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The following content is sponsored by Fidelity Investments
The Roller Coaster of Emotional Investing
Did you know that 90% of investment decisions are influenced by emotions? And this is amplified during extreme bull and bear markets, putting investors’ impulses to test.
In this infographic sponsored by Fidelity Investments, we delve into behavioral finance to uncover the highs and lows of emotional investing and understand why time in the market beats timing the market.
The Emotional Investing Journey
According to the Prospect Theory (1979), losses have a higher emotional impact than equivalent gains. This means that the emotional toll of losing $100,000 outweighs the satisfaction of gaining the same amount. This, in turn, impacts how investors adjust their strategies. For example, despite the common knowledge that when markets dip, it is a golden time for investors to enter, they respond with uncertainty, according to research by Howard Capital Management.
Then, as the market rebounds, surging investor optimism can often lead to overestimations of how high the next peak will be.
Time vs. Timing
Staying invested through market fluctuations allows investors to benefit from the best market days without having to make big buy or sell decisions.
Here, using Refinitiv’s research, we consider a $10,000 investment from 1986 to 2022 and compare its performance when consistently invested versus missing the top market days.
| Portfolio Value | Change in Value From Peak | |
|---|---|---|
| Stayed fully invested | $177,410 | - |
| Missed 10 best days | $83,030 | -$94,380 |
| Missed 20 best days | $52,731 | -$124,679 |
| Missed 30 best days | $35,549 | -$141,861 |
| Missed 40 best days | $24,842 | -$152,568 |
| Missed 50 best days | $17,961 | -$159,449 |
| Missed 60 best days | $13,303 | -$164,107 |
This shows that missing only the 10 best days reduces returns by more than half. Hence, staying invested amid market fluctuations enables investors to optimize their returns.
Fidelity’s volatility guide serves as a compass to help investors navigate turbulence and maintain a long-term perspective.
Download Fidelity’s volatility guide.
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