40 years ago, in 1985, $15,000 was worth $5,000. The S&P 500 was valued at about $185/share. 5000/185 = 27 shares. SP500 today is about $6,664. 27*6664 = $179,928.
Go ahead and ask every 59 year old in your life if they’d feel better about their retirement with another $180k sitting in an S&P 500 ETF.
Open an account on Vanguard or Fidelity or Schwab or whatever, buy an S&P 500 ETF, and leave it the fuck alone.
The ‘A’ stands for Ain’t