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- a mutual fund composed of companies listed in an important stock market index in order to match the market's overall performance.
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- Passive Investing Trends
- Index funds are on the rise. Assets flowing into index mutual funds have been growing rapidly both in absolute terms and relative to inflows into actively managed funds. Largely, index fund returns throttle the active competition, particularly in bull markets. When the market is steaming ahead, every dollar not invested...
- White papers 2001-07-01
- Index Fund Investing
- This article emphasizes on the Index funds, which offer compelling advantages to investors in all markets where they are available. Index funds are the lowest cost, lowest risk, and lowest tax cost investment style available to investors. Importantly, these benefits translate into strong performance. Investors should confidently anticipate consistent top...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Anchor Your Portfolio With Index Funds
- One of the most basic distinctions between mutual funds is whether the fund manager employs an active or a passive management approach. An active management style means the fund manager uses analytic or forecasting tools to select individual stocks for the fund portfolio. In a passive approach, the fund manager...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- What Are Index Funds
- This article on index funds explains how to invest & the future of these funds. Index funds are perfect for the buy-and-hold investor - the kind of person who likes to sit back and let their investment grow, rather than moving in and out of the market in an effort...
- White papers
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- Index Fund Management: A Basis Point Game
- Managing an index fund is a basis-point game. Unlike active equity managers, who hope their fund's performance will consistently rank high relative to their benchmark and peers, index fund managers are usually indifferent about the absolute performance of the index itself. That is not to imply that index fund managers...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- You Can't Judge an Index Fund by Its Cover
- As an index fund is a passive investment, the fund manager selects a combination of assets for a portfolio that is intended to mimic an index such as the S&P 500. Since the assets underlying the fund are held and not actively traded, management fees are usually lower. An S&P...
- White papers 2003-06-11
- A GROUNDBREAKER: Barclays' new commingled trust index fund invests in Nasdaq 100.(Brief Article)
- SAN FRANCISCO -- Barclays Global Investors has launched what might be the first of its kind -- a commingled trust index fund that invests in the Nasdaq 100 index. The BGI fund, which will be available only to the defined contribution market, is av...
- Research articles 2000-09-04
- Vanguard to Introduce Dividend Achievers Index Fund; New Fund to Offer VIPER Shares, Bringing Vanguard's ETF Offerings to 24
- VALLEY FORGE, Pa. -- Vanguard today filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC to offer a new equity index fund, VanguardR Dividend Achievers Index Fund. The new fund will offer both traditional Investor Shares and exchange-traded VIPERR Shares. Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group will manage the...
- Research articles 2005-09-23
- INTERNET.COM: internet.com index fund raises over $2 $2.5 million since July 30 launch.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-13 August 1999-INTERNET.COM: internet.com index fund raises over $2.5 million since July 30 launch C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:120899 * first pure Internet stock index fund available to investors WESTPORT, CT -- The first index mutual fund based...
- Research articles 1999-08-13
- Fleet Financial's Galaxy Small Company Index Fund Now Linked To S&P SmallCap 600 Index
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 10, 1997--Standard & Poor's Financial Information Services announced today Galaxy Small Company Index Fund has now linked its $348 million in assets to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Galaxy Small Company Index Fund is now the largest publicly offered mutual fund indexed to the S&P SmallCap...
- Research articles 1997-07-10
- internet.com Announces Agreement With Investec Guinness Flight for Internet Stock Index Fund; New Fund is Based On internet.com's ISDEX Internet Stock Index
- WESTPORT, CT--BUSINESS WIRE--July 15, 1999-- internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq:INTM) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Investec Guinness Flight Global Asset Management to establish a mutual fund which tracks internet.com's ISDEXR, Internet Stock Index (http://www.isdex.com). The new Guinness Flight internet.com Index Fund is expected to be available...
- Research articles 1999-07-15
- Key Asset starts Nasdaq index fund.
- * Key Asset Management in Cleveland now offers the Victory Nasdaq-100 Index fund. The fund has a diversified portfolio of technology-oriented New Economy stocks. The largest companies make up the largest ... *...
- Research articles 2000-09-11
- News: State Street to manage eco fund for Enviro Agency.(State Street Global Advisors, economically enhanced index fund for UK Environment Agency pension fund)(Brief Article)
- The Environment Agency pension fund has appointed State Street Global Advisors to manage a specially designed "eco-enhanced" index fund. The Environment Agency pension fund has appointed State Street Global Advisors to manage a specially designed "eco-enhanced" index fund.
- Research articles 2002-12-09
- iShares(R) Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund and iShares S&P 100 Index Fund Scheduled for Exchange Listing Move
- Barclays Global Investors BGI, one of the world's largest institutional asset managers and Exchange Traded Funds ETF managers, today announced the transfer of the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund (ticker: IBB) from the American Stock Exchange to The NASDAQ Stock Market and the move of the iShares S&P 100 Index...
- Research articles 2008-09-02
- iShares(R) Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund and iShares S&P 100 Index Fund Complete Move to New Listing Exchanges
- Barclays Global Investors BGI, one of the world's largest institutional asset managers and Exchange Traded Funds ETF managers, announced today the successful transfer of the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund (ticker: IBB) from the American Stock Exchange to The NASDAQ Stock Market and the iShares S&P 100 Index Fund (ticker:...
- Research articles 2008-09-23
- The ETF Vs. Open-End Index-Fund Shootout
- Why deal with ETFs if one can own the same indexes without all the hassle of paying brokerage fees and spreads? Figure about 15 basis points in commissions and spreads each way. In the case of the iShares S&P 500 Index Fund, with its 9 basis-point advantage over the Vanguard...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- CalPERS first to form in-house international REIT index fund; $1 billion to be run pending potential search for external active managers.
- Byline: Arleen Jacobius SACRAMENTO, Calif. - CalPERS has become the first known U.S. pension fund to set up an internally managed international REIT index fund. The $209 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento, is par Byline: Arleen Jacobius ...
- Research articles 2006-05-29
- REPEAT/Fidelity Magellan Fund -FMAGX- Rated 'Aggressive Buy' and Vanguard 500 Index Fund -VFINX- Rated 'Buy' by FidelityAdviser.com
- WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 1, 1999-- Strong Technology Holdings in Microsoft MSFT, America Online AOL, Intel INTC, Cisco CSCO, Yahoo YHOO, Help Magellan Surge Past Vanguard 500 Index Fund in 1St Quarter Donald R. Dion, Jr., publisher of the http://www.FidelityAdviser.com Newsletter today, rated Fidelity Magellan Fund FMAGX...
- Research articles 1999-04-01
- INTERNET.COM: internet.com agreement with Investec Gu Guinness Flight for Internet Stock Index Fund.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 July 1999-INTERNET.COM: internet.com announces agreement with Investec Guinness Flight for Internet Stock Index Fund C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:150799 * New Fund is Based on internet.com's ISDEX Internet Stock Index WESTPORT, CT -- internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq:INTM)...
- Research articles 1999-07-16
- Govett scraps US Index fund to rationalise product range; Investors offered chance to cash out or join better-performing Govett US Opportunities fund.(Govett Strategic Investment Trust PLC)
- BY Ashutosh kumar Govett Investments has dissolved its fledgling US Index fund and moved investors into its flagship American fund Govett US Opportunities. The company gave investors an option to cash out of the GBP9m tracker fund if they did not wish...
- Research articles 2002-12-09
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