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By: agentsully

agentsully — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:48:55 +0000

@Shaun - that is an excellent point. I will add that to the chart very soon.

By: Shaun Rosenberg

Shaun Rosenberg — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:31:35 +0000

You should put the effects of inflation on your chart to give it a more accurate view of buying power. I consider everything that is making under 3% a year is actually losing money every year because of inflation.

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By: Phoenix Homes Guy

Phoenix Homes Guy — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:09:56 +0000

I never really knew about hedge funds and have always wondered what the “big deal” was. Seems to me like their not the secret pill that many make them out to be. Thanks for the sobering stats.

By: Franklin

Franklin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:35:18 +0000

You first point is highly accurate. Invest in index funds and make sure mutual funds are no load. I’d also add that a diversified portfolio and a long term hold strategy make your investment rock solid.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:56:03 +0000

Nice post and thanks for the tips. I’ve always wondered what the difference between a hedge and a Mutual fund was and thanks to you, now i know.

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By: agentsully

agentsully — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:38:46 +0000

Thanks Matt!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:47:49 +0000

This is an interesting post that I think does a great job of illustrating that investing can be very simple. By holding a well diversified portfolio of low cost index funds, investors can outperform the majority with little effort.

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By: agentsully

agentsully — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:06:05 +0000

Virginia - thanks for sharing your opinion. You could be right. At the same time those “in the know” have to be careful that they are not acting on inside information. And then again, I saw many folks buy based on what seemed like good information only to be foiled by a blind spot in their judgement, which usually took the form of drinking the company’s positive propaganda cool-aid.

So after that long winded story, that’s why I still recommend mutual funds to everyone.

If someone is willing to do the research, by all means feel free to try. I wish everyone the best of luck with their investing regardless of how they invest.

Thanks again Virginia. Hope to see you again!

By: Virginia Greg

Virginia Greg — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:58:16 +0000

I think I’m kind of backwards on this, but if you have an area of particular expertise, you might be able to know more than the market and pick individual stock (or know who to short). If you’re a drug rep, you might know that a certain company is gaining mind-share of docs before that is reflected in the stock valuation, for example. In those cases, I think you can do really well picking individual stocks. I agree though that mutual funds, as long as fees are 10 year horizon.

By: agentsully

agentsully — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:13:34 +0000

Hi Zaki,
Thanks for joining the conversation! Good luck with your investing!

By: zaki blogjer

zaki blogjer — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:12:14 +0000

I have no idea about hedge fund, but I agree that mutual funds is profitable (for me at least) in long run. I have to be patient to get fruitful outcome after few years investing

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By: agentsully

agentsully — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:08:06 +0000

Hayden - hi! thanks for dropping by and sharing your thoughts and opinions! Always welcomed! Hope to see you again!

ETF Guy - hello! yes, ETF are good too. In terms of keeping things simple, I think they are pretty interchangeable. I’ll look into this a little further and write a post on it to clarify things for my readers. Thanks for bringing this up.

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By: ETF Guy

ETF Guy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:13:59 +0000

I agree with your philosophy as it matches mine in many ways. Of course, I’m a fan of exchange traded funds over mutual funds, but the differences aren’t huge there. Good to read from another person on “my side”!

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By: Hayden

Hayden — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:57:04 +0000

Interesting points on hedge fund versus mutual fund. I would also note that hedge funds that manage a significant amount of the founder’s capital (Citadel and SAC Capital are 2 big ones) have tended to show consistent superior performance and would be attractive to invest in (in my opinion). These also create a better alignment of interest with the underlying manager.

The difficulty for investors is that the hedge funds that everyone wants to invest in (such as those just mentioned) are often closed to new investors (and potentially limit or prohibit further investments from existing investors). Hedge funds cannot grow too big otherwise they start to become index-like (a point that Jim Cramer mentioned in his Mad Money book).

By: agentsully

agentsully — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:33:26 +0000

Hi Bob, thank you for the testimonial! I’ve got a new one coming up soon on the topic of simple investing. I’d be happy to know your thoughts. Watch for it tomorrow. Best regards.

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Wed, 30 May 2007 07:45:20 +0000

Tom says:

“How can you compare hedge funds to mutual funds? Theyâ€™re completely different with completely different investors!”

Sorry Tom, but hedge funds are a poor choice for anyone. Only those who are pretty clueless invest in them.

Tom says:

“And stock picking is easy. The hard part for beginners is understanding that you canâ€™t buy a stock without a sell strategy in place.”

No… it is far, far more complex than having a “sell strategy”. The pitfalls are too numerous to get into here.

AgentSully has it right. I earned a relatively modest income all my working life and retired a millionaire+ at age 51. With hedge funds and stock picking, I’d still be working.

I have examined all of this inside and out. The comments in this article are dead-on. Kudos to the author.