Just about all of us would like to have more money -- and, ideally, a lot more money. Yes, you might reach that goal by winning a Powerball jackpot, but that's not likely to happen. (The odds of winning it were recently 1 in 292,201,338!) A much better way to try to reach your financial goals is to invest in the stock market.

For best results, most of us should be investing regularly and effectively. Regularly means contributing meaningful sums -- such as 10% of your income, but ideally more -- and doing so every month, every quarter, or every year, for lots of years.

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