Investing in the S&P 500

The S&P 500 is an index of 500 US stocks that covers roughly 80% of the available US market capitalization. It is one of the oldest and best-known stock indexes in the world. The S&P Dow Jones Indices website says that there are 3.4 trillion US dollars indexed to the S&P 500. That is 3.4 trillion US dollars invested in index funds that are tracking the S&P 500 index. That is a lot of money invested in the S&P 500.

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A lot of fire people tend to only invest in total market SP 500 index funds, and this video explains why that isn't as diversified as it is made out to be. Excellent!

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