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Bob Gillingham’s

Investment Program

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How To Become A Millionaire!

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Compound Interest

OR – In simpler terms…

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  • What is Compound Interest?

Compound Interest & Time Value of Money

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Compound Interest

Compound Interest & Time Value of Money

    • Compounding interest pays interest on top of the principle value (the original amount of invested money) and the accrued interest.

    • Anyone can benefit – it is NEVER too late or too early to invest and use it in your favor!

  • Basics of compound interest:

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HOW MUCH TIME

DOUBLE YOUR

TO

$

JUST DIVIDE

BY THE INTEREST RATE

Rule of 72

72

FORMULA

72

% RATE OF RETURN

__________

=

YEARS

DOUBLE

TO

  • EXAMPLE: 72 / 6% = 12 YEARS

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INITIAL $5000 INVESTMENT

COMPOUNDED AFTER 48 YEARS

Rule of 72

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The Power of Compounding

Assumptions:

1) A single $2,000.00 investment in S&P 500

2) 10% annual return (app. average ann. return over 100 yrs.)

3) Hold investment until age 65

Age Balance at age 65 Age Balance at 65 Age Balance at 65

15 $ 296,623.12 25 $ 109,136.49 35 $ 40,154.57

16 $ 268,399.37 26 $ 98,752.14 36 $ 36,333.86

17 $ 242,861.12 27 $ 89,355.85 37 $ 32,867.68

18 $ 219,752.84 28 $ 80,853.63 38 $ 29,748.46

19 $ 198,843.32 29 $ 73,160.39 39 $ 26,917.89

20 $ 179,923.34 30 $ 66,199.16 40 $ 24,356.65

21 $ 162,803.60 31 $ 59,900.30 41 $ 22,039.11

22 $ 147,312.80 32 $ 54,200.78 42 $ 19,942.08

23 $ 133,295.96 33 $ 49,043.56 43 $ 18,044.59

24 $ 120,612.83 34 $ 44,377.06 44 $ 16,327.64

Total $ 1,970,428.30 Total $724,979.36 Total $244,715.42

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Financial Terminology

3. Stocks (aka Equities): Owning a piece of a company

2. Bonds (aka Fixed Income): Loan to a company, municipality, or government

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SAVINGS ACCOUNT

BONDS

EQUITIES (aka STOCKS)

1. Savings Account: Loan to a bank

Investment Asset Types

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Investment Asset Types

Risk vs. Return

RISK

RETURN

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AVG RETURN = 0.01 %

AVG RETURN = 4 %

AVG RETURN = 9 %

TIME TO DOUBLE INVESTMENT

18 Years

7200 Years

8 Years

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Dow Jones Industrial Average�from 1790 to 2018

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NOTE: Y-Axis Doubles!

Stock Market Crash – 1929

*Worst in history*

Market never drops to, or even approaches, zero

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Bull & Bear Markets

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Ben & Arthur

Ben’s rate of return is 12%

Arthur’s

return is also 12%

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Meet

BEN

Ben started investing at age 19

He invested $2,000 per year

That is $16,000 of his own money

He invested for 8 years (and then STOPPED)

Now, Meet

ARTHUR

Arthur started investing at age 27

He invested $2,000 per year

That’s $78,000 of his own money

He invested every year through age 65

Twins Ben and Arthur are alike in many ways, aside from their investing strategy…

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Ben & Arthur

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If you said Ben - you are correct!

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Ben & Arthur – Ref. Table

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Ben & Arthur – Ref. Table

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Ben & Arthur – Ref. Table

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Financial Terminology

  • Diversification is the process of spreading the investment across different types of investments to avoid the “too many eggs in one basket” problem
  • Risk is the volatility (swings, up and down, in the value of the investment)
    • Standard Deviation is an accurate measure of the risk (volatility)
    • Alpha and Beta are two values that also describe the risk associated with a Mutual Fund or a Stock

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Mutual Fund Benefits

Management

Diversification

Tailored Investment Objectives

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Market Capitalizations

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  • Micro-Cap: $300 million and under

  • Small-Cap: $1 billion and under

  • Mid-Cap: $1 - $8 billion

  • Large-Cap: $8 - $100 billion

  • Mega-Cap: More than $100 billion

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Market Capitalizations - Examples

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Investment Asset Types

Risk vs. Return

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Evaluating a Mutual Fund

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  • The table below uses the 3-Rs and an E to evaluate any Mutual Fund
  • Every column on this sheet relates to either Returns, Reviews, Risk or Expenses
  • Each column also displays the web site where the information can be found

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Evaluating a Mutual Fund - Instructions

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The table in the previous slide will help with evaluating and comparing different mutual funds. The bulleted letters listed below (A through L) can be found on www.Morningstar.com, and represent the respective column field to be completed:

  1. A ticker symbol is a unique five letter identifier for a mutual fund. This needs to be typed into the field in the upper left-hand corner of the webpage. Enter the ticker symbol in Column A.

  • Once the fund of the selected ticker symbol is opened, the category can be found within the Quote tab. It will tell us the type of investment we are researching (i.e., stocks or bonds, small or large companies, health or precious metals, etc.). Enter the category in Column B.

  • Manager Tenure (on the People tab) is the number of years that the current manager has been the portfolio manager of the fund. For funds with more than one manager, you’ll want to note the tenure of the manager who has been with the fund the longest. Fund management is an important variable in fund performance. If you buy a fund for its long-term performance, for example, you’ll want to be sure that the manager responsible for the good record is still at his or her post. Enter the longest manager tenure in Column C.

  • Load/No-Load refers to whether a fund has a sales charge (or commission). Load funds will have this percentage charged to you, the investor, when either: buying (front-load), selling (deferred or back-load), or during (level-load), the investment. ALL FUNDS UNDER CONSIDERATION OF INVESTING SHOULD BE NO-LOAD! You can find this in the Price tab, under maximum sales fees. If there is a hyphen in place of a numeric value, this means this is a no-load fund. Enter either no-load or load (if load, include percentage) in Column D.

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Evaluating a Mutual Fund - Instructions

E. Expense ratio is the percentage of fund assets paid for operating expenses and management fees. It usually ranges from 0% (best) to 3% (worst) and tells us how much the fund charges us annually. Our recommendation is to invest in funds with an expense ratio of 1% or less. This value is also found in the Price tab, under ongoing fee level (specifically below ‘Fund’). Enter the expense ratio in Column E.

F-J The returns for various lengths of time can help show the volatility of the mutual fund. Click on the Performance tab and scroll down to trailing returns. We want to take note of the following returns: 1-month, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year. Enter these returns in Columns F through J.

K. Morningstar rates mutual funds for investor reference using a star rating. This scale ranges from 1 star (worst) to 5 stars (best). When viewing a specific mutual fund on their website, this is shown as the quantity of stars displayed next to the ticker symbol at the top of the Performance tab. Enter the star rating in Column K.

L. Historical Sustainability Score Percentile Ranking (on the Sustainability tab) is a value which generally refers to the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) rating. This is based on 1-100 percentile scale – with 1 being a negligible risk to a company’s economic value; to 100, an extremely high-risk exposure to a company. A company’s ethics, sustainability, and carbon footprint (among other measures), will impact this value. In short, the lower the percentile, the lower the negative effect to the economic performance of the fund. This value is located in the Sustainability tab within the Sustainability Rating section, noted as ‘Historical Sustainability Score Percent Rank’. Enter the Historical Sustainability Score Percentile Ranking in Column L.

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Evaluating a Mutual Fund - Instructions

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The letters listed below (M through O) can be found on money.usnews.com/funds, and represent the respective column to be completed:

  1. Upon entering the ticker symbol of the desired fund to be evaluated, scroll down to view the section titled ‘Rankings’. Beneath this, a numerical ranking in the fund category, including total number of funds ranked in the category, will be displayed accordingly. However, if the fund being evaluated is an index fund, it will not be ranked (and will show “___ is not currently ranked”). Enter the ranking and total number of funds ranked for that category in Column M. If no ranking, enter ‘NR’ (for no ranking).

  • The Lipper rating is a five-tiered, five-category system that classifies funds using a separate score for the factors of total return, consistent return, preservation, fund expense, and tax efficiency. As a result, each mutual fund has five Lipper scores, with one score assigned to each factor. A top-ranking mutual fund would rate 5 in all five categories. The Lipper scores are listed under the Scorecard next to the Rankings section. For the purpose of this class, and the majority of those taking it (long-term investors, focused on investing within IRA accounts) – we are focusing on the first, second and fourth factors in the Lipper system. Enter the Lipper scores in Column N.

  • Standard deviation shows how consistent a fund’s return is over time. A mutual fund with a long track record of consistent returns will display a low standard deviation value. A growth-oriented or emerging market fund is likely to have greater volatility and will have a higher standard deviation. Therefore, it is inherently riskier. This value can be found in the Risk tab. Enter the standard deviation in Column O.

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Finding a Good Mutual Fund

Steps for finding a good mutual fund:

 

  1. Open the website “money.usnews.com/funds
  2. Scroll down the page to find a list of “Popular Rankings
  3. As an example, select “Technology
  4. Copy the Ticker Symbols for the top 5 rated funds on to a piece of paper
  5. Open the web site “marketwatch.com
  6. Use the cursor to select the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the page
  7. Enter one of the ticker symbols from step 4 above
  8. When the screen refreshes select the “FUND COMPARISON” button located above the performance graph
  9. Enter the 5 ticker symbols (each separated by a space) in the box and select the button, “Show Funds
  10. The Returns for these 5 Mutual Funds will be displayed for various time frames. Review the performance data to see if the funds are above or below the 9% average Return for stocks discussed in class.
  11. Now click on the ”Fees” button below the five ticker symbols and select “Show Funds
  12. The Fee structure for each Mutual Fund will be displayed. Review this data to locate any Mutual Fund that does not follow the rules for Expenses discussed previously
  13. Can any other Mutual Fund be eliminated, look closely?
  14. Select the “Returns” button and “Show Funds” to go back and review the ”Returns” before making a selection between the remaining Mutual Funds
  15. The “Risk” and “Holdings” button can be used to see additional information if desired

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Three Errors Investors Make

  • Not paying attention to Expenses
    • Load or No Load (buy No Load funds)
    • Expense Ratio (keep below 1% if possible)
  • Chase Sector Performance
    • Buying the Hot Sector/Mutual Fund/Stock which usually does not perform well in the future
    • Past performance does not guarantee future performance
  • Investors let their Emotions get involved in their investment decisions

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Chasing Sector Performance

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Sector returns can vary widely – over the last 10+ years the average difference between the best performing and worst performing sectors has been more than 30% per year. Investors can moderate this volatility by owning each sector in equal proportions .

* 2018 data is for January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018.

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Index Fund Advantages

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(PASSIVE INVESTING)

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S&P 500 Heat Map (Finviz.com)

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S&P 500 Index Funds

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DCA = Dollar Cost Average

Invest equal dollar amounts

at regular time intervals.

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Two Ways to Reduce Risk

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(Stocks)

(Bonds)

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Two Ways to Reduce Risk

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(Stocks)

(Bonds)

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Dow Jones Industrial Average�from 1790 to 2018

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S&P 500 �from 1926 to 2019

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Why You Should Keep a Long Term Perspective

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S&P 500 – Long Term Perspective

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Note the data is from 1970 to 2019 (~50 years)

Note that the S&P 500 is not positive every year!

*Within the timeline below, the S&P 500 was positive 40 years and negative 10 years

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S&P 500 – Long Term Perspective

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In Summary: Short term money is not for investing in the stock market as it is too risky!

Look at time period from 2000 – 2002. If you invested your money and expected it to increase in value, to be used in 2003. then you would have actually lost money as the market declined 3 years in a row.

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Small Cap Value – Long Term Perspective

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The Power of Compounding

Assumptions:

1) A single $2,000.00 investment in S&P 500

2) 10% annual return (app. average ann. return over 100 yrs.)

  1. Hold investment until age 65 

Age Balance at age 65 Age Balance at 65 Age Balance at 65

15 $ 296,623.12 25 $ 109,136.49 35 $ 40,154.57

16 $ 268,399.37 26 $ 98,752.14 36 $ 36,333.86

17 $ 242,861.12 27 $ 89,355.85 37 $ 32,867.68

18 $ 219,752.84 28 $ 80,853.63 38 $ 29,748.46

19 $ 198,843.32 29 $ 73,160.39 39 $ 26,917.89

20 $ 179,923.34 30 $ 66,199.16 40 $ 24,356.65

21 $ 162,803.60 31 $ 59,900.30 41 $ 22,039.11

22 $ 147,312.80 32 $ 54,200.78 42 $ 19,942.08

23 $ 133,295.96 33 $ 49,043.56 43 $ 18,044.59

24 $ 120,612.83 34 $ 44,377.06 44 $ 16,327.64

Total $ 1,970,428.30 Total $724,979.36 Total $244,715.42

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Opening an IRA account

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1) Do you want to open a Brokerage account or a Retirement account?

This really means -> Do you want to pay taxes on your account, defer taxes

to a later date or pay no taxes at all?

- A Brokerage account is a taxable account so taxes have to be paid annually.

2) There are two types of Retirement accounts. Do you want a Traditional IRA

(Individual Retirement Account) or a Roth IRA?

- If you use a Traditional IRA the taxes paid to the government are deferred until the money is withdrawn from the account.

- With a Roth IRA the money contributed to the account by you is “after tax dollars from Earned Income” so there will be no taxes paid when the funds are withdrawn after age 59½.

  1. Where do you want your money to be invested?

- This is asking if you want to buy stocks, bonds or a mutual fund? We suggest investing in an S&P 500 Index fund with a high historical Rate of Return and the very low Expense Ratio.

- A Balanced fund could also be used by investors who want to take less risk than investing in an all stock/equities fund.

Three questions you will be asked when you open an account and the meaning of these questions:

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S&P 500 Index Funds (No Load)

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Fund

Local Office Location 1

Local Office Location 2

Ticker

Symbol

Expense

Ratio / Min. Investment

10 Year

Return %

Morning Star

Rating

FIDELITY

www.fidelity.com

CLEVELAND WEST

1800 Crocker Rd.

Westlake, OH 44145

(800) 418-6591

AKRON

3750 W. Market St.

Unit A

Fairlawn, OH 44333

FNILX

0.00% / $0

14.44%*

(as of May 15, 2022)

*Since Inception

4 STARS

 

*Fund started in late 2018

CHARLES SCHWAB

www.schwab.com

CLEVELAND WEST

 2211 Crocker Rd.

Suite 100

Westlake, OH 44145

(440) 617-2301

AKRON

3067 W. Market St.

Suite 2 & 3

Fairlawn, OH 44333

(330) 835-5348

SWPPX

0.02% / $0

13.66%

(as of May 15, 2022)

4 STARS

T ROWE PRICE

www.troweprice.com

CORPORATE

P.O. Box 17300

Baltimore, MD 21297-1300

(888) 285-2612

PREIX

0.15% / $2500

13.48%

(as of May 15, 2022)

4 STARS

VANGUARD

www.vanguard.com

CORPORATE

P.O. Box 2600

Valley Forge, PA 19482

(800) 888-3751

VFIAX

0.04% / $3000

13.49%

(as of May 15, 2022)

5 STARS

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Investment offices in the�Cleveland and Akron areas

Westlake office:

2211 Crocker Rd., Suite #100

Westlake, OH 44145

440 – 617 - 2311

Akron office:

3067 W. Market St., Ste. 2 & 3�Fairlawn, OH 44333

330 – 835 – 5348

Cleveland East side - Pinecrest

511 Park Ave., Suite 145�Orange Village, OH 44122

216 – 291 – 9333

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Schwab Offices

Westlake office:

1800 Crocker Road

Westlake, OH 44145

800 – 418 - 6591

Akron office:

3750 W Market Street, Unit A

Fairlawn, OH 44333

800 – 476 - 4735

Cleveland East side

28699 Chagrin Boulevard

Woodmere Village, OH 44122

800 – 432 - 8359

Fidelity Offices

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What’s a better investment? Bitcoin or a Roth IRA?

Reprinted courtesy of MarketWatch.com Published: June 3, 2021

More and more these days, I’m getting questions — mostly from young people — about investing in bitcoin and similar products.

 

They hear about quick, huge profits. They think they should hop on board. Of course they have also heard of huge losses in cryptocurrency.

But for many young people, the lure of fast, easy money is much more compelling than the risk of losing your shirt.

I understand. More than half a century ago I was just getting my feet wet in the investment business. I made what I thought was an investment (now I realize it was really a speculation) on a commodities futures contract.

I doubled my money in less than a week. Man, did I feel smart! I had started to understand (I thought) how investing worked.

I knew what to do: I took all that money and reinvested in another contract. And quickly lost it all. In the process, I learned a more valuable lesson about how investing really works: Losses can come as quickly and easily as profits.

I remembered all this recently as I was talking (separately) with a couple of investors who seemed about to take the plunge into cryptocurrency. One was 28, the other 30.

 

The amounts of money they proposed to invest were relatively small — $40 in one case and $400 in the other. Each one told me it was money they could afford to lose.

 

To get a handle on their mind-set, I listened to an interview with an investor in dogecoin who said he parlayed his first investment into several million dollars.

 

As I listened, part of my mind became anxious about the losses he could encounter; another part of my mind wanted to cheer him on as he fought what he regarded as a battle against Wall Street.

 

The two investors I spoke to each seemed to want to show Wall Street how investing should really work. I recognized that feeling.

 

I knew better than to tell these two what to do. Instead, I tried to educate them.

 

Bitcoin, dogecoin and many other varieties of digital currencies don’t have any long-term histories. They aren’t regulated. They aren’t legal tender. Their value is determined purely by supply and demand. Both of these young people have jobs. Neither had set aside any money in an IRA, which would certainly save them taxes. So I painted an alternate picture: Inside a Roth IRA, their money could grow tax-free. I described an established investment with a history of above-average long-term returns: small-cap value companies. As an asset class, small-cap value has some of the volatility these young people crave. But it also has a history of rewarding investors with patience.

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When you examine the U.S. small-cap value stock index back to 1928, you will find that the average 40-year compound return was 16.2%. (The best 40-year period’s return was 19%; the worst was 11.6%.)

 

Toward the low end of that scale, at 12% a one-time investment of $400 would become $37,220 if it were left alone for 40 years.

 

Over the years, most young people could afford to invest much more than $400, of course. But let’s trace the results of just this very modest one-time investment.

 

If you retired with $37,220 in a Roth IRA and began taking 5% annual withdrawals, you’d have $1,861 to spend in your first year of retirement.

 

If the investment continued to earn 12% and you continued to take out 5% a year based on the increasing balance, you would have $8,248 to spend in your 25th (and perhaps final) year of retirement.

 

During 25 years of retirement you would have taken out $108,045. Your account at that point would be worth about $156,712, which presumably would go to whatever individuals or entities you designated as beneficiaries in your IRA.

 

The math in this scenario is impressive. For only $400 (probably less than the cost of a weekend beach getaway) you would have generated $264,757 — all of it tax-free.

Just imagine what would be possible if you did that with $400 every year before you retired.

Of course there’s a downside to this plan compared with putting $400 into a cryptocurrency.

The Roth IRA I described won’t dazzle your friends or give you bragging rights. It won’t let you thumb your nose at Wall Street or old guys who think people should be sensible with their money. It won’t make you a quick millionaire or let you lose a fortune overnight.

In short, it’s pretty boring. Worse still, it requires a lot of patience. What a drag.

I think there’s a middle ground that could make sense for many people.

Start by maximizing your Roth IRA at $6,000 for one year. (Multiply the numbers above by 15 and you’ll see the impressive payoff.)

After that, if you can still “afford to lose” $400, go ahead and invest it in cryptocurrency and see what happens. Better still, sock that $400 away toward next year’s Roth IRA contribution.

 

Like many people, I’ve been curious about cryptocurrencies, and I have talked to many investing experts. Not even one has been able to explain why it could make a lot of money for me over the long term. The best rationale I’ve heard for investing in bitcoin is some variation of “It’s going up.”

This reminds me of a quote often attributed to Will Rogers: “Don’t gamble. Take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.” For more on this topic, here’s a recent podcast I recorded called “Sex, food, money… and the impact of emotional decisions.”

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Active vs. Passive Investing: Which Approach Offers Better Returns?

In the past couple of decades, index-style investing has become the strategy of choice for millions of investors who are satisfied by duplicating market returns instead of trying to beat them. Research by Wharton faculty and others has shown that, in many cases, “active” investment managers are not able to pick enough winners to justify their high fees.

But does active investing become more appealing for high net worth investors, who have opportunities that small investors do not?

Wharton faculty members with in-depth knowledge of portfolio management explore topics including Modern portfolio theory; Behavioral finance; Passive and active vehicles; Performance measurement; Use of alternative investments such as hedge funds, derivatives, and real estate

While actively managed assets can play an important role in a diverse portfolio, Wharton faculty involved in the program say that even large investors often do best using passive investments for the bulk of their holdings. Active investing, they say, can nonetheless be useful with certain portions of the portfolio, such as those invested in illiquid or little known securities, or holdings tailored to a specific purpose such as minimizing losses in a down market.

“Passive” Strengths: Even for wealthy investors, passive holdings have a strong appeal, says Christopher C. Geczy, Wharton adjunct professor of finance and academic director of the Wharton Wealth Management Initiative. “The big issue still applies,” he says. “That’s the issue of whether you believe in trying to beat the market or whether you believe in [minimizing] costs. Some of the most successful entrepreneurs I know think about costs.”

Passive, or index-style investments, buy and hold the stocks or bonds in a market index such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. A vast array of indexed mutual funds and exchange-traded funds track the broad market as well as narrower sectors such as small-company stocks, foreign stocks and bonds, and stocks in specific industries.

Among the benefits of passive investing, say Geczy and others:

  • Very low fees – since there is no need to analyze securities in the index
  • Good transparency – because investors know at all times what stocks or bonds an indexed investment contains
  • Tax efficiency – because the index fund’s buy-and-hold style does not trigger large annual capital gains tax.

Actively managed investments charge larger fees to pay for the extensive research and analysis required to beat index returns. But although many managers succeed in this goal each year, few are able to beat the markets consistently, Wharton faculty members say.

Over a recent 10-year period, active mutual fund managers’ returns trailed passive funds consistently, says Kent Smetters, professor of business economics at Wharton.

On an after-tax basis, managers of stock funds for large- and mid-sized companies produced lower returns than their index-style competitors 97% of the time, while managers of small-cap stocks trailed 77% of the time.

“In case you are curious, those very few investment managers that outperformed the passive index were still likely to underperform in the future,” Smetters says. “In fact, outperformers had only a 20% chance of repeating the following year, and … just a 10% chance of outperforming three years in a row.”

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Most experts and experienced investors know the reason: It’s just too hard for an asset manager to pick a portfolio that outperforms the market by enough to make up for the 1, 2 or 3% fee that must be charged to support the stock and bond picking operation. Many index-style mutual funds and exchange-traded funds charge less than 0.2%, some less than 0.1%, giving them a huge cost advantage.

“Active” Advantages: Still, many financial advisers recommend actively managed investments for significant portions of their clients’ portfolios. Active management includes mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, as well as portfolios of stocks, bonds and other holdings managed by financial advisers. Among the benefits they see:

  • Flexibility – because active managers, unlike passive ones, are not required to hold specific stocks or bonds
  • Hedging – the ability to use short sales, put options, and other strategies to insure against losses
  • Risk management – the ability to get out of specific holdings or market sectors when risks get too large
  • Tax management – including strategies tailored to the individual investor, like selling money-losing investments to offset taxes on winners.

Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel is a strong believer in passive investing, but he recognizes that high-net-worth investors do have access to advisers with stronger track records. In that case, a management fee is not as burdensome.

“Obviously, the more money you have the more elite personal-finance advisers you have access to,” Siegel says. “You get more for your 1% because you are going to get better people.”

How does the investor find a top-quality adviser? That’s one of the issues explored in Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management, which also covers topics such as fund evaluation and selecting appropriate performance benchmarks.

As a rule of thumb, says Siegel, a manager must produce 10 years of market-beating performance to make a convincing case for skill over luck.

Selection Strategies: The choice between active and passive investing can also hinge on the type of investments one chooses.

Passive management generally works best for easily traded, well-known holdings like stocks in large U.S. corporations, says Smetters, because so much is known about those firms that active managers are unlikely to gain any special insight. “You should almost never pay for active management for those things.”

But in certain niche markets, he adds, like emerging-market and small-company stocks, where assets are less liquid and fewer people are watching, it is possible for an active manager to spot diamonds in the rough.

It’s a complex subject, especially for high net worth investors with access to hedge funds, private equity funds, and other alternative investments, most of which are actively managed. Participants in the Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management program get a deep exposure to active and passive strategies, and how to combine them for the best results