Index Funds (Video)

Advantages and Disadvantages

An index fund is an investment scheme aimed at replicating the movements of specific money markets in which tracking is achieved by holding all of the sucurities within the fund at the same proportions as the index.

Index funds are usually based on computer models with little or no human input. Called passive management, the advantages are lower lower fees with less taxable accounts.

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