Lessons Learned In 2013
- npatel81
- Dec 16, 2013
- 1 min read
by Seth J. Masters
In 2013, interest rates rose, bonds fell, equities soared, and U.S. income-tax rates climbed higher. Before starting to place bets for 2014, investors would be wise to think about some important lessons from 2013.
1. You Have to Be in It to Win It
The stock market has surged since 2009, but for most of this time, investors were busy taking money out of stocks and hoarding cash and bonds. According to Lipper and Strategic Insight data, individual investors withdrew nearly $320 billion from U.S.-domiciled stock portfolios between 2008 and 2012, with no let up as it nearly doubled from the bottom reached in early 2009. But during 2013, investors began to pile back in: positive flows into U.S.-domiciled stock portfolios were a whopping $182 billion through November 2013 (Display).
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Staying on the sidelines may seem safe, but it also ensures
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