A simple portfolio of a few low-cost index funds is likely to outperform the most complicated, expensive investment products on Wall Street. Called Lazy Portfolios, these investment strategies work if you have $100 or $100 million to invest.
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Can you retire as a millionaire by investing solely in index funds? I won t bury the lede: The answer to this question is undoubtedly, resoundingly, yes.
The why and how of index fund investing are equally important factors in becoming a millionaire. Let s explore how this can happen for you, no matter your beginning financial circumstances.
The premise behind index funds
Index funds are investment vehicles that seek to mimic the performance a particular index, like the
S&P 500 index. If you own an S&P 500 index fund, and the S&P 500 index returns 8% in one year, you will also earn that same 8% (less any fund expenses, which are now 0% or close to it). Remember that market indexes do not return the same every year, and many years have brought negative returns.
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