Why not just buy stocks in as many S&P 500 listed companies as possible, then wait?

If the data is accurate, and despite a 10 year negative trend from about 2000 - 2010, the outlook of the index has been overwhelming good Macrotrends

So would a potential investment strategy be to buy up as many stocks as possible in various companies listed on the index, sit tight and fugedaboutit for a number of years?

As long as the 2000 - 2010 anomaly doesn't happen again during your hold (risky), then you're good, and it really doesn't matter when you bought, to make a return (if you can wait say 10 years minimum).

I'm a novice (can you tell?) and I know I'm oversimplifying things. I'm actually looking at opposing arguments to learn more.

Also why does that site say a 90 year history of the S&P 500, when Wikipedia says it was founded 59 years ago?

Submitted September 22, 2016 at 02:47PM by everycloud http://ift.tt/2d0dJlj