They have a reputation for being boring.

You just invest in a fund and forget about it.

But behind the scenes, an index fund is your entry point to ownership in some of the world's most successful and innovative companies.

And when you invest in these companies, you benefit from their ongoing innovation, success, and PROFITS (and/or losses).

I'm talking about companies like Google and Amazon.

But if you go shopping for individual shares of Amazon, you'll find a single share costs $3K.

For one share.

Google is more moderately priced at $2,700.

You'd have to invest a lot of money upfront to buy just a few shares of these stocks.

So what's a new investor of moderate means to do?

Enter the index fund -- an opportunity to invest in a bunch of big companies for a low price.

For example, check out this Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.

The ticker symbol is VTI.

As you can see here, a share of VTI costs $222 right now.

And you can buy a single share at a time!

Now let's look under the hood and see what's in this fund.

What is the fund invested in?

Check out the top 10 holdings 👇🏼

With a single share of VTI, you invest in all these companies (and a lot more) for an approachable share price.

So, today's lesson is simple:
When considering an index fund, check out their top holdings to find out what companies you're actually investing in.

Doing this research is easy.

Just Google "Top Holdings (insert fund ticker symbol)" and voila!

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