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Investing in the largest funds isn’t the biggest mistake you can make

Unless, of course, you want to beat the S&P 500 over the long term.

Buying the largest and most popular stock funds isn't the worst decision investors can make, even if they're taking withdrawals.
Unless, of course, they're buying those funds at the top of a bubble.
The largest stock funds are big for a reason: They have good trailing track records. “A fund

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