How to earn your macroeconomics and finance white belt as a software developer

Re:How to earn your macroeconomics and finance white belt as... by vonmoltke on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:52AM (#19337441)

> Put everything else in index funds every paycheck, and only check your balance every now and then. Let time be on your side.

In what index funds? I am primarily an index fund investor myself, but there are dozens of indexes to potentially invest in, so just saying "buy index funds" is inadequate advice.

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Re:How to earn your macroeconomics and finance white belt as... by aketchum on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:57AM (#19337475)

lowest fee fund you can find. Vanguard is one that comes to mind

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Re:How to earn your macroeconomics and finance white belt as... by emerongi on Friday March 08, 2019 @09:23AM (#19337673)

There are different categories of index funds focusing on different types of stocks.

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Re:How to earn your macroeconomics and finance white belt as... by randcraw on Friday March 08, 2019 @03:34PM (#19341900)

I think the advice is general: choose a very broad "total market" stock fund to minimize risk, that spans market sectors, large v small cap, nations, and seasons -- like the Wilshire 5000.

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