Halloween is upon us! The season of scary is filled with a crisp chill in the air, trick-or-treaters showing off their costumes and spooky decorations lining the streets. For many investors, though, the fear looming in the shadows isn’t a goblin, ghoul, or ghost; it’s investment risk.
MCM securities analyst, John Meyer, tells The Cincinnati Business Courier that tasty Kroger/Whole Foods merger deal is unlikely to happen. Will investors go hungry?
Institutional Investors. These are the big wigs as far as investors go. They invest money for themselves, for other institutions (e.g. endowments, pension funds, etc.), and typically have billions of dollars at their disposal. This enables them to buy a majority stake in any S&P 500 company, and if they feel like having a chat with the CEO, or commanding a seat on the Board, both are just a quick phone call away.
How are individual investors supposed compete with these guys? Continue reading “Small but Mighty: How Individual Investors Can Compete With Large Institutions”
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