Most people assume that the S&P 500 Index will go up over long holding periods.
Wharton School Professor Jeremy Siegel popularised the proposition in his 1994 book Stocks for the Long Run, and index-investing pioneer John Bogle made it easy for the masses to act on Siegel’s wisdom.
Washington Post
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