Why does the average investor is making far less money than the sophisticated investor? Well, they are lots o reasons why these happens.
One of the most important reasons is the lack of financial education, and the lack of information, which in our era is more important than the usual education, the kind of education that we receive at school.
The average investor, invests accordingly with the advices that they are receiving from their financial advisors…
“Invest on long term. Diversify. Buy cheap stocks.”
And they continue to buy and lose. But what happens when the market is starting to fall? What are the financial advisors telling them?…
“Don’t worry. Continue investing on the long term.”
But how long is the period included in the expression “long term”? In the operations known as “commodity futures”, the expression “long term” could mean 30 seconds. In business or real estate, the same expression could mean centuries.
The majority of the people who invests at the stock market, are
people over 50 years and in a few years will retire....