tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post5847066666102750652..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Tell Me Again Why I Want To Be In The Stock Market? SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-24603396336041667462014-06-24T06:40:44.110-04:002014-06-24T06:40:44.110-04:00About "being in the market", consider:
...About "being in the market", consider:<br /><br />In basing value strictly on dividends, you ignore the effects of inflation, growth potential, and earnings potential. A large fraction of recent market "growth" has been related to funds injection via Quantitative Easing. And, for many companies, dividends are undesirable because they get taxed twice -- both at the corporate and at the personal income levels.<br /><br />Further, "being in the market" can also involve "being in mutual funds", which is the way I play it. I figure I'm not smart enough to play individual stocks, but I can certainly find funds with good fund managers, and work the market that way.<br /><br />Note that, while 401K rules prohibit many kinds of trading, IRA rules are pretty much free-form. Further, there are many kinds of funds available for IRA's (e.g., sector funds) which aren't available to 401K's.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com