Stocks Like Apple, Target and Walmart Take Traders For A Ride; Just One Reason To Trade An Index

When investing for retirement, or for trading short term equity price movement, a diverse group of equity holdings is always recommended. As seen by recent trading activity, an index makes a lot of sense. Imagine if you had your retirement funds invested in Apple, Google (Alphabet A) and Target; you wouldn’t be too happy with your performance. If however, you had chosen Amazon, Walmart and Facebook, you would be a lot more pleased. Unfortunately, people with stock picking skill are rare and investors are much better off investing in funds like SPY (SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF) or Futures Contracts like the E-mini S&P 500.