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Strategies & Market Trends : Value Investing
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To: Paul Senior who wrote (4768)8/22/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: jeffbas  Read Replies (1) of 78618
 
Paul, I disagree with you and agree with Mike. I believe the goal of
buying individual stocks is precisely to achieve superior RELATIVE returns from individual stock selection over the practical alternative, index funds (index funds over mutual funds because they beat most mutual funds, primarily because of lower expenses). I for one would be quite happy to lose 10% if index funds were losing 25%.

The cost of individual stock investing is the significant amount of
time required and often a degree of stress that may have long term effects on one's health, both mental and physical. If there is not a material return in terms of superior performance or personal enjoyment
as from a hobby then I think it is a bad idea.
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