My understanding is that the "easiest" way for a layperson to make money investing is to invest money long term in broad market index funds. To improve returns beyond that, an investor needs to either try to anticipate market movements (i.e., time the market) or invest in a narrower range of investments (e.g., individual stocks rather than broad mutual funds). Generally, this sub seems to more strongly warn investors against trying to time the market than trying to pick individual stocks. Why is that? Is there something fundamentally more difficult about timing the market?
Submitted December 01, 2019 at 06:00PM by RosmarysBabyBjorn https://ift.tt/35QKuN7
