[RickJWagner]

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[lich_king]

> certain

And by "certain", you mean "not certain". The core tenet are index funds, and while for the average person, they're probably better than stock-picking, you're absolutely exposing yourself to market risk.

[grunder_advice]

Yeah, in particular now that index funds are well known and very common one wonders what risk one is exposed to when one is dumping everything into broad market index funds.

[jrowen]

We should also mention that it's "not certain" that you will return safely if you leave your house.