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Glossary
Investment Management
Index Fund
An index fund is a fund that invests in all or most of the underlying components of an index so it mirrors the performance of the index or does so with a small tracking error. Index funds are part of a passive investment style and come with much lower fees to clients than active funds. Index funds can by definition never beat the index.