Invest for a Long Time, Not a Good Time

In this episode, Rachelle and Corey use a LOT of metaphors to explore the idea that investing for long-term growth should be boring!  This isn’t a game; it’s trying to achieve your goals (like having enough money when you retire) without taking on unnecessary and often unsuccessful risks.

Our favorite metaphor:

• Did you know that Greenland sharks have a life expectancy of 250-500 years?!
• They grow very slowly, live in cold water, and are more or less immune to most cancers and diseases.
• Definitely a slow and steady wins the race creature!

Applying this to investing:

• When you invest for exciting returns in the short-term, you win some and you lose some. Not usually the best results when you do that over a long period of time.
  • More exciting = more risky
• Taking a well-diversified approach does not usually result in “exciting” returns. Sometimes your portfolio goes up a bit, sometimes it goes down.  But it gives you the best change of “good enough” returns over a long period of time.
  • Less exiting = less risky

Sometimes folks think investing is glamourous; but if you’re doing it right, it’s more like the Greenland shark.

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