Buffett's Investing Plan for Personal and Self Investing - why it works
You can beat the Suits
Buffett's Investing Plan for Personal and Self Investing - why it works
You can beat the Suits
Wall Street does not want you to see this - the buffett plan
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The Best Way to Invest—According to the Greatest Investor of All Time
In 2018, I watched Warren Buffett open the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting with a surprising lesson—not about Berkshire, but about how most people should invest.
He told the story of buying his first stock in 1942. Looking back, he said the best thing he—or anyone—could have done was to invest in a low-cost S&P 500 index fund.
If you had invested $10,000 in the S&P 500 back then, it would be worth over $131 million today—and you wouldn’t have had to do a thing. No stock picking. No timing. Just one simple decision—and the patience to stick with it.
Buffett explained that it’s not about trying to beat the market. It’s about believing in America and American business—and letting time and compound growth do the work.
That got me thinking: Could investing really be this easy? Was he right?
I dug in and did the research. What I found was overwhelming. This strategy has beaten 95% of professional money managers over the past 20 years. Buffett was right. And other investing legends agree:
- Paul Samuelson called index funds “one of the greatest inventions in finance.”
- Charlie Munger said 95% of wealthy investors would be better off with index funds.
- Even Jordan Belfort called it “the greatest investment hack in history.”
I told my wife I had found the Holy Grail of investing.
She asked, “What’s an S&P 500 index fund?”
That moment made me realize: millions of people could benefit from this strategy—if they just understood what it is and why it works.
That’s why I created this site:
To explain Buffett’s plan in clear, simple terms, backed by evidence and investing wisdom that actually works.
Start here with Buffett’s 2018 investing lesson.
▶ The Warren Buffett Investing Plan
Then check out the blog and other resources to learn how to put this strategy to work for your future.
© 2025 Dan Mahoney | Disclaimer: I’m not a financial pro—just a self-taught investor sharing lessons from giants like Buffett. This is education, not advice. Investing has risks—talk to an advisor first.
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