“if you invest in the S&P 500 which is a us-based Index Fund”
S&P 500
By S&P Dow Jones Indices
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“the easy answer is S P 500”
“you will get a significantly higher return investing in your own ability to make money than you will in any any market”
“she could save up to 500 and put in the S P 500 and make two dollars and fifty cents a year”
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