Feb 11
4 Investment Myths Advisors Believe by Dave Gilreath - ThinkAdvisor
What You Need to Know
- Stocks have been the best hedge against inflation 75% of the time over the last 50 years, history shows.
- Lump-sum investing outperformed dollar-cost averaging most of the time, a recent study found.
- Apart from the Great Recession, U.S. stocks have outperformed internationals for the last three decades.
A common view of financial advisors is that they are highly analytical types who are guided by data and skeptical of unsupported market theories.
Like many of their individual clients, however, some advisors embrace popular investing myths backed by nothing more than vague assumptions.
