Index Investing - Conservative Investment?

[PassiveReturns]

I hold a slight different point of view.

I read in quite a number of books, and all cited that, many studies have been conducted and been arrived at the same conclusion - it is very very difficult to beat the market in general, over a long haul of time.

If this is so, I think it is better to stick to the unbeatable - the market index itself.

Furthermore, since huge amount of time and effort need to pour into researching potential outstanding companies, but may not yield a great difference from Index Investing, I may as well spend them on other better opportunities.

Hence, for me, I think Index Investing is a very attractive and smart way to grow our wealth.