The Lazy Portfolio Thread (fund, trading, fees, market)

[ragnarkar]

I'll start off with an article: 6 reasons why Wall Street hates Lazy Portfolios - Paul B. Farrell - MarketWatch

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

Paul's the Grandpa Pipes of marketwatch. Some of his doomer articles are ridiculous but entertainment-worthy.

[CouponJack]

Excellent article. Slow and steady as she goes. Ill leave the gambling to vegas and short term traders, and not my portfolio.

[samnyc]

great article. Thanks for the info.

[mathjak107]

this has been fact for a long time... i say all the time its not as much the funds you pick as the strategy and asset classes you choose.

[treasurekidd]

Excellent read, thanks for posting it.

[mathjak107]

make sure you click on the link to view some of the lazy portfolios from within the article. many of them have been used for many years.

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

Wow, is it weird I have grown to dislike his articles? I have read him too much for 2 years at least. This is what the crocodile does..... trolling around marketwatch and WSJ all week.

[DSOs]

These Wall Street guys are unbelievable. They had no problem herding bodies into the market (circa 1990s). Now, because of the lack of bodies, they want to take more risk with other peoples money! In other words, now that the average Joe is embedded* in the system, they want to play "day trader" with your money.

My prediction: fees will go up because of the 21st Century navigational difficulties associated with high speed/reckless trading.

*tax penalties/fees for early withdrawal, etc...

[Teak]

#5 Uses 10% as the average annual return. Where do I sign up?

Actually, I like the idea of a Lazy Portfolio, which is what I have. Should I rebalance at the end of each year? Naw, too lazy to do that.

Buy and hold.

Someday my kids/grandkids will rave how smart their dad/granddad was at investing when, in fact, I was just lazy.