Owning a stock means owning a small piece of a specific company. That direct ownership can offer greater control and exciting growth potential, but does it belong in a retirement portfolio?
Many investors already own hundreds or even thousands of stocks indirectly through mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and target-date funds. These investments provide built-in diversification, while individual stocks concentrate more of an investor’s money, and risk, in a smaller number of companies.
In this episode of Coasting in Retirement, Josh Null and Michelle Lee Melton-Null compare individual stocks with diversified funds and examine the potential advantages and disadvantages of each approach. They discuss tax control, dividend income, investment expenses, growth opportunities, and the ability to choose exactly which companies you own. They also explore the additional research, monitoring, volatility, and concentration risk that can accompany individual-stock investing.
Josh and Michelle also consider whether a professionally managed “stock sleeve” can complement a diversified collection of ETFs, and why access to constant financial news and trading apps may encourage speculation rather than disciplined investing.
Do individual stocks offer a valuable opportunity to improve a portfolio, or introduce unnecessary risk at a time when protecting retirement savings becomes increasingly important?
Listen to the full episode to learn how individual stocks might fit within a broader, diversified investment strategy.
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