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FAQs

Why is my portfolio always down? ›

There are several reasons why your investment portfolio may be suffering a loss. It's possible that the market is down. The market can fluctuate based on economic trends, and you may have invested at a time when the market was down. If it continues to stay down, your portfolio will likely lose value as well.

Because you can't eat percentage returns (CAGR or XIRR). You can only use absolute returns. The growth in your portfolio in rupee terms. If your portfolio is small, then the returns on the portfolio cannot be big (unless you take a big risk, and it pays off).

“Looking at it monthly keeps an eye on the prize, because at the end of the day, we're all working toward retirement,” Quevedo said. “So that should be your focus on a monthly basis.” Getting that monthly snapshot can also help you see how financial products, stocks, funds or other assets are doing compared to others.

There are no set ages to get into or to get out of the stock market. While older clients may want to reduce their investing risk as they age, this doesn't necessarily mean they should be totally out of the stock market.

Investor's Portfolio

The market average can be calculated in many ways, but usually a benchmark – such as the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average index – is a good representation of the market average. If your returns exceed the percentage return of the chosen benchmark, you have beaten the market.

To build a three-fund portfolio, invest in a total stock market index fund, a total international stock index fund, and a total bond market fund. These can be either mutual funds or ETFs (exchange-traded funds).

Relative performance — Comparing your return to the overall market is a better measure. If your total portfolio is up 20% for the year and the overall market is only up 15%, you have done very well. Or if your portfolio is down 10% and the overall market is down 15%, you have done well.

For example, if you're 30, you should keep 70% of your portfolio in stocks. If you're 70, you should keep 30% of your portfolio in stocks. However, with Americans living longer and longer, many financial planners are now recommending that the rule should be closer to 110 or 120 minus your age.

The conservative allocation is composed of 15% large-cap stocks, 5% international stocks, 50% bonds and 30% cash investments.

What is a good average return on a portfolio? ›

A good return on investment is generally considered to be around 7% per year, based on the average historic return of the S&P 500 index, adjusted for inflation. The average return of the U.S. stock market is around 10% per year, adjusted for inflation, dating back to the late 1920s.

Cash is the most liquid asset possible as it is already in the form of money. This includes physical cash, savings account balances, and checking account balances.

In large part, supply and demand dictate the per-share price of a stock. If demand for a limited number of shares outpaces the supply, then the stock price normally rises. And if the supply is greater than demand, the stock price typically falls.

When the stock market declines, the market value of your stock investment can decline as well. However, because you still own your shares (if you didn't sell them), that value can move back into positive territory when the market changes direction and heads back up.

Economic and Sector Influences

Macroeconomic factors like rising interest rates or a market shift to lower risk investments could potentially cause stocks to fall across the board and specifically result in stock losses for a single stock despite good news. Sector influences can also be important to consider.

Important information - the value of investments and the income from them, can go down as well as up, so you may get back less than you invest.