Since the S&P 500, an index of the 500 largest publicly traded American companies, has been up over time, this has been a winning strategy for many investors.
Since the S&P 500, an index of the 500 largest publicly traded American companies, has been up over time, this has been a winning strategy for many investors. Below is a chart of the percentage of large-cap domestic equity funds that have underperformed the S&P 500 since 2001: