Investor behavior and the psychology behind it is quite interesting. Dalbar has done studies on these types of behaviors and found that investors do not actually achieve, or even get close to, the average returns of the stock market index, the S&P 500. Because of the way we invest, constantly buying and selling stocks based on our supposed logic and emotion, many investors fall short of any real market gains. This means that market investing and the numbers Wall Street uses to lure us in are almost all completely false. Investors do not get the returns of the market. By using safe money investments such as high cash value life insurance we can get out of the markets and find safe ways to grow our retirement income without risk. In fact, in most cases these investments will beat what the average investor will achieve in the markets, especially after taxes and fees. Adding this to the many benefits that life insurance, structured properly, offer us, we find a much more secure and stable way to grow our money. Whether you call it Infinite Banking, Becoming your Own Banker, or some other name, the principles are the same, as long as it is found within a whole life insurance policy. "Investor Behavior We all read the news and hear about these lofty returns in the market. Like, the S&P over the last 10 years has average X and over the past 5 years it’s been this. What’s interesting is when the ordinary investors hear these returns, what goes through their head? I describe ordinary or the average investor as those who put money into their 401k each year or into other investments such as mutual funds They take advice from brokers who have them “dollar cost average” or buy and hold for the long haul. Words like asset allocation and diversification are used to make the investor feel all warm and fuzzy. Many of these average investors think they are beating the market or at least getting returns similar to the market. This is coupled by the fact that radio talk show hosts contently tell you that you will get double digit returns in mutual funds. The “market” as I define it, is the S&P 500 index. It’s a broad range index comprising of 500 of the largest stock companies. Most equity mutual funds are compared to the benchmark of the S&P 500 index to compare how they are doing in the market. Well the results are in for 2015. Dalbar is an analytical analysis company that tracks and monitors investor behavior. In the end here is what they have to say about the ordinary investor. Over the past 20 years if you could get the S&P 500 without any fees, it has averaged about 9.85%. But here is the fallacy, most advisors, mutual fund mangers, and hedge funds do not beat the S&P 500. So the chances that you’ll find a broker or money manager who beats the index after fees is difficult at best. Certainly for the long haul anyway. So how did investor behavior fare over the last 20 years? The investor who used allocation funds did 2.47% over the last 20 years. 1.76% over the last 30 years. Keep in mind this is before fees and taxes….brutal isn’t it? Makes you wonder why you take the risk at all. This seems to be consistent with many ordinary investors that I talk with across the country I recently talked with a guy who has had his 401k for 20 years. After he crunched the numbers he came up with just over 2% return. Boy was he discouraged. So the moral of the story? You can’t listen to what Wall Street reports Or what you hear on the news. Investor Behavior is hard to overcome. Fear of losses and reaching for gains keep investors guessing – and more often than not – on the wrong side of market movements. If you see that the market is up X%, that doesn't mean you are just because you have your money invested in the market." -------------------------------------------------------------- Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNtQmqZlNUwzPuWmHPI_oSg?sub_confirmation=1 Visit me on the web- http://WiseMoneyTools.com/ Follow me! FB - https://www.facebook.com/wisemoneytools Twitter - https://twitter.com/wisemoneytools Google+ - https://plus.google.com/114367619155241197052 I have been involved in financial planning for over 30 years. I started out as a high volume stock broker. After working with millions of dollars I decided there had to be another way for people to earn money in the market without all the risky ups and downs that leave you where you started, or worse. After reading a ton of books I came across a book on the Infinite Banking Concept and it completely changed my life and the way I view investments. Now I focus on building wealth in safe and predictable ways, like Infinite Banking, Cash Value Life Insurance, and Indexed Annuities to name a few. I post videos regularly so if you have any questions of comments feel free to email them to... dan at wisemoneytools dot com
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