The question Wall Street hopes you never ask yourself.
94% of professional money managers have failed to beat the market over the last 20 years. We've been told that individuals can't beat the market either.
Yet, Warren Buffett once said he could make 50% annually on a 'small' portfolio. You might see individual investors building real wealth. And part of you wonders...
What about me?
This assessment answers that question.
What the data actually shows:
Professional money managers struggle not because of intelligence, but because they face constraints you don't have:
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- Forced diversification
- Career risk
- Clients panicking and forcing them to sell at the worst possible times
- Allocating new investor funds in overpriced markets
You have none of those constraints. So why do individual investors underperform also?
Behavior.
The average individual investor underperformed the S&P 500 by 2.8% annually over a 30-year period ending in 2022. Not from picking bad stocks, but from behavioral patterns they don't even know they have:
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- Holding losers too long, hoping for a recovery
- Selling winners too early, locking in small gains
- Hesitating at entry points, then watching opportunities disappear
- Panicking during downturns, then missing the recovery
- Reacting to market news and hype rather than following a process
Each pattern has a cost. Let's calculate yours.
This assessment gives you an honest answer.
In 3 minutes, you'll answer 10 questions about how you actually invest. Not how you think you should invest.
Your results will reveal:
- Your Behavioral Drag Score - an estimate of how much your patterns may be costing you
- The Compound Cost - what this means for your wealth over 20 years
No fluff. Just an honest assessment of what's standing between you and the returns you're capable of earning.
It’s completely free and you'll receive customized results instantly.
When you take the assessment, you agree to receive information and updates including my free newsletter, The Davem Dish. Unsubscribe at any time.
This assessment gives you an honest answer.
In 3 minutes, you'll answer 10 questions about how you actually invest. Not how you think you should invest.
Your results will reveal:
- Your Behavioral Drag Score - an estimate of how much your patterns may be costing you
- The Compound Cost - what this means for your wealth over 20 years
No fluff. Just an honest assessment of what's standing between you and the returns you're capable of earning.
It’s completely free and you'll receive customized results instantly.
When you take the assessment, you agree to receive information and updates including my free newsletter, The Davem Dish. Unsubscribe at any time.
Why I Built This
I'm Andrew Dempsey, founder of Davem Advisors, certified performance coach and self-taught investor with twenty years of experience building a seven-figure portfolio from zero. I've fallen into every behavioral trap in the book -- often the hard way.
I've held positions down 85%. I've sold winners at 20% that went on to triple. I've watched stocks hit my target entry price and hesitated until they were 50% higher.
Each mistake taught me something and eventually I systematized the lessons into rules I don't break anymore.
Now I share my experience with other investors in my free newsletter, The Davem Dish.
This assessment is a starting point. You have to know your behavior patterns before you can fix them.
