What Are The Benefits Of Being A Small Investor? Part 1/2 by Jun Hao, The Asia Report
Off the Beaten Path
Throughout the financial world being large is considered an advantage – banks, brokers and insurers all benefit from significant economies of scale. But for an investor, being small offers a huge advantage. Because your investment universe is not limited to large-cap stocks, you are free to go places where large institutions would never tread.
And because Wall Street ignores these investments, the chances of finding a real opportunity are much greater. Unfortunately this advantage is not always recognized or capitalized upon by smaller institutions and individuals.
In a Business Week article in 1999, Buffett explained how profitable these lesser-known investments...
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