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Learn how index funds invest in market indexes like the S&P 500 for broad diversification and market performance replication.

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If things seem too good to be true on Wall Street, history shows they probably are. For the better part of the last 16 years, the U.S. stock market has been unstoppable. Outside of the COVID-19 crash, ...