PIMCO's Bill Gross Says 5% Returns Are Top Echelon; Enter: BookingAlpha

Bond King, Bill Gross, co-CEO of PIMCO, the worlds largest bond fund, says 5% per year will be the "upper echelon" of investment returns going forward. Here is a link to his December Monthly Investment Outlook posted on PIMCO's site stating such. (It is a very good read and worth your time)

Unfortunately, he is not wrong with regard to conventional investments (read: Mutual & Bond Funds). Market volatility is here to stay and the European debt crisis, not to mention our own, will take years to sort out. But I won't get on my soapbox about that right now.......

Here is a little back of the envelope analysis to really ruin your day:

With an investment returns of 5%, take out government statistics of inflation at 3% (which I personally think is low; have you bought groceries lately or paid your utility bills or bought gas recently?) and you're left with 2%. Pay taxes on the on those 5% returns of another 1% or so and you have a net investment return of 1%......and that is if you're in the upper echelon!

That is why it is SO IMPORTANT to get outside the "mutual fund box" with regard to your investments! Don't get lulled into "safety" by your Investment Sales Rep (key words being Sales Rep) and settle for sub-par returns like this; remember those "safe Mutual Fund returns" of 2008. You can't afford it! Learn to take advantage of market volatility and insulate yourself from total loss by trading a percentage of your account while producing total portfolio returns like:

+49.10% YTD BookingAlpha Monthly Advisory

+22.37% YTD BookingAlpha Weekly Advisory

vs.

-4.22% YTD S&P 500

See Trading Record

Whether you use derivatives trading like BookingAlpha, forex, penny stocks, or Jedi Mind tricks, YOU have to take control and responsibility for your money. You can't afford, and shouldn't settle for, upper echelon returns of only 5% for your future

Navigate wisely and stay profitable, my friends. Happy trading!

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