Probably a great deal to do with the fact that savings accounts, bonds, and CDs don't return the interest rates they used to. They certainly don't beat inflation.
So what's left? Stocks. An index fund will at least keep pace with inflation over a long period of time.
It's not just "get rich quick"; it's that most of the other options have been devalued to uselessness over just stuffing cash into mattresses.
So what's left? Stocks. An index fund will at least keep pace with inflation over a long period of time.
It's not just "get rich quick"; it's that most of the other options have been devalued to uselessness over just stuffing cash into mattresses.