Why You Should Buy Individual Stocks

[@rhythmandacoustics]

The right answer is "because at Motley Fool, we sell you information and stock picking is our business"

[@olga.aleksandra777]

Yes, this is their business!)))

[@UrbanFinance]

lol

[@malston01]

Exactly! Warren Buffet and Bogle agree that index investing is for most people But this dude seems to know more than those great men

[@malston01]

So he doesn’t trust the wisdom of Bogle? Well the greatest of them all; Warren Buffet says most of us should own the S&P and forget the rest

[@osu122975]

If you don't know how to analyze businesses then 500 index or Total Stock Market index is the way to go.

[@pleaseplantme-n3b]

Losing money is a great way to learn lol

[@josephjones836]

Concentration builds wealth and diversification protects it.

[@warrenwise8798]

The only thing you learn by investing in single stocks is that you should have invested in index funds long ago

[@o.c.g.m9426]

Or if your like me.....you do both.

[@EvangelistRBColbert]

I have both in my portfolio. Index funds and individual dividend paying stocks.

[@tylermacneill3820]

"People in the top quintile are seeing great returns." Yeah no shit they're; they're the top quintile. The other 80% is wishing they just shelfed their money into an index.

[@nameundefinedname5307]

pure nonsense answer LOL

[@o.c.g.m9426]

I have both. Larger amount on VTSAX, my Roth IRA and 15 stocks.

[@oslotismcboom6733]

If you really want to buy individual stocks look at a S&P 500 index with a good long term track record and buy the top holdings. Adjust (sell) if they are ever removed and put the funds in the new top holdings... The experts have already identified the winners in the fund. I've done this into Apple, Microsoft and Google recently after the split with no regrets

[@ahkhattab70]

Good approach .

[@redbrick341]

Perhaps the best option for those who lack the skill to beat the market is a good actively managed mutual fund.

[@UrielX1212]

Yes paying high fees for not beating the market. ?

[@shanenolan85]

Plutonius X Agreed💯 the investor puts the money up and assumes ALL the risk. The "expert" manager places trades with YOUR money and earns an annual commission (regardless if the market is bullish, or bearish) off the investors money...crazy!