index fund

index fund
noun
1. a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list
• Hypernyms: ↑mutual fund
2. a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index

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noun
: a portfolio made up primarily of stocks listed on a standard index of stock market performance

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a fund, as a mutual fund or pension fund, with a portfolio that contains many of the securities listed in a major stock index in order to match the performance of the stock market generally.
[1975-80]

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index fund noun
An investment fund that imitates the composition of a particular stock market index
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Main Entry: ↑index

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index fund,
U.S. an investment fund consisting of stocks listed in one or more of the major stock market indexes: »

The one great advantage of the index fund is that once you have decided what “average” is…you can never again do worse (or better) than average (Seattle Times).


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