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Index Fund

Mutual fund holding a portfolio of securities that closely matches an established index (like the S&P 500). Index funds offer diversification and low management fees (since the decision of which securities to invest in is mainly automatic, being predetermined by the index itself).

See the index funds overview and the page on index funds and optimal portfolios.


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