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Personal Finance and Investing

Quixote1818

(30,374 posts) Fri Jul 7, 2023, 07:00 PM Jul 2023

What The Heck Is An Index Fund?

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What The Heck Is An Index Fund? (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jul 2023 OP

An index fund is what you should buy if you don't know what an index fund is nt Shermann Jul 2023 #1

An "index fund" is a type of mutual fund or exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the returns of elleng Jul 2023 #2

Shermann

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1. An index fund is what you should buy if you don't know what an index fund is nt

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Fri Jul 7, 2023, 07:32 PM

Jul 2023

elleng

(136,043 posts)

2. An "index fund" is a type of mutual fund or exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the returns of

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 07:46 PM

Jul 2023

a market index. The S&P 500 Index, the Russell 2000 Index, and the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index are just a few examples of market indexes that index funds may seek to track.

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