Travis, Sarwa’s youngest investor, learned the most valuable lesson from his parents: it’s never too early to start investing. He is 8 years old. CNN wanted to learn more about Sarwa’s community and what attracted Travis’s parents, and many others like them, to call this robo advisor home for their hard earned money.
‘We figured with the youngsters of today being online, this is the best way to do it’, said Ellis, Travis’s dad, when asked why he chose Sarwa to invest in his son’s future. ‘Hopefully, this will show us that this is actually a mechanism that proves a better performance than the standard broker that you try and engage with.’
According the CNN, a good financial advisor can literally be the difference between make or break. We cannot agree more. The absence of a broker equates to lower fees, which impacts long-term returns.
CNN also found out that in the UAE, plenty of investors do trust a robo-advisor with their money: we are proud to call these investors our Sarwa community. Robo-advisors have been operating for almost a decade now and proving to be a popular choice for investors looking for transparency, lower fees and better performance.
Since their inception, markets have enjoyed near continuous growth but recently the market has seen some volatility.
Travis added a word of advice to many who are worried about the movements in the stock market. “The key thing for me – why I wanted a robo advisor – was because it takes away emotions.’
One of the topics of the event was how to best navigate the market’s recent turbulent times. With economic uncertainty rising, a decline in the market tends to generate fear, pushing investors to sell their assets at discount – this situation is known as panic selling and is the worst thing you can do. It’s important to understand that volatility is the nature of the stock market.
Investing in the equity markets is a long-term game: there will always be ups and downs.
In the short term, the market can appear to be in a down slope but if you zoom out, you will always see an upward trajectory in the long term.
Focus on what you can control: low fees, regular investments, time in the market, the risk you want to take – and keep emotions out of the equation. That’s when a robo advisor becomes a hedge against market fluctuation, allowing you to focus on the end goal.
We always like to quote our go to guy Warren Buffet – one of the world’s best investor, if not the best: ‘whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.’ Wise guy.
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