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Index Funds: Loved by the Best!

December 19, 2016 by Linda Vaughn

Hey, Boomer.  There’s money to be made in index funds.   And one of the richest men in the world thinks so too.  Warren Buffett has instructed that 90% of the cash he bequests to his wife be invested in index funds.   Why?  Why not leave her some shares in Berkshire Hathaway, the magnificent company … [Read more…]

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