Top 11 Reasons Traditional Investors Don’t Do Well

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Pooled market capitalization (cap) mutual funds – market cap index funds and ETFs remove stocks after they fall below the strategy's market cap standards, which is often too late. As a result, the negative impact to investors can be significant.
Pooled ownership – when invested in mutual fund or ETFs, investors are subject to small investor down market redemptions that not only impact results, but increase costs.
Hidden fees – mutual funds and ETFs not only charge expense ratios, but also trading fees and clearing costs, which can add up to significant annual costs.
High advisor fees – industry advisor costs can range between .75% and 1.50%, and may not include the hidden costs of mutual funds.
Portfolio deployment – poor portfolio structure can include overlap and fail to meet direct income, risk, and growth needs.
Poor portfolio quality – when a portfolio is structured without quality equities and yield-focused bonds.
Pricing disadvantages – in most of the industry's top bond funds there are often low yield to maturity bonds, which after fees may offer no net income value.
Over concentration – too much concentration on sectors with high risk.
Behavior – poor advisor or investor discipline can kill even the best results.
Expectations – having the right insights on outcomes is important since it helps to identify areas of the portfolio that will fail to meet your goals.
Cookie cutter portfolios – portfolios that are not tailored to meet an investor's specific needs.

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