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vasilipupkin on July 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Profitable and Legal Way to Game the Stock Marke...

You would think so, but this trading strategy is probably about 20 years old. So, "eventually" could take a very long time

tosseraccount on July 7, 2015 [–]

Index Funds have been around for 40 years.

Bogle started the First Index Investment Trust on December 31, 1975. Bogle founded The Vanguard Group in 1974; it is now the largest mutual fund company in the United States as of 2009.

[ source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_fund#Origins ]

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