The Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index measures the performance of all U.S. equity securities with readily available price data.

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Understand that the performance for Morgan's index is a total return, net of all expropriations and currency crises.

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If you invest in single asset class index funds like the Vanguard Total US Stock Market index or the Spartan International Index at Fidelity, you can easily compare the performance of your individual holdings to the market index they track.

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