A Statistic worth pondering

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(12-13-2021, 09:45 AM)rnsmth Wrote: The Nifty Fifty did fine as a buy and hold.  Lots of money made over the decades.  I read a good article about that somewhere, but I do not remember where.  Between spin-offs, mergers, etc, it would have the holders very wealthy

Far more specific details would be needed to assess that claim.  There were a number of very high profile bankruptcies on that list, and stocks that flew for a time later and died, or vice versa.  As always, picking the time frame to analyze matters. Stats are fun but only rich folk owned the entire nifty fifty back then. Few today own a substantial holding in all of the top fifty stocks of 2021. I'd guess most don't even own 20% of them.