There are two types of investors. One who just refers the calls and others are those who actually implement those calls. I will explain it with a short story.
Ram & Shahil were quarreling in class. Both didn’t even want to listen to each other. To solve this, the teacher asked Ram to stand on one side of the desk & Shahil on the other side. The teacher placed a ball in the centre of the desk & asked, “What’s the colour of the ball?†Ram said white & Shahil said black. Both answers were different & they again started arguing. The teacher then asked them to exchange their places & asked, “Now, what’s the colour of the ball?†This time, Ram said black & Shaihil said white. They were surprised that both were right. The teacher explained, “This ball has 2 colours. It looks white from one side & black from the other. Both answers are correct. The only difference is how you view it.â€
What do we learn here?
It is not necessary that one whose opinion is different from yours is wrong. It’s just a different point of view. Instead of arguing, we should try to understand the other point of view. A financial advisor allocates investment portfolios basis the goal horizons & risk appetite of investors. Some may be highly skewed towards equity while some may be skewed towards fixed income.
Some may be skewed towards large-cap funds while