Manage My Own Investments? Are You Kidding?
Studies have demonstrated that the track record for individual investors is not encouraging. From 1990 to 2010, the unmanaged S&P 500 Index earned an average of 7.81% annually. Over that same period, the average equity investor earned a paltry 3.49% annually!
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