This dividend payer has a strong track record. Almost no one becomes a millionaire overnight, but the great thing about the stock market is that it can help almost anyone become wealthy over time. The S&P 500 has historically delivered a compound annualized return of 9% with dividends reinvested. With results like that, if you invested $1,000 a month every month for 25 years, you would have a portfolio worth more than $1 million. Investing in an S&P 500 index fund is an easy way of getting results that clos ...