{"id":3377,"date":"2024-12-02T10:48:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.connerash.com\/blog\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2025-02-17T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T16:50:12","slug":"dont-be-your-own-worst-investing-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.connerash.com\/blog\/dont-be-your-own-worst-investing-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be Your Own Worst Investing Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many investors aim to have their gains match or beat a standard investment benchmark. According to Dalbar&#8217;s annual Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior, 2024, the average investor falls short, earning 5.5% less than their targeted stock benchmark and 2.63% less than their chosen fixed income benchmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BEHIND THE STATISTICS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Often, investors weigh emotional behavior and personal recommendations too heavily against the knowledge and experience of investment professionals. Look at the checklist to see if this could be you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When deciding whether to sell a stock, you may be emotionally fixed on the price you paid for it and avoid selling so you won&#8217;t regret having made a &#8220;bad&#8221; investment, resulting in a reportable loss.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are you hesitant to sell an investment that&#8217;s had significant gains but its performance has fallen off? Remember, the past performance of any investment doesn&#8217;t guarantee future results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beware that paper losses are stressful and can trigger you to sell prematurely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Being too quick to jump on the latest trend or family or friends&#8217; recommendations without thorough research and talking with your financial professional first can be detrimental to achieving your goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many investors aim to have their gains match or beat a standard investment benchmark. According to Dalbar&#8217;s annual Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior, 2024, the average investor falls short, earning 5.5% less than their targeted stock benchmark and 2.63% less than their chosen fixed income benchmark. BEHIND THE STATISTICS Often, investors weigh emotional behavior and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connerash.com\/blog\/dont-be-your-own-worst-investing-enemy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#8217;t Be Your Own Worst Investing Enemy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don&#039;t Be Your Own Worst Investing Enemy - Conner Ash<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.connerash.com\/blog\/dont-be-your-own-worst-investing-enemy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don&#039;t Be Your Own Worst Investing Enemy - Conner Ash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many investors aim to have their gains match or beat a standard investment benchmark. 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