Ok, but its better than that if you are in the correct index... and index funds are based on company sizes. If you hold any SP500 index, you are a tesla holder

Ok, but its better than that if you are in the correct index... and index funds are based on company sizes. If you hold any SP500 index, you are a tesla holder by proxy. Don't get me wrong, index funds are good but if your cost basis is 20% and your additions are weakly scheduled (ie if you are > some % at a 1 month interval you add to the cost basis to make it 20% up)... it is pretty safe. I feel as though people who view risk on the market as not understanding that options, uncovered options and all kinds of other money-wizardry are the things people refer to as actually risky. You can lose your whole investment and there is a drop-dead date with options.