information transfered to MailChimp ( more information )
Join over 100,000 investors and business leaders worldwide. Get the latest actionable business and investing intelligence before the rest of the crowd.
We hate spam. Your email address will not be sold or shared with anyone else.