The Best Index ETF to Invest $1,000 in Right Now
Investing in the stock market is one of the best ways to help create wealth over the long term. However, picking individual stocks is not an easy task. In fact, only about 15% of professional fund managers have been able to outperform the S&P 500 index over the past decade. These investors have a wealth of resources and analysis at their disposal and still struggle to beat the market. Meanwhile, a JPMorgan study looking at stocks between 1980 and 2020 found that 40% of those listed in the Russell 3000 -- which consists of the 3,000 largest stocks traded in the U.S. -- suffered losses of 70% or more and never recovered. In addition, 66% of stocks underperformed the Russell 3000. So what is an individual investor to do?Continue reading
Investing in the stock market is one of the best ways to help create wealth over the long term. However, picking individual stocks is not an easy task. In fact, only about 15% of professional fund managers have been able to outperform the S&P 500 index over the past decade. These investors have a wealth of resources and analysis at their disposal and still struggle to beat the market.
Meanwhile, a JPMorgan study looking at stocks between 1980 and 2020 found that 40% of those listed in the Russell 3000 -- which consists of the 3,000 largest stocks traded in the U.S. -- suffered losses of 70% or more and never recovered. In addition, 66% of stocks underperformed the Russell 3000.
So what is an individual investor to do?
