Is right now the best time to invest in mutual funds?
The Roth IRA has been doing me wonders. However, I have mutual funds going on with another company at a certain bank. It’s aggressive growth, I’m doing it long term aggressive growth. When the economy gets back on its feet real strong I should see major growth in that side of my investing correct? Also, does anybody know of any small businesses trying to expand and become bigger?
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If you are betting all your marbles on aggressive growth, you may find yourself in a very bad position when the economy turns down. Aggressive growth funds tend to drop the fastest and furthest in such climates. It is fine to put a portion of your marbles into that bag, but you do not want to have all there or you may wind up with a vey light bag. Growth during the past 5 years has not done too well relative to the rest of the stock market.
DSG a small growth index fund has returned only 6.88% annually during the last 5 years.
Whereas ELV a large cap value index fund has returned 7.95% annually during the last 5 years.
IJS a small cap value index fund has returned 14.65% annually during the last 5 years.
Quite frankly performance wise aggressive growth has underperformed most sections of the stock market. Of course that might change during the next 5 years.
But a better strategy is to cover more bases. Some in aggressive growth, some in small cap value, some in large cap, and some in foreign stocks.
I’d buy stocks. Mutual funds involve too many ppl getting paid out of your earnings. The mutual fund managers and employees all get paid, and your adviser often gets a bit for recommending the fund, which cuts into your earnings. Do some research to find good companies to buy stock in, it’ll help your portfolio more.