3 Steps for Higher Returns

Although we may have no idea how the markets will move this year, these steps will earn you higher returns no matter what. [Profit Trends]( SPONSORED [Is THIS the Stock Market's Future During the Biden Presidency? (MUST SEE)]( [Biden Trump Debate]( Trump said the stock market would crash under Biden... But what's really ahead for investors? Bill O'Reilly investigates. [Click here and quickly prepare for what's ahead.]( Editor's Note: Today, Chief Investment Strategist Alexander Green, Editor of our sister e-letter Liberty Through Wealth, is here to give you three tips on how to earn higher returns in the year ahead. Alex is known for his impressive track record. He's correctly called many of the big moments over the last two decades, such as the dot-com collapse and the rise of digital and medical technology. And now he has another prediction. He thinks that the next two years will see more wealth creation than the past two decades COMBINED. Alex thinks that four specific innovations will change the world... And those who get in on these before his prediction comes true have the chance to see big gains. [Learn more about these innovations here.]( - Kaitlyn Hopkins, Assistant Managing Editor [MARKET HEALTH]( Three Steps to Take for Higher Returns in 2021 Alexander Green | Chief Investment Strategist | The Oxford Club [Alex Green] 2020 was a unique and sometimes challenging year for equity investors. Yet despite the coronavirus pandemic and economic shutdown, the S&P 500 returned 16.2%, and many of our Oxford Club investment portfolios did considerably better. 2021 may be another great year for stocks. Then again... [financial markets]( offer no guarantees. However, there are three steps you can take now - starting today - to earn higher returns this year no matter what the market does. No. 1: Save More. The 2020 Retirement Confidence Survey revealed that millions of Americans are woefully [unprepared for retirement](. The single biggest reason is they haven't saved enough. Thirty-six percent of workers are "not too" or "not at all" confident that they will have enough money for medical expenses in retirement. Almost a quarter of Americans have put aside less than $1,000 for retirement. And nearly half have accumulated less than $25,000. I've been an avid saver since I was an indigent young man in my 20s. It wasn't easy. I drove a beater car. (The stereo was worth more than the vehicle.) I shared an apartment with friends. I had no health insurance. I had no employer-sponsored retirement plan. But I saved. Frankly, I was terrified of what might happen if I didn't. Yet millions of Americans today believe the government will deliver the material happiness they deserve, sparing them the trouble and discomfort of striving. However, the average retired worker receives just $1,470 a month from Social Security. (If you include spousal benefits, it climbs to $2,200.46.) No one lives high on that kind of income given today's cost of living. To ensure a comfortable retirement, you should save as much as you reasonably can, for as long as you can, starting as soon as you can. And, unlike the performance of the stock and [bond markets]( saving is under your control. SPONSORED [Big Tech's "Secret Savior" in 2021?]( [Space Satellite]( The world's biggest tech companies are now pouring BILLIONS into the exciting space and satellite sectors... But one TINY company holds three massive advantages over the Big Boys... We think they'll soon be partnering up... And that puts it in a GREAT position for the biggest megatrend of the decade. [Details here.]( No. 2: Cut Your Investment Costs. In most walks of life, you get what you pay for. This is emphatically not the case when it comes to investment managers. Every year, 3 out of 4 active fund managers fail to outperform an unmanaged benchmark. Over periods of a decade or more, more than 95% of them underperform. Do you really want to pay hefty fees to someone with less than a 1 in 20 chance of delivering the goods? Investment fees and returns are inversely correlated. The more your advisor makes, the less you do. Or, as Vanguard founder Jack Bogle put it, in the world of investing you get what you don't pay for. This is particularly true in the fixed-income arena. Ten-year Treasurys currently yield 1.04%, for example. If you plunk down for a bond fund with a 1% expense ratio, the fund will take nearly all of your annual income. That makes no sense. The goal is for you to get rich... not your broker, manager or advisor. No. 3: Rebalance Your Portfolio. The U.S. stock market just finished the decade in record territory. The S&P 500 has registered a total return of 198% since the beginning of 2010. That means you may now have more in equities than you'd be comfortable within a serious market downturn. So rebalance [your portfolio](. Rebalancing means you sell back those asset classes that have appreciated the most and put the proceeds to work in asset classes that have lagged the most. This is a contrarian exercise. And it has a major salutary effect: It forces you to sell high and buy low. This adds to your long-term returns while [reducing your risk](. Yes, I tell traders to hang on to their winners and cut their losers short. But there is a big difference between short-term trading strategies and long-term growth strategies, between trading individual securities and rebalancing the asset classes that make up your portfolio. When it comes to asset allocation, you flip the script and sell back the asset classes that have surged and use the proceeds to add to the laggards. When the cycle turns - and the underperformers (like foreign stocks) become outperformers - you'll be glad you did. 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