A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

by Burton G. Malkiel

if an investor is to buy only one U.S. index fund, the best general U.S. index to emulate is one of the broader indexes such as the Russell 3000, the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, the CRSP Index, or the MSCI U.S. Broad Market Index—not the S&P 500.