Active investing: Be honest, are you a little bit addicted?

Robin Powell
Jun 5
1 min read

Active investing — buying and selling like this man is doing on his smartphone — seems productive. But it's not. For many investors it's almost like an addiction.

Active investing feels productive. Buying. Selling. Chasing hot tips. As investors, we think we need to be doing something.

But it can easily become compulsive — an addiction that’s fed by financial professionals who profit from keeping us hooked.

In his award-winning book, Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors, my IFA colleague Mark Hebner explains why active trading is so tempting — and so destructive.

He also sets out a rational alternative to active investing — investing for the long run in a globally, diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds and ignoring the global financial markets altogether.

I’ll be posting a new chapter of Mark Hebner's book each week.

So what are you waiting for? It’s time to break the cycle of active investing, and start investing with clarity. And the first step is recognize you have a problem.

Read Step 1 now and start taking back control: https://www.ifa.com/12steps/step1

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