> A few years ago… a few hundred $k sitting around… getting 0 return on it. People say this with poorly invested money all the time, but I must be missing some

> A few years ago… a few hundred $k sitting around… getting 0 return on it. People say this with poorly invested money all the time, but I must be missing something. You could invest it in an index fund, say the S&P 500, and annually yield over 10% on average [1]. [1] https://www.officialdata.org/us/stocks/s-p-500/2016?amount=100&endYear=2023 https://www.officialdata.org/us/stocks/s-p-500/2016?amount=1...