<p class="p1">The ebb and flow of the markets have a tendency to take investors for a ride, but the decisions you make during the roller-coaster lows of market fluctuations can have an even greater impact on your portfolio.</p>
<p class="p1">At our <a href="http://www.moneysense.ca/ifs16">Invest for Success</a> event—taking place on May 7 in in downtown Toronto—our expert panel of <em>MoneySense</em> contributors and investing minds will offer advice and insight on maximizing your portfolio returns. We asked Dan Bortolotti, who writes the <a href="http://www.moneysense.ca/author/dan-bortolotti/">Index Investor</a> column for <em>MoneySense,</em> what separates good investors from great ones.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Q: </strong>Dan, you’ve said before that one of the most important factors affecting portfolio returns is investor behaviour, not the actual direction of the markets. Can you explain that?</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><span class="s1">A: </span></strong><span class="s1">The evidence is clear that most investors’ returns fall well short of what the markets give. That’s due in part to fees, but bad behaviour can be a much bigger factor. Even if investors have a good, low-cost strategy, it’s too easy to get distracted by the noise and to sabotage their own performance.</span></p>
<p class="p1">More advice:</p>
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