A quote that’s attributed to Albert Einstein goes something like this; “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Going by what Mr. Einstein says, it would be easy to assume that most investors are insane because of the fact that they’re constantly trying to predict when to enter and exit specific markets, pick outperforming stocks and are always on the lookout for the next “hot” fund manager to come along.
These are the same investors that rely on top mutual fund recommendations, listen to the advice of a broker who says that they have the skills to ‘beat the market’ and over-weigh their portfolio with asset classes that don’t make sense, including gold.… Read the rest