RE:RE:RE:Markets are a risky place to be........ MyName, your comment:
"Stats say something along the line of '95% of managers or investors do worse than the markets every year'. Smart money is to play the average and buy some of those diversified-low fees ETF."
is already in the running for Comment of the Decade.
I've been in the investment business for decades, and can say that there are constant overwhelming forces trying to keep retail folks from growing their savings this way. From an endless parade of guests on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, to commercials to millions of stock chat room comments, they all sell the allure of easy money.
But that's BS. The long-term, disciplined approach of a well-diversified, low-cost equity portfolio is far superior for a saver's serious money. For the small percentage of one's saving in fun money, there's everything else. Like a holding of Bombardier stock.