I would invest in a person or a company who would create an index fund so I could invest in it. There is no substitute for index funds. They are the best!
The very largest companies are in many ways their own “index” fund. For example, Pepsi makes all kinds of food and beverage, but of course they also have real estate, run factories, and even have a transportation company. Berkshire Hathaway is of course famous for being a curated “index” of well-run durable goods companies, energy companies, financial companies, transportation, real estate, food, et al. Exxon Mobil is a vertically integrated international conglomerate in energy, chemicals, manufacturing, real estate, ad infinitum.
Build your own ETF of Dividend Growth Stocks that have raised their dividend at least 25 years (aka Dividend Champions). Reinvest the dividends until retirement and then harvest the dividends. We have been retired 3 years now and have not “sold” a single share. YMMV
Avantis or DFA.
I would invest in a person or a company who would create an index fund so I could invest in it. There is no substitute for index funds. They are the best!
The very largest companies are in many ways their own “index” fund. For example, Pepsi makes all kinds of food and beverage, but of course they also have real estate, run factories, and even have a transportation company. Berkshire Hathaway is of course famous for being a curated “index” of well-run durable goods companies, energy companies, financial companies, transportation, real estate, food, et al. Exxon Mobil is a vertically integrated international conglomerate in energy, chemicals, manufacturing, real estate, ad infinitum.
Build your own ETF of Dividend Growth Stocks that have raised their dividend at least 25 years (aka Dividend Champions). Reinvest the dividends until retirement and then harvest the dividends. We have been retired 3 years now and have not “sold” a single share. YMMV
How I used to invest: no-load, managed mutual funds.