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Buy and Hold: Putting it to the Test

Posted in Investing, Stocks on Oct 22nd, 2008

This is a chart of how the S&P 500 has done over the past 40 years, which I consider “long term” enough to draw some conclusions. Why? Because I believe my money will be in the market for a little over 40 years, so that should be enough time to ride out the ups and [...]

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Are Index Funds Really That Great?

Posted in Investing, Stocks on Jul 30th, 2008

You’ve heard it everywhere (including here) — index funds are one of the best ways for people to invest in the stock market and get some slow, consistent growth over the long term. You also hear that you can’t beat the market. Index funds ARE the market, so there shouldn’t be any debate right? Some [...]

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The Beauty of Index Funds

Posted in Investing on Feb 25th, 2008

Trent over at The Simple Dollar wrote a post on index funds the other day and I felt compelled to add my two cents in the comments section. I found I had more to say about them and how great I think they are so I’ve decided to write a whole post about them here.
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