If You Invest $500 a Month in the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Starting Today, Here’s What History Says You Could Have in 25 Years You want to make a lot of money, right?
And you would like to do it quickly and easily, too, I bet
Getting rich quick isn’t easy or reliable, but it can certainly be easier given enough time. One way is to invest in a low-fee, broad-market index fund. An S&P 500 index fund is a strong option, but consider going even wider, with the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI).
It will spread your dollars across most of the U.S. stock market, including large, small, and medium-size companies — more than 3,500 of them, in total. How might your money grow? No one can know how much your money will grow in the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, but we can make educated guesses.