Know Your Enemy

Investing your retirement savings wisely is not all that different from fighting a battle. Unfortunately, too many investors don’t actually know the enemy they’re fighting.

Financial advisors often reinforce these mistaken ideas by comparing portfolio performance to an index such as the S&P 500 Index composed of the stocks of the largest companies in America. Since that comparison seems important to the advisor, the investor assumes it is important.

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