Billionaire Warren Buffett Has Always Recommended Investing in the S&P 500. However, the Current S&P 500 May Make This Advice Tricky to Follow.

To say that Warren Buffett has made quite a name for himself in the stock market would be quite an understatement. With more than 60 years of professional experience under his belt, Buffett has managed to make himself one of the richest people in the world ($150 billion net worth at the time of this writing) and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, one of the world's most valuable public companies (over $1 trillion market cap).It's because of Buffett's success that many investors pay close attention to his investing moves, as well as his words of wisdom. Although the investing strategy of a billionaire and a trillion-dollar corporation doesn't align with that of your average investor, Buffett makes it a point to provide investing wisdom that applies to the latter.One piece of advice that Buffett has repeatedly echoed is that the best investing move for the average investor is to own an S&P 500 index fund and let that lead you throughout your investing. And while this is undoubtedly sound investing advice, the current state of the S&P 500 means this advice may be much trickier to follow.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool