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If you manage your own investments, your brokerage shows you a balance and a return percentage. Institutional investors get Sharpe ratios, alpha, drawdown analysis, and peer comparison. That gap is costing you more than you think.
Self-Directed InvestingRaw returns are the most misleading number in personal finance. Two portfolios can both return 12% while one is building durable wealth and the other is a ticking time bomb. Here's why risk-adjusted returns are the only number that matters.
Self-Directed InvestingI manage my own money at Schwab and Vanguard. I found a service that applies institutional-grade performance standards to regular investor accounts — and what it showed me about my own portfolio was eye-opening.
Tools & ReviewsYou skipped the 1% advisory fee. But do you know what your actual risk-adjusted returns are? Because the math on whether self-directing saves you money is not what most people assume.
Self-Directed InvestingThese aren't gotcha questions. They're basic accountability questions that any competent advisor should welcome. If yours gets defensive, that tells you something.
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