Dumbest Investment Line of 2012 – “In these uncertain times”

One of my pet peeves is the phrase “in these uncertain times”. I see it constantly in the media and in financial industry talks and articles. Rarely is anything smart said after “in these uncertain times”.

When are times not uncertain? Was 2012 uniquely full of uncertain news? No. Pick any year. If you google the news from that year, you will find many major uncertainties ever year.

这条线引起今天的人的原因并不是因为新闻项目,例如“财政悬崖”,美国债务,欧洲债务或中东的不确定性。真正的原因是,从2008年开始,投资者没有在情感上康复。

2008年,我们在80年来最大的市场崩溃,许多投资者仍在坚持这种恐惧。会再次发生吗?几乎没有人预测2008年之前发生的撞车事故,但是当然,许​​多人在2008年之后预测一次。

这一行的问题在于它用于证明不良建议是合理的。通常的意图是“在这些不确定的时期”,您应该在保守上比正常投资更保守。这是投资者最常见的错误。

Investment wisdom is that you should “Buy low. Sell high.” However, most investors consistently do the opposite. They “Buy high. Sell low.”

It’s called “herd behaviour”1. After big bull markets such as 1999 and 2006, investors tend to become more aggressive and pile into investments after the big gain. Technology was popular after 1999 and resources after 2006. Let’s all go over the cliff together.

然后,在2002年和2008年的重大崩溃之后,投资者倾向于销售和投资更加保守。债券在2002年和2008年之后最受欢迎。让我们坐在手中,观看机会走过。

Many studies, such as the Dalbar study2, document that the average investor makes about one third of the return of the investments they own – because they tend to buy high and sell low.

投资者为什么要“购买高价”。低价”?其中的重要部分是鼓励他们这样做。“在这些不确定的时期”,您应该在保守上比正常投资更保守。即使这是不好的建议和鼓励牛群的行为,金融业也使用它,因为其主要目标不是提供好的建议,而是出售产品。媒体之所以使用它,是因为它引起人们的共鸣。

但是,这并没有改变您应该避免畜群行为的事实。您应该根据自己的风险承受能力和目标进行长期投资。如果您打算在市场周期的不同部分上进行不同的投资,则应与直觉告诉您的相反。在大型牛市之后要保持更加谨慎,并在下跌市场之后进行更积极的投资。

我们今天在市场周期中哪里?我们仍在康复。MSCI世界指数仍低于其2007年1月的峰值,加拿大TSX60仍低于其2008年5月的峰值。3Considering that stock markets rise long term, 5 or 6 year periods with no growth are quite rare.

避免行为。每当您听到或阅读“在这些不确定的时期”时,请注意接下来的话。然后忽略它 - 或相反。

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2 Comments

  1. 必威体育 2017年10月9日下午12:31

    Hi Colin,

    I agree. Most of the financial industry is focused on creating investments that will sell and are easy to market, instead of the highest quality investments.I call this the “business of investing” vs. the “profession of investing”.

    例如,许多共同基金由壁橱索引器管理,而不是真正的股票://www.fsshimao.com/closet-indexers-vs-stock-pickers-truly-active-managers-outperform/.

    如今,大多数投资者都错过了我们的8年牛市,因为自2008年以来,该行业一直专注于营销防御投资。

    I see it everywhere in financial planning, where nearly all advisors promote that they offer financial planning, but less than 1% have prepared even a single professional financial plan in their career.

    In the financial world, you always need to look passed the marketing to find high quality financial planning advice and high quality stock picking All Star Fund Managers.

    ed



  2. Colin Cambel 在October 1, 2017 at 12:53 PM

    许多石油和天然气公司都从事赚钱而不是赚钱的业务。这是他关于石油和天然气状况的一次谈判中的艺术伯曼的。我在说他的话。
    This could be used to describe a lot of players in the financial world.



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