Not me, this is what research from Richard Bernstein Advisors shows – that the ‘average’ investor is terrible at investing.
This following chart, which shows returns over 20 years, of various asset classes, proves this…

Here is what Bernstein’s report states –
The performance of the typical investor over this time period is shockingly poor. The average investor has underperformed every category except Asian emerging market and Japanese equities. The average investor even underperformed cash (listed here as 3-month t-bills)!
The average investor underperformed nearly every asset class. They could have improved performance by simply buying and holding any asset class other than Asian emerging market or Japanese equities. Thus, their underperformance suggests investors’ timing of asset allocation decisions must have been particularly poor, i.e., investors consistently bought assets that were overvalued and sold assets that were undervalued.
Even cash has outperformed the ‘average investor’!
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