Warren Buffett once said, "Successful investing takes time, discipline, and patience." The stock market can create substantial wealth over extended periods, but there are no shortcuts to building wealth, and attempting to rush the process can have disastrous consequences.

That said, investing can be simple. Broadly diversified index funds are essentially readymade portfolios that allow investors to earn reasonable returns with minimal effort. They can serve as stand-alone investments, or they can supplement and de-risk portfolios of individual stocks by spreading capital across more companies.

In either case, here are two index funds (that have consistently made money) to buy now.

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