Financial markets and the world of money has fascinated me since the young age of 14. Since 2007, I have engaged in investments and trading of stocks, options, mutual funds, bonds, ETFs, commodities, futures and forex. However, my main interest remains in stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs for the purposes of intermediate-to-long term investing and retirement investing. I also enjoy retirement portfolio management of my own IRA and family members.Since 2010, my strong interest in research and analysis of investments has led me to pursue a job-turned-passion for freelance financial writing. Since beginning my financial writing career on Seeking Alpha, my articles have gone on to be published on other notable websites such as: Investopedia, Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, CBS MoneyWatch, Valuewalk, Emerging Growth, and more. Additionally, my content has received honorable mentions in articles from Barron’s Magazine and New York Post.
Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of VOO either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
I own shares of Hershey’s through the VOO S&P 500 index ETF.
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