How much money does a conservative investor usually make?

Question

How much does a moderate-risky investor make?

how much does a venturesome investor make?

Of course this is all on average...thanks!

Answer 1

I have my money with Fidelity Investments, and they have a nice slider bar that you can move that says the average, high and low return rate expectations for anything from very conservative to "most aggressive."  It's pretty easy to use and can be found at:

http://personal.fidelity.com/products/fu...

Answer 2

This is a general question.  First, we have to determine if what you consider conservative is the same as I define conservative.  Each investor has a different risk tolerance.  What seems like a safe and conservative trade to me may seem risky and complex to another investor.

Then, we have to agree on how much we are investing in our conservative trades.  Again, capital management is related to risk and if treated differently by each investor.  A conservative allotment of funds per trade to me may be way too much or too little to another trader.

Finally, we have the return on investment portion of your question.  How long do we stay in a position?  Yet again, my risk tolerance for the trade whether a winner or a loser is probably defined different either conservative or aggressive by another investor.

The best I can do is tell you all of these facets of trading our defined by our trade plans.  This plans defines where we are, where we want to go and how we are going to get there.   What type of investments will we trade?  How long will we stay in those trades.  How much will  we allot for each trade.  All important parts of a trade plan.  Each trader needs to develop one to be a successful and consistent trader.

Happy Conservative Investing!

Answer 3

Interesting question, if we could take all investors and specify what type of investor they are and then look at thier returns we could give you an anwser.

There is no clear cut anwser to this question, however, there are many anwsers that might get close. It depends if the investor is just invested in equities or bonds or a mixture.

Look at the indexs, historically the dow, all large cap conservative companies has returned about 10% per year on average over the last 50 years, the Nasdaq, more growth companies, a mixture of large cap and mid cap has returned about 14% per year on average over the same time period and the Russel 2000 , smaller companies, has returned about 15%.

Then there are Foriegn investments, REIT's, UIT's, IPO's

Penny Stocks and Junk Bonds.

I guess the real question is how much risk tolerance do you have? What are your goals? What is your age and financial condition.

If you anwser these questions a good financial advisor can help you form a strategy to achieve your goal without losing any sleep at night.

Good luck.

Stu

Answer 4

There is no difference, none of them has made any money since the collapse of the Dow, July 1998. The Dow is down, after adjustment for inflation by 48% since then.