Tips to Improve Your Investment Return
- Juan Carlos Carvallo
- Dec 27, 2020
- 4 min read

The logic is simple; if you want to make more money and get a steep uprise on your financial curve, you have to invest your money in the most lucrative financial spaces. Also, at the same time, you want to make sure you get the maximum ROI (return on investment) in the least time taken because you deserve that for all the hard work you do to make that capital.
Let us move ahead and help you become rich, while at the same time, we will also help you save yourself from some costly blunders that could ruin your portfolio forever.
Invest in Lower Costs
Make the most out of your investment with the least percentage spent on miscellaneous costs, like monthly or yearly fees, lower transaction costs, middlemen, etc. The best way of doing this is by finding an online Financial Advisor with low or no fees. It is also safe to invest in funds rather than individual securities and invest in mutual funds, which are no-load, meaning they are sold without a commission or sales charge.
Decide on a Safe Investment Amount
Financial Investments also come with the risk factor of the unknown involved. This is why you need to make sure you are able to establish a balance between risk and benefits which provide a safety cushioning on your Return on Investment while at the same time enhance your portfolio. This can be a very subtle balance to maintain and is largely personalized.
Play on Consistency
You cannot guarantee how the stock market will do but you can do the next best thing, which is to be consistent with your contributions towards your investment accounts because the more consistently you invest, the faster will be the growth of your investment account.
Diversification is the Key
We all understand the importance of diversification and it is no different when it comes to making the most out of your financial investments. Diversification teaches you to stay prepared for changing circumstances in the market. So irrespective of how well your stock allotment is prospering, make sure you invest in both fixed-income investments like with government and corporate bonds, etc., and cash equivalents like bank accounts and marketable securities and more. This strategy ensures that you are least affected by losses when the markets are suffering.
Rebalancing from Time to Time
Rebalancing your investment plan is a good and necessary action to help maintain a steady ROI on your financial investments. This should include the periodic buying and or selling of assets in your financial portfolio to maintain a healthy balance in the allocation of assets and the market influenced risks.
Be Individualistic
To get the maximum returns on your investment, it is important that you stay invested for longer periods of time. Do not go with the overall flow, or copy the actions of fellow investors from family and work, build on an individualistic approach. You need to set a plan as per your research, advice from an unbiased and professional financial advisor. The investments that you make should be done after you have considered and analyzed your risk profile, investment time horizon, and a thorough portfolio review of all your investments in stocks, bonds, commodities, cash equivalents, real estate, and more. This will make sure that you are able to achieve your desired ROI goal.
Sometimes do not take Advice
That is right, sometimes it is better to not go with what the experts have to say, and honestly, no one can predict these things. Follow your own lead and research to know more. What will save the day is good knowledge, not a prediction.
Invest more in the Tax Efficient Investment Plans

Like miscellaneous investment expenses, income taxes also play a vital role and have a serious impact on the investor’s portfolio. Now it is not possible to completely do away with them, but one can always choose smarter options to curtail the investment taxes.
Equities over Bonds
It is acceptable that equities have a higher risk factor attached to them when compared to bonds, but also, at the same time, it is strongly recommended that a balance is maintained between the two to get an attractive ROI with low volatility.
Small Vs Large Companies
This might come as quite a surprise because it is obvious that small companies come with a greater risk factor as compared to bigger more established ones. But research says, and it has been proven time and again that investment portfolios that are more inclined towards mid to small-sized companies have made more returns on their financial investment as compared to investments made with larger companies.
Value Vs Growth Companies
Since the time index tracking has been made available, it is seen that value companies have to a great extent outperformed the growth companies in both nationwide as well as international markets. Also as historically observed, it is the portfolios that are in favor of the value companies that have made more on their ROI as compared to the ones with more investments in the growth companies.
Think Long Term
Making the most out of your financial investments requires a lot of patience and long term financial planning. Investors need to understand that the decisions they make, the companies that they choose to invest in will be for the future to come, and it might take years to reap the benefits of the sow.
Enjoy the Deal
There is so much to think about when it comes to financial planning. It requires so many strategies to understand and research to do. It demands knowledge and discipline, too but what makes all this worthwhile is the passion and the love for the financial dealings to make sure that you get the best out of your hard-earned invested amount.
So when it comes to the very challenging yet absolutely necessary financial game of increasing your return on investment, remember to use these simple tools to get the desired numbers on your portfolio.
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