How We Became Millionaires with Index Funds | Vanguard, Schwab, & Fidelity

Our Rich Journey - How to Become a Millionaire with Index Funds | Vanguard, Schwab, & Fidelity: If you're familiar with our FIRE journey, you know that a large part of our FIRE success is due to investing in index funds. Several months ago, we did a video on VTSAX (a Vanguard index fund). We got so many questions from that video and so much interest in index funds, we decided to do an in-depth video on index funds. So . . . in this video, we dive more into our discussion on index fund investing. We talk about the history of the index fund, why the index funds was originally created back in 1975, we share index funds we invest in, and we share our top picks for index funds with Vanguard, Schwab, and Fidelity. Thanks for watching!

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