I'm going to show you a method for winning in the stock market. It's the idiot's approach. The lazy way. The simplest way. Ironically, the best way.

• The Longer You Invest, the Lower Your Risk Would you like to invest your money without risk? Then the most important decision you could make today is to get into the market and stay there for at least 25 years. Lock that decision in your mind and throw away the key. Take a lesson from the smartest stock picker in history, Warren Buffett: "My favorite holding period is... forever." That's why Buffet is a billionaire and your stockbroker is just a broker.
• If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em By now, you've heard of index funds. One of the most popular index funds is a special mutual fund made up of all 500 stocks in the S&P 500. What a great concept. If you can't beat the market, then buy the whole market. Bet that the entire market will continue to go up... in the long run, of course. There are so many advantages to investing in index funds compared to the average professionally managed equity mutual fund. For the average unsophisticated investor, the no-brainer approach is to buy a few carefully selected index funds and forget about them for 10 to 25 years.
• The Sooner You Buy, the Richer You Can Become The sooner you buy, the longer you have your money at work and the more money you have to compound. Take 50 percent of your monthly savings and sock it away into your chosen index funds. Do this every month without fail for the rest of your life. If you'll do this then in due time the floodgates of prosperity will pour into your life.

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