The Easier Way to Grow Wealth: Dollar Cost Averaging into the S&P500

Jun 2 / Cayden Chang

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So… how exactly do you invest in the S&P 500?

Simple. I’ll wrap this up in one minute.

We already covered this during the training — but let me give you a quick recap:

You invest a fixed amount of money into the S&P 500 ETF at regular intervals.

For example:
Every year, you put in $1,000.
You just repeat, repeat, repeat this for the rest of your life.

Of course, it doesn’t have to be yearly — it can be every 3 months, 6 months, whatever works for you.

And remember I shared with you one autopilot investing platform?

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And guess what — they don’t pay you dividends.

Why?

Because they take the dividends and reinvest them on your behalf.

Which is better!

If they paid you dividends, you’d lose 30% to tax. So this way, your money keeps growing without getting taxed unnecessarily.

Now let’s be clear:
Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) is not for individual stocks.

It’s best used on index funds or index ETFs like the S&P 500.

Let’s talk about the benefits:

Saves time and hassle
Spreads risk over time
Perfect for long-term investing
Keeps you always invested in the market

(Again — provided you live long enough to enjoy the gains, okay?)

MorningStar did a study and found that over the long run, people who consistently invest in the market always outperform those who try to guess.

Always.
This is proven. Not my opinion. It’s been proven.

So… let’s say you follow this.
You just DCA quietly, don’t bother anyone, don’t try to be hero.

How much can you potentially make?

Now look at this:
This is from Berkshire Hathaway’s annual report — right on the first page, every single year.
Warren Buffett compares his returns with the S&P 500.

Since 1965, the S&P 500 has delivered an annualized return of 9.9% — assuming dividends are reinvested.

But let’s not be greedy.
Let’s give ourselves a margin of safety — say we only get 8% instead of 9.9%.

Even then — doing nothing, just staying invested —
8% a year is still an excellent return.

So if you don’t want to pick stocks, don’t want to monitor the market, don’t want the stress —
Just DCA into the S&P 500 and let time do the work.


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