Investing in the Stock Market? 3 Steps to Double Your Money

The investing world is full of empty promises, and there are plenty of investments that guarantee to make you a lot of money essentially overnight. One of the easiest ways to make money in the stock market is to invest in passive investments like index funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). While actively managed funds have a professional choosing the stocks within the fund, passive funds track certain stock market indexes, like the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and attempt to mirror their performance.