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Chief
VOO
Voo isn't for luck. As someone said, Voo is for losers and that's what makes it so amazing. In any given year, Voo will almost never be the top performer in any given year. But it will basically never be the worst choice.
The reason VOO is so recommended (or VTI, which is its bigger cousin) is that one share of Voo has you invested in around 500 companies. This means that it limits risk while still letting you partake in the upside of a growing market because it's just the biggest stocks.
Over a typical investment timeframe (10+years) it will beat almost everything else because timing the Market and picking winners and losers is something that basically no one, including most hedge funds, can do.
Warren Buffett famously challenged them to a bet to beat VOO (or a similar fund). They all failed. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/030916/buffetts-bet-hedge-funds-year-eight-brka-brkb.asp
Past performances doesn't Guarantee anything, but I know that I'm not as smart with money as Buffett. And I tried picking stocks and just lost cash. This is why VOO is so highly recommended. It's not "get rich quick" but rather "you actually have a chance to be rich and not go all in on Enron"
VTI or ITOT for me personally. VOO would be fine also.
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