Should I Just Invest In The S&P 500 Index?
Early Retirement - Financial Freedom (Investing, Tax Planning, Retirement Strategy, Personal Finance)
Ari Taublieb, CFP®, MBA
4.7 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | finances can be complicated but they don't have to be i break down financial topics that may seem |
| 0:10.9 | complex and overwhelming so you can start taking action on your financial goals i'm a |
| 0:16.7 | tally and it all starts here on personal finance redefined. |
| 0:21.5 | Welcome back to another episode of the podcast. |
| 0:24.1 | Hope you've all been enjoying it so far. |
| 0:26.6 | Today's episode is all about investing and more importantly, the S&P 500 index, which is |
| 0:32.8 | something that you hear a lot about. |
| 0:35.2 | And I'll clarify not only what that is, but whether you should |
| 0:37.8 | be invested in that, only that, other things, and really what makes most sense. Now, of course, |
| 0:43.7 | without knowing all of your individual situations, I can't provide specific guidance, but what I |
| 0:49.5 | can do is give you the information and the knowledge that you do understand where you're at today, |
| 0:55.0 | what you think you might want to change |
| 0:57.0 | and outline some different alternatives. |
| 0:59.5 | And so I really love the investment questions |
| 1:02.5 | that I've been getting so far. |
| 1:03.5 | Please, please continue to submit those on the website |
| 1:06.5 | so I can help you all to the most of my ability |
| 1:09.5 | and the reality is if you have a question, |
| 1:12.1 | someone else probably has that same question. So this question today was just about, |
| 1:15.9 | should I just invest in the S&P 500 index? So the short answer is no, but also yes. So should you |
| 1:24.8 | invest in the S&P 500 index? Yes. Should you just, should you only invest in |
| 1:30.4 | the S&P 500 index? No. Well, first of all, let's understand what this S&P 500 is. The S&P 500 index, |
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