Save at least 15% of your salary from age 25 into a 401(k) plan, an IRA, or a
taxable account. Put equal amounts of that 15% into three buckets:
A US total stock market index fund
An international total stock market index fund
A US total bond market index fund
A lot of the conventional advice mentions S&P 500 instead of a total stock
market index. Maybe that’s because of the brand name? Fidelity’s total stock
market index has netted 13.80% in its lifetime compared to its S&P 500 tracker’s
14.81% .
A lot of the conventional advice mentions S&P 500 instead of a total stock market index. Maybe that’s because of the brand name? Fidelity’s total stock market index has netted 13.80% in its lifetime compared to its S&P 500 tracker’s 14.81% .
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