How Anyone Can Build a pipeline Of

The Biggest risk Is NOT Investing in the 
Market 
Many people still think it’s too risky to invest in the 
stock market. And, yes, some stocks go down. And 
sometimes the entire market goes down, as it did in 
the crash of 1929. 
But all of the wizards on Wall Street say that over 
time, investing in the stock market is the easiest and 

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surest way to build a profit-pumping pipeline. The 
facts support the experts: During the 200-plus years 
the New York Stock Exchange has been in 
business, stocks have averaged going up two out of 
every three days. Since WWII, the stock market 
has gone up 71-fold, despite nine recessions during 
that 55-year span. 
According to Jeremy Siegel’s book 
Stocks for the 
Long Run,
in the 195 years from 1802 to 1997, a 
dollar invested in gold would have grown to just 
$11.17. That same dollar invested in stocks would 
have compounded to $7.5 million! 
1997
 
1802 
 
Stock Market 
The point is that building a 50-year pipeline has its 
place, no doubt about it! Most people have several 
50-year pipelines under construction. Their home is 
one long-term pipeline. Social Security is yet 
another. Unfortunately, all too many people stop at 
these two pipelines. 
Most People’s 
50-Year Pipeline Plan 
Social Security 
Their Home. 
$ 
$ 
$7 
Million 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Smart people, on the other hand, continue to build 
additional long-term pipelines through investment 
portfolios… pension plans… IRAs… and the like.
All of these are great long-term pipelines, and 
they’re available to anyone with the good sense and 
the discipline to build them over time.