This is a short YouTube video segment by Craig Wear, CFP® discussing the hidden cost of investment fees and why investors overlook fees during strong market years. The speaker notes he covers when to consider leaving an advisor in his E-book, references a previous video about emotions in investment decisions, and opens the current segment by noting that in a year when the S&P 500 gained nearly 30% it's easy to overlook fees.
There are reasons that there are times that you need to consider leaving your advisor. And in the E book, I provide some information on that. I'm not going to take our time in these videos to do that. So in our last video, we discussed the impact of emotions on making your investment decision making. So the second one is really the hidden cost of fees. So here's the problem. In a year when the s and P500 gains nearly 30%, it's really easy to overlook the fees that you're paying. After all, I mean, everyone's making money, right? So when everybody's making money, everybody's happy. Nobody pays attention. But in.
