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by throw0101a 1749 days ago
> That doesn't take into account the roughly 50% churn rate per decade in the S&P 500. The companies that were in the S&P 500 in 2013 did not all benefit from and average 15% stock price increase, not even close.

Which is why you generally want to invest in index funds and not individual companies.