As a general rule, Bill Palmer, a certified financial planner at Win Wealth Management in Denver, prefers index funds or exchange-traded funds for their lower fees.

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Invest your savings in a broad stock market index fund, and your wealth will most likely grow over the long-term at a rate that will allow you the freedom to do more with your life later on.

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The major stock index has gained 80% since March, 2009, adding many trillions to household wealth.

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That index has soared, rising 49% in 2006, fueling Slim's enormous gain in wealth.

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Our Index represents the common stocks of the 92 ultra-wealthy members who generated most of their wealth from a publicly traded US company.

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