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Laura Miller reveals some of the most straightforward methods of enhancing returns that investors often ignore
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Investing has become easier
and more efficient since the days of phoning your stockbroker and asking him to place an order , but click-speed buying and selling increases the danger of overriding simple rules that will safeguard and enhance your returns . Amateur investor trading app Robinhood had 340,000 US users in 2014 . In 2020 it surpassed 13 million , which “ barely scratches the surface of those investing without experience , knowledge , or time to do research ”, says Simon Calton , chief executive of private investment house Carlton James Group . Volatile markets , such as those caused by the pandemic , can trigger knee-jerk reactions .
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