tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10021039.post115164822926737300..comments2023-05-12T10:57:46.378-04:00Comments on Citizens Band: Siegel on The Future for InvestorsJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567651866214611434noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10021039.post-1152040907101657722006-07-04T15:21:00.000-04:002006-07-04T15:21:00.000-04:00Your comment reminds me to point out that Siegel i...Your comment reminds me to point out that Siegel is talking about long-term investing--holding stocks for 20, 30 years or more. Obviously then, he is not recommending this strategy for a holding of just a few stocks, because the risk there is tremendous.<BR/><BR/>In his <I>Stocks for the Long Run</I>, Siegel advocated investing in broad index funds, e.g. tied to the S&P 500. In his new book, he says that performance can be beat by investing in ETFs and more focused index funds that follow the criteria I mentioned in my post. He also suggests REITs and investment strategies like the popular "Dogs of the Dow".<BR/><BR/>Common to all of those, however, is an exposure to many stocks, where your winners pay off more than enough to cover any losers.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567651866214611434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10021039.post-1152033149885452512006-07-04T13:12:00.000-04:002006-07-04T13:12:00.000-04:00Well one can avoid the "growth trap", "seek high d...Well one can avoid the "growth trap", "seek high dividend-yield stocks", and even invest in "foreign markets" - but efficient market theory postulates that it is very hard to predict whether a certain stock will out-perform the market. So I'd suggest you can't go too wrong with index or exchange-traded funds (ETFs)?Jack Nargundkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911315978433702263noreply@blogger.com