Individual Investor Resources from Fisher Investments

• The Eight Biggest Mistakes Investors Make...And How to Avoid Them
  
  Do you know that simple errors can seriously reduce your portfolio value over time? The common mistakes many investors make can really add up and may have a bigger negative impact on your portfolio than you realize. If you familiarize yourself with the most frequent investing mistakes, you can begin avoiding them—and improving your overall success.

• How to Better Protect Your Financial Assets: A Guide to Making Investing Decisions

  Are you confident your nest egg will be there for you in the years ahead? Today’s investor faces a changing economic landscape, and having a financial plan that keeps pace with the changes can be critical to achieving long-term financial goals. Making sure an adequate nest egg will still be there for you in the years ahead takes discipline, knowledge, and a deep understanding of portfolio management. Fisher Investments put this guide together to walk you through some tough decisions that could impact whether your portfolio will meet your future needs.

• The 15-Minute Retirement Plan

  Are you prepared for your retirement? One of the biggest risks an investor faces is running out of money in retirement. This can be a personal tragedy. People can work their whole lives to accumulate enough wealth to make sure they enjoy a comfortable retirement—only to find they've come up short. Sadly, many retirees often underestimate the length of time they will need their portfolio to provide for them and misjudge how much money they can safely withdraw during that time.

• A Quick Guide to Global Investing

  Are you diversified globally? Most seasoned investors understand the benefits of diversification. Few think it wise to hold just a few stocks or invest heavily in just one sector. Intuitively it makes sense, and finance theory agrees: Diversifying is central to risk management and vital to long-term investment success. Yet most American investors aren’t nearly as diversified as they think. American investors tend to focus on US stocks. After all, America is a big country. Shouldn’t investing here be enough? The answer may surprise you.