{
  "id": 6443310,
  "title": "If You Make Just 1 Investing Move Right Now, History Says It Should Be This",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/if-you-make-just-1-investing-move-right-now-history-says-it-should-be",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-09T16:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/just-1-investing-move-now-164800833.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "With the U.S. stock market currently near record highs, investors are faced with a choice. Rather than waiting for a market correction before investing, history suggests that making one move now could prove beneficial. A low-cost S&P 500 index fund offers diversification and exposure to the broad market. Vanguard's research found that a lump-sum investment strategy outperformed spreading the same investment over three months 68% of the time over the following year. Waiting for a lower entry price risks missing out on market returns, as U.S. stocks outperformed cash 76% of the time over one-year periods from 1976 to 2022. While the S&P 500 has fallen at least 10% in half of the years since 1980, waiting for a correction doesn't guarantee a lower price point. In fact, investing on the first trading day of each year produced an average 12.1% return over the period from 1990 to 2024, compared to just 6.6% for waiting for a 10% correction. The Motley Fool's Stock Advisor team identified 10 top stocks for investors to consider, with S&P 500 Index not among them, offering potentially higher returns compared to the market average.",
  "summary": null,
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        "outlet": "Motley Fool",
        "title": "If You Make Just 1 Investing Move Right Now, History Says It Should Be This",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/if-you-make-just-1-investing-move-right-now-history-says-it-should-be-6448493",
        "published": "2026-09-09T16:28:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}