http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/23/advice-from-bill-miller-increase-your-money-without-working/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/23/advice-from-bill-miller-increase-your-money-without-working/#comment-167881 Dividend Growth Investor Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:11:38 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3469#comment-167881 If you buy and hold stock index etf's/mutual funds over long periods of time, you will be able to generate truly passive income.. My research shows that one dollar invested in S&P 500 will take 35 years to generate one dollars in dividends for you on average. So keep saving and investing for dividends ( and reinvest the dividneds) If you buy and hold stock index etf’s/mutual funds over long periods of time, you will be able to generate truly passive income.. My research shows that one dollar invested in S&P 500 will take 35 years to generate one dollars in dividends for you on average. So keep saving and investing for dividends ( and reinvest the dividneds)

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/23/advice-from-bill-miller-increase-your-money-without-working/#comment-167148 Kyle Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:20:59 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3469#comment-167148 Gentlemen prefer index funds. I have little doubt Bill Miller will rise again, though. Thanks for the link! Gentlemen prefer index funds. I have little doubt Bill Miller will rise again, though. Thanks for the link!

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/23/advice-from-bill-miller-increase-your-money-without-working/#comment-167142 vilkri Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:25:09 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3469#comment-167142 Unfortunately even a successful investor like Bill Miller proves that outperforming an index is very difficult. If an investor wants to pick the best fund manager for the coming year, he will need to be very aware of the fine print that says, "Past performance does not guarantee future performance." Moreover, as studies have shown a large majoriy of managers like Bill Miller do not outperform an index. So, I agree with you. All this makes it very compelling to invest via cheaper index funds. Unfortunately even a successful investor like Bill Miller proves that outperforming an index is very difficult. If an investor wants to pick the best fund manager for the coming year, he will need to be very aware of the fine print that says, “Past performance does not guarantee future performance.” Moreover, as studies have shown a large majoriy of managers like Bill Miller do not outperform an index. So, I agree with you. All this makes it very compelling to invest via cheaper index funds.

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