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When he polled his followers on Twitter, the overwhelming majority answered “make money.” And yet in our emails and our marketing we talk about beating the market. We’ll tell you “Stock Advisor is up 500.5*% since inception, beating the market by over 3.5X” And that’s true. But that doesn’t mean much to most people. Investors… we care about the cash in our accounts. The money we can pull out to buy a car or a home or pay for tuition or a nice vacation. If you want to simply play it safer with a goal of making money, all you need to do is buy SPY, or VOO — index funds that track the S&P. You’ll do as well as the market on average. No better. No worse. While it’s not risk free, It’s unlikely you’ll lose your entire paycheck. But you also won’t be upgrading your home to mansion status anytime soon. It’s fairly safe, it’s historically been reliable. It’s cash in hand (or account), because these shares are very liquid. And if what you care about is making money, we want that too — we have a report on stocks that we like even more than gold. [And you can get it for free when you become a member now.](~/AAQRxQA~/RgRmqC3eP4QdAWh0dHBzOi8vYXBpLmZvb2wuY29tL2luZm90cm9uL3NwbGl0dGVyL3JvdXRlL3NmLXNhLTc4LWZzLXNvP2xpZD1zNTV6aTg4bmYwbjQmYXBpa2V5PTVjOGU1MmRkLTFiZWEtNDU1ZS04N2Y1LWQ1NTA2ZTU5MGYyMSZzb3VyY2U9aXNhc28zZW1sMDAwNjc4OCZ1PTIwMzcxNjI5NjEmbWFpbGluZ19pZD0zMzZmOTRiOC0zZDU0LTQ5MGUtOGI0ZS1kODM1MDVkM2Q2NTMmbWFpbGluZ19uYW1lPVZhcmlhbnQgMSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249c2YtbWFrZW1vbmV5JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1zb1cDc3BjQgpktt6oxWSSjfnXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAfk~) However, if you’re ok with a little volatility, and holding for at least 5 years — putting that big renovation project on pause while you attempt to build an empire around yourself — well then, we also have stocks our experts have picked aimed at beating the market. Stocks like… - Nvidia, which we recommended for the first time in 2005 (and again in 2009, 2017, and 2023). Now up 27,042%* - Netflix, recommended in 2004, now up 18,225%* - Tesla recommended in 2012, up 12,150%* today. - Shopify in 2016 — now up 1,929%*. Those might be some LIFE-CHANGING returns*. But you may notice that none of them have been recommended in the last 5 years. Because it often takes time (and patience) to beat the market. But if you’re up for the challenge and the wait, we’ll give you a full two years for just $89 today. And for my money, there’s no better place to start than The Motley Fool. 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