By doing the following you would do well than most other investors
1) being systematic in equity investments irrespective of market cycles for not less than 10 years
2) investing lump sum when markets are low
3) not investing lump sum when markets are high
4) following asset allocation
5) rebalancing periodically especially when the markets are extremely pessimistic or euphoric
6) having investment tenure of not less than 5 years even for debt oriented funds like MIPs
http://wisewealthadvisors.com/2013/07/09/youll-outperform-most-of-the-investors/
I know a gentleman who is generating ‘only’ an annualized return of 19.7% for last 47 years.
He became the richest man in the world.
His name is Warren Buffett.
