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Profits and tax avoidance can powerfully motivate your investment selections. However, as with other life decisions, you need to consider more than the bottom line. Some people want to have fun with their investments. Of course, they don’t want to lose money or sacrifice a lot of potential returns. Fortunately, less expensive ways to have fun do exist!

Psychological rewards compel some investors to choose particular investment vehicles such as individual stocks, real estate, or a small business. Why? Because compared with other investments, such as managed mutual and exchange-traded funds, they see these investments as more tangible and, well, more fun.

Be honest with yourself about why you choose the investments that you do. Allowing your ego to get in the way can be dangerous. Do you want to invest in individual stocks because you really believe that you can do better than the best full-time professional money managers? Chances are high that you won’t. Such questions are worth considering as you contemplate which investments you want to make.