Insurance, strategic and determined: the new investor 40+ profile

Far from improvisation and focused on sustainable results, Generation X shows that the right time to start can be now

The idea that life begins at 40 has achieved a new meaning in the world of investments. With maturity, concentration and accumulated experience, professionals above this age group have tried to diversify their activities and structure a more stable financial future. Not only as a preparation for retirement, but as part of a life with more autonomy and real choices.

According to Anbima (Brazilian association of financial entities and capital markets), 23% of Brazilian investors are between 40 and 59 years old, which strengthens the growing movement of those who begin later, more clearly and objectivity. “After 40 years, you have no time to waste more time. Maturity comes with more discipline, less impulsiveness and more strategic appetite,” says Paulo Motta, businessman and investor with over two decades of acting on the market.

Motta, who guides IMNE,, a startup for real estate investments that acts in Brazil and Portugal, underlines that this phase requires less anxiety and more method.

“When you understand that equity is not in a hurry, but constant, the priority is no longer just an immediate profitability and now includes solidity, flow and safety”.

Investing after 40 is not synonymous with the recovery of lost time, in fact, it is a strategic decision. With well -rooted planning and choices, you can get solid yields. The real estate sector is an example: with a growth greater than 20% in 2024, it returned to the radar of those looking for more stable active ingredients and with the real -term real enhancement potential. “The person who already has a professional background tends to better understand the economic cycles and is clearer. This is gold on the market. A 45 -year -old investor who knows exactly what he wants and uses his previous experiences as a lever is many more likely to achieve his goals than a 25 that still grasp in the dark”, says Motta.

Starting is the secret: there is no magic formula and there is not even the right age. The essential is no longer postponing. “The biggest error I see is to believe that it is the past time. At 40, you have probably already had UPS and financial minimums, which gives you solid input to set up a portfolio consistent with your moment of life. The secret is to invest the size of your pocket, with clear and non -parameter goals,” says Motta. According to him, the technology came to democratize. Today it is possible to access resources with a high performance potential without the need for millions in the account. “And this changes everything.”

If the 20 concern the experimentation and the 30 on the conquest, the 40, when well used, can be the beginning of the era of consistency. With well aligned choices and long -term vision, investing after 40 is not only possible, but it can be the smartest movement of financial life.

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Source: Terra

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