Index funds

Index funds

A form of fund management which often outperforms most actively-managed mutual funds. Market indexes are tracked and matched by the fund automatically, making it cheap in terms of investment management.

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index fund

Banking; Investment banking

Investment fund whose portfolio is selected to match the structure of a recognized stock market index.

index fund

Financial services; General Finance

Investment fund designed to match the returns on a stock market index. Mutual fund whose portfolio matches that of a broad-based index such as the S&P 500 and whose performance ...

index fund

Law; Legal services; General law

A mutual fund that invests in stocks in the proportion that those stocks make up an index, such as the Dow Jones 30, Standard & Poor’s 500, or Russell 3000. Its returns should ...

index fund

Law; General law

A mutual fund that invests in stocks in the proportion that those stocks make up an index, such as the Dow Jones 30, Standard & Poor’s 500, or Russell 3000. Its returns should ...

Pure index fund

Financial services; General Finance

A portfolio that is managed so as to perfectly replicate the performance of the market portfolio.

above par

Financial services; Stocks &securities

If bonds are re-sold on the secondary market, and if interest rates are lower that the bond's coupon rate, the bond will be sold at a premium, or above par.

P/E ratio

Financial services; Stocks &securities

The ratio of a company's current price per share and average earnings per share. The former is divided by the latter. A high ratio suggests high growth potential in the future.

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