What Return Should Investors Reasonably Expect?

With markets at all time highs, it's worth gauging our return expectations to avoid the common pitfalls that come with high expectations. We address this in today's video.

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This channel is for education purposes only and is not affiliated with any financial institution, although Richard does work as an employee for an investment manager. Richard Coffin is not registered to provide investment advice and as such does not provide recommendations on The Plain Bagel - those looking for investment advice should seek out a registered professional. Richard is not responsible for investment actions taken by viewers.

[xensan]

I only accept a minimum of 69420% per month

[greglee]

As a active investor realistically I think that anything above 0 is great :)

[hfar_in_the_sky]

Considering that 8%-12% is still higher than the 0.25% I get from my savings account, I think I'll still invest a bit of my money into some stocks.

[jasonports]

As a young, overly confident, bragging, six-month, couple thousand euro investor I feel called out.

[freddytang]

Some dude claiming "investing is easy, I made xx% in this stock in xx time" is equivalent to saying "gambling is easy, I went to Vegas and won xxxx$"

[michaelmoreton]

I am reminded that when Buffet talks about "the short term" he is talking about 5 years.

[SpacemanSpiff]

It’s a shame your content isn’t more popular. This is good, intellectually honest, and perfectly timed comedic relief material. Thanks Richard! Please keep it coming

[TebowTime]

In these dark times of people yoloing their money, the plain bagel guides us.

[steamedbryce]

Again, everyone's a successful trader in the longest bull market in history

My favorite part of your channel is the objective, realistic, long-term investing advice.



My second favorite is the absolute shade to all of the "get rich quick" scams in every video

[AjeetSingh-xqyb]

Its always refreshing to hear something that grounds you in reality. Back last year when Oil was tumbling down and down, I made a little over $1000 with leverage (my account size was only around $800). It hyped me up so much I thought I was some god and then managed to lose all the money I gained. From that moment on I stopped using leverage and decided to do more research to avoid those mistakes.

[mariocardenas]

That blue and warm light makes for a really nice background. Good color scheme.

[chetanchavan]

"This time it's different"most dangerous phrase in investing. Totally agree with you

[marktaylorauthor]

As a beginning investor, if I could get 7% over 25 years, I’d be ecstatic!

[ricardopperez]

I've started to follow your channel because of the gamestop thingy, I can say your content is superb. Even for me, that english is not the 1st language, is super easy to understand.

[chrisbreyan]

Just recently found this channel, and I wanted to request/suggest videos on how to check a company's fundamentals to find out if they are overvalued/undervalued, making$/losing$. What ratios to use for each sector using actual consolidated balance sheet, etc. You do really well explaining topics. You could make a series out of it or something.. maybe

[duanejackson]

Well, Kathy Wood's Titanic investment fund, has a negative yield of 8% per day. That's pretty impressive!

[bobexsus]

Damn bagel talking about not being content with your percentage and trying risky strategies is true I had 40% gained for the year got greedy and yoloed calls for big money and ended up losing everything I’ve gained learn from me young bagels

[matthewsherwin]

You know Richard I really have to band it to you for being so well grounded about all this. The easy thing to do is get carried away and forget about disciplined investing. Obviously there are many people who make this mistake. Good for you for staying realistic!

[theodt]

Sometimes you got to go back to a great Plain Bagel video that doesn't age. Some evergreen reminders here.

[igloballens]

You are most realistic and making sense investing you tuber for me