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Don’t do it yourself:
How DIY investing goes wrong
In 2016, the FCA
found 82% of
investors lost
money trading
contracts for
difference on
online platforms.
The average
client lost
£2,200
200%
– increase in value
of monthly equity
contributions by US
investors in February
2000 compared with
long-term average
9.97%
– annualised return of
S&P 500 over 30 years
Investing in the
FTSE All Share
from 1999 to
2018 but missing
the best 30
days would have
resulted in a
negative return
4.09%
– annualised return of
average US equity fund
investor over 30 years
It took the average US
investor 29 months
to reinvest all the
money they withdrew
from equities after the
market bottomed in
October 1987
28.9%
– 2019 return of FTSE
350 shares with the
highest proportion of
analyst “sell” ratings
at the start of the year.
Shares with the highest
proportion of “buy”
ratings made 23.2%
In 2008, individual
investor losses in Taiwan
were equivalent to 2.2%
of GDP
Sources: The FCA, AJ Bell, DALBAR’s Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior report; Just How Much Do
Individual Investors Lose by Trading? By Brad M. Barber, Yi-Tsung Lee, Yu-Jane Liu and Terrance Odean
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