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Is This Simple Index Fund a Millionaire Maker?

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This boring index fund has beaten the S&P 500 over its lifetime! Read on to discover how this simple index fund can be the simple millionaire-making investment you'll want in your portfolio. This index fund has outperformed the S&P 500, and it's no fluke. And sometimes, simplicity is better. What's its secret?

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A Financial Mystery: Investors Paying Tens of Billions of Dollars to Underperforming Mutual Funds -- When Index Funds are Cheaper and Perform Better

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In 2021, investors paid almost $90 billion in total fees on about $14 trillion of actively managed mutual funds to an industry flogging a product demonstrably inferior to index funds. Active vs. passive funds It's quite a problem, and a seemingly puzzling one, too. Image source: Getty Images.

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The U.S. Is About to Spend Hundreds of Billions on Infrastructure: 3 ETFs to Reap the Benefits

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Although the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was passed in late 2021, it takes a long time for all those projects to get proposed, approved, and funded, and for shovels to get into the ground. The index is fairly concentrated among just 30 stocks, which may account for its outperformance versus more diversified funds.

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Want Decades of Passive Income? Buy This Index Fund and Hold It Forever

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The following exchange-traded fund (ETF) is arguably the best building block around. ETFs are groups of stocks that trade on equity exchanges under one ticker symbol. The fund replicates and follows the Dow Jones U.S. The fund's dividend has increased by 174% during the past decade. Healthcare: 15.8%

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1 Supercharged Vanguard Fund That Can Turn $275 Per Month Into More Than $1 Million

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A safer option than investing in individual stocks is to hold an exchange-traded fund ( ETF ) in your portfolio. Here's how investing $275 per month in that fund can set you up for some massive gains in the long run. There are 71 stocks in total in the fund, and it won't be as diverse as many other ETFs.

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Who Owns the Most Nvidia Stock Besides CEO Jensen Huang?

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He served as a company director from 1993 to 2006 and has been a member of the board since 2008. Both operate dozens of multibillion-dollar index funds, so their holdings aren't necessarily a pure bet on Nvidia as a stand-alone stock. The top eight funds invested in Nvidia stock are all index funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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Warren Buffett Owns 2 Index Funds That Could Soar 158%, According to a Top Wall Street Analyst

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He knows the average investor would struggle to replicate his returns, so he recommends they buy exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to track the performance of an index like the S&P 500 instead. It has an expense ratio of just 0.03%, which is the proportion of the fund deducted each year to cover management costs.

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