Investments with a fixed rate of return can be useful in your portfolio, but there are some things you need to be aware of before you tie up too much of your money in these types of investments.

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For those with the appropriate risk tolerance, it can make sense to add some exotic investments to the portfolio in order to give it a little more room for growth.

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If you want to find better success as an investor, you need to take some time to understand your wants and needs.

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A professional baseball player knows more about baseball strategy than does a little leaguer. A nutritionist is more likely to be able to figure out why you have been feeling run-down lately than is your next-door neighbor. The buyer in a woman’s fashion store is better informed about what colors are trendy today than you are. Most of us assume that it works that way in investing too. Most of us are worried about what is going to happen to our money. So we put our faith in the experts. Surely they have a better grasp of the realties.

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Lending Club returns over the past 5 years have shown better average returns, higher minimum returns and more stable returns than the S&P 500 and the representative index.

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