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TIL the fate of SPY, the world’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF), depends on the lives of 11 random millennials (born between 1990 and 1993). SPY will cease to exist on Jan. 22, 2118, or 20 years "after the death of the last survivor of the eleven persons", whichever occurs first.

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