Tag Archives: Investor Behavior

2009 Net Fund Flows

Despite and impressive run in equities, $375 billion moved into bond funds, and $9 billion exited equity funds.  Our concern is that investor behavior is once again the culprit and this inflow/outflow occurred after the equity pullback early in 2009 – causing this. Chart: J.P.Morgan Asset Management
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Bubbles…Is Gold next?

The WSJ recently published a chart that we thought was worth examining, and then noting here.  The chart draws an excellent comparison between the recent surge in gold prices to previous bubbles of the last decade, giving us a cautionary perspective for those pouring money into gold today:
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The Power of an Investment Policy Statement

Before we can give appropriate investment advice, we work with our clients to construct a comprehensive Investment Policy Statement (IPS).  Creating an Investment Policy Statement (FPA Press), by Norm Boone and Linda Lubitz Boone, spells out the purpose and benefits of using an Investment Policy Statement: Identifies specific client objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizon. Explains the [...]
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20-year Annualized Returns by Asset Class

20-year period ending 12/31/08.  S&P 500 Index = 8.4% Average Investor = 1.9% The culprit = Investor Behavior source J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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Forecasting: Interest Rates and Market Changes

The function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. - John Kenneth Galbraith   I’ve been in the forecasting business for 50 years, and I’m no better than I ever was, and nobody else is either. - Alan Greenspan   And the cost of reacting to forecasts, stock market promoters and other financial media commentators - leading to poor investor [...]
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Two-Thirds Don’t Have a Financial Plan

Despite increasing pressure to slash debt and rebuild retirement funds, nearly two-thirds of consumers do not have a written financial plan, according to the 2009 National Consumer Survey on Personal Finance. The survey, released today by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, found that 64% of respondents do not have a written financial plan in [...]
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It’s All about Discipline

You don’t have to be a genius to be a successful investor.  Warren Buffet once said, “Success in investing doesn’t correlate with IQ once you’re above the level of 25.  Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.”  It’s true [...]
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