6.19.2024

The market will go down. But it will also go up. No one can predict what the future holds, but, if you have time on your hands (10-20+ years), if you invest in diverse & low-fee assets, and you believe history is any guide to the future, the stock market continues to be the easiest, most efficient and profitable way to invest your money over the long term.

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.

• Warren Buffett

The best way to get rich in the stock market? Be patient.

“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffett

In fact, as the chart below shows, in data going back to 1872, there has never been a 20-year period in the US stock market where you would have lost money (caveat, you need to keep your money in, invest in a diversified portfolio & minimize fees).

How and where?

Try VTSAX (Vanguard Total Stock Market Index) it has a (very low) 0.04% expense ratio (fee) and holds 3,700 stocks. 

Low-fee? Check. 

Diverse? Check.

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