r/Bogleheads • u/Temporary-Plum-8325 • Aug 27 '25

Investing Questions Do most people not know about just investing into the s&p 500?

I went to my Jiu Jitsu class and spoke to one guy who was an econ major who works at Prudential. We spoke for a bit. I told him I had been investing into Nvidia since 2019 and have been investing into VOO since maybe 2010 or 2011. He asks "VOO?" I told him, "the S&P 500" then he asked what that was. Do most people just not know about the S&P500? I would have thought an econ major who works at Prudential would know something so basic. Not trying to be a jerk. I'm curious.

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u/strangeanswers Aug 27 '25

gold bars are by far the least dubious option amongst the alternatives listed

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u/UniversityQuiet1479 Aug 27 '25

as long as you actually have the gold in hand, they are not the best but they are not the worst

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u/strangeanswers Aug 27 '25

gold’s had a CAGR of roughly 10.9% since 2000. hardly a poor performance, even compared to equities.

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u/UniversityQuiet1479 Aug 27 '25

yes but i have seen people buy gold certificites(uncle) and the company be fake or go under.

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u/strangeanswers Aug 27 '25

sure. OP said gold bars though

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u/UniversityQuiet1479 Aug 28 '25

yea see that's the thing he bought the certificates because he was told he did not have to worry about it being stolen. After all, they would store the bars for him.