Index Fund

What is an Index fund?
An index fund is an investment mechanism designed to be used by a multitude of investors, which seeks to follow or shadow the performance of a certain financial market.

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Examples of index funds are the FTSE 100, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard & Poor's 500, and the Wilshire 5000.