Investing: Ten things I've learned about ETFs as a beginner
From the Handelsblatt archive: Our author deals with ETFs for the first time in his life - and finds that retirement planning is simpler in theory than in practice.
The writer had previously avoided thinking about their finances, instead focusing on politics in the US. However, they were prompted to re-examine their private retirement provisions last year. They had taken out a pension insurance policy based on equity funds in 2008, which they had been paying into for over 15 years, contributing more than 20,000 Euros. Despite the generally good performance of the stock markets during this time, the writer discovered they had only made a profit of 1,000 Euros.
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