Are You Buying These Funds? Don't!

Far too many investors are making this mistake... [Shield] AN OXFORD CLUB PUBLICATION [Wealthy Retirement]( [View in browser]( SPONSORED [Free Year - Voucher 1]( Editor's Note: This week, I'm taking a break from my normal Value Meter column to pass along this article from my former colleague at Manward Press, Alpesh Patel. (Don't worry - The Value Meter will be back next week.) Alpesh is a hedge fund CEO... a Dealmaker for the U.K. government... an author of 18 books on investing... a Financial Times trading and forecasting champion... a frequent guest on Bloomberg and the BBC... a TEDx speaker... a philanthropist... the list goes on (and on). I know you'll enjoy his thoughts below. And further, I encourage you to [check out his latest initiative here](. For the first time ever, he's making it possible to get a FREE bonus 12 months of his award-winning GVI Investor research service. The service has an [intriguing income component]( that I think will appeal to Wealthy Retirement readers like you. [Click here for the details.]( - Anthony [FINANCIAL LITERACY]( [Are You Buying These Funds? Don't!]( [Alpesh Patel, Trading Champion, Manward Press]( [Alpesh Patel]( Early in my investing career, I put my money and my trust in the hands of mutual fund managers. But when I became a professional in the industry, I learned an important lesson about investing and money management. Never delegate your money management. I quickly learned that mutual fund managers are in the capital acquisition and retail client retention business. The first job of these fund managers is to acquire as much capital from retail clients as possible. That means they need to create lots of different funds for all that money to go into. The retail equity fund management industry has been quite creative in building countless funds distinguished by geography, style or sector. You can find U.S. growth funds, European income funds, global technology funds, etc. As an investor, you're enticed into buying lots of funds with the promise that you'll be more diversified that way. More funds of course means more fees. Your dollars get spread ever thinner. After all, if each fund owns 50 stocks and you put your money into 10 funds, that's 500 stocks! This is not in the best interests of any investor. It forces you to overdiversify and pay lots of fees... which results in poorer performance. What else can you expect from owning 500 stocks and paying the fees for them on top of everything else? Locked In The second thing I learned about mutual fund managers is that they have to retain clients - as any business does. It's in their interest to minimize your losses, not maximize your returns. This means they will try to lock you into investments for five years (the typical recommended minimum holding period so many mutual funds promote). None of this is necessarily suited to you as an individual investor. Shouldn't you be told the risk and reward of each stock and be able to make your own decision about whether it fits your risk appetite? When you put your money in a mutual fund, you have no control over what is bought, how much is bought, how diversified it is or how much risk it takes on. Your individual needs and goals are left unmet. And here's the biggest problem with these fund managers... SPONSORED [Yours Free! Top FIVE Dividend Stocks Right Now]( Marc Lichtenfeld - income expert and author of Get Rich with Dividends - is giving away his Ultimate Dividend Package... completely free of charge! You'll discover... - An "A"-rated, ultra-safe dividend stock with a huge 8% yield - Three of Marc's favorite "Extreme Dividend" stocks, which could supercharge your income - And finally, Marc's No. 1 dividend stock for a LIFETIME of income. [Click here to get the names and ticker symbols now](... before the download link expires. **NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED!** Underperform, Underdeliver They consistently underperform. According to S&P Global's Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) funds scorecard, most equity fund managers fail to beat the market. The last SPIVA scorecard showed that 69.33% of U.K. equity fund managers underperformed the S&P United Kingdom Broad Market Index over the past decade. In the U.S. market, the picture is even bleaker: 87.2% of all actively managed funds underperformed their benchmark between 2005 and 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic crash and the early stages of the recovery, things weren't much better. According to research published by the University of Chicago, almost 3 out of every 4 active funds underperformed the S&P 500. Additionally, funds that do outperform their benchmarks over 15 years spend 60% to 80% of that time underperforming. Take Control I say all this not to make it seem as if mutual fund managers are buffoons who are so incompetent that they fail to beat the market (although it probably seems that way). I see hard data like this year in and year out. I used to write about it in my weekly Financial Times columns and in my books, and I used to talk about it on my Bloomberg TV show. Fund managers often leave the firm where they were the "star," and then you're left with the fund. How does that help you? It doesn't. That's one reason for underperformance - the fund may be "long only," but the manager isn't. Also, because asset management firms like Fidelity create so many funds, each fund they create, by definition, can select from only the geography and style they have set. So they can't pick the best stocks in the market... only the best stocks from the small gene pool they are allowed to look at (e.g., U.S. Growth Pharma). That means they are not selecting from a large universe and can easily suffer if the style or sector they target is out of favor. So don't leave your investing decisions in the hands of these fund managers. Don't let someone else have power over your money. When you're in control, you can make better decisions about which stocks to have in your portfolio... and when and why to have them. And that will ultimately lead to better returns, cost savings... and empowerment. Lastly, I would humbly suggest you [take a look at what we've been doing with my award-winning GVI Investor research service](. I've made it my mission to empower the everyman to take control of his investing. And... well... we're absolutely crushing the broad markets. [Click here to see how we're celebrating]( (and why it means unprecedented savings for folks who sign up before midnight tonight). 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