Enhancing Your Portfolio: Combining Long-Term Appreciation with Short-Term Income
Ever since the dot-com crash of 2000 and the subsequent housing bubble in 2008, modern investors have been trying their best to avoid disastrous losses and unnecessary risks, even if it means missing out on potentially life-changing ventures. The utopian vision of sky-high returns has effectively been subverted by a complacent investment mentality that places the onus on preserving what you have instead of boisterously pursuing growth and appreciation. This type of attitude shift makes perfect sense during the aftermath of a financial disaster but it doesn’t hold any water once the markets start recovering to their previous levels. As the recovery from the 2008 crash has been relatively slow up until now, investors still have the ultimate opportunity to “buy low and sell high,” which has b...