The flip side to this jealousy, like many things in life, is the unsexy realities: even an investment in an index fund this past year would’ve outperformed the

The flip side to this jealousy, like many things in life, is the unsexy realities: even an investment in an index fund this past year would’ve outperformed the average year’s ROI several times over. The upside is right there, available just by following the same common sense, safe investing advice being preached for decades. Definitely not as fun as making millions on meme’d speculation.