The company I work for have offered me, 1,500 options(not sure how these work?) , or a few k a year pay rise, I know the company is being packaged ready for sale next year for arorund 60-100MM but ...
Since 02/27 I lost over $2000..I invested in Fidelity mutual funds: FSDAX ,FDVLX,FDCAX,FSLVX and TSVOX
I don't know what to do..should I sell my mutual funds or wait??...
If you had $200k to invest, what would you do with it? would you hire a financial advisor or do your own research to buy stocks/funds/real estate etc. Is it worth to hire a financial advisor for this ...
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I assume you mean index funds. You have some pretty good answers already. I have a couple of extra comments in this reguard. There are maybe about 300 different index funds, so deciding which ones to buy can be an arduous task. Many folks just opt for the S&P 500. There are two downsides to this particular fund. 1. It is capitalization weighted so you do not really have so diversified a portfolio as you might first think. About 50 stocks about for about 50% of the index. The other 450 are window dressing. 2. The index is basically U S companies, but U S companies make up only about 40% of the world markets. These two failings can be mitigated by owning more than one index fund and carefully selecting the indexes so that you have proper diversification and are not stuck in a bunch of large cap slow growth companies.
Califrich
The downside is that you then will not outperform the index, as you might by selecting your own stocks. But the upside is that you will do as well as the index, something the majority of mutual fund managers cannot achieve.
HH@20
As a follow up to Muncie Birder, the Vanguard Total Stock Fund combined with the Vanguard Total International Stock Fund will give you a balanced world exposure. At some point you mifgt look at adding a REIT index and natural resources.
piet lul
indexis are a good way to invest in the market, but you will never have a high flying stock.
lmcginnis14
If you are referring to mutual funds, that are considered index funds (example: S&P 500 indexed fund), then the down side is that index funds usually performs in line with the specified index. The goal of a professionally managed mutual fund, is to out-perform the index, so you would have better potential for good returns by staying away from the indexed funds.
jim b
Jack Bogel founded the vg500 index fund, he has a website.He has many good answers to your question.
yaguru
the downside to buying stocks is ALWAYS the same. They can go down in value.
voluntarheel
The downside is you risk being average. However average is better than what most mutual funds do (and many stocks, too). And once you calculate in fees mutual funds are even worse. Honestly there is very little downside to indexing.
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