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noun

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.

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Origin of index fund

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby index fund

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How to use index fund in a sentence

Those stakes, which are mostly held for years in passive index funds, have collectively gained roughly $1 billion in value since the beginning of this year.
How the rich got richer: Reddit trading frenzy benefited Wall Street elite|Douglas MacMillan, Yeganeh Torbati|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Following the ETF leadersThe SPDR S&P Biotech ETF is an industry-specific index fund with holdings among bio-technology companies.
The most shorted securities in the world aren’t stocks|Karen Ho|February 5, 2021|Quartz
Since the beginning of the 21st century, people have been able to invest more easily and cheaply in global portfolios of companies across the world, in particular though index funds.
The Public Trusts Businesses Over Government to Solve Our Problems. But We Need Both to Try|Colin Mayer|February 3, 2021|Time
Indeed, in recent years money has flooded into cheap index funds and ETFs, many of which robotically track a benchmark rather than trying to beat the overall market.
Rockstar stock picker Cathie Wood has inspired a line of merchandise|John Detrixhe|January 27, 2021|Quartz

All of my investments are in mutual funds, mainly low-cost index funds, and they’re topped up with the big six and other tech high-flyers.
How I tripled my money in bitcoin—then lost almost half of it|Aaron Pressman|January 22, 2021|Fortune
Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And from there, the letter asked for money for a legal defense fund.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, as attendees noted to The Daily Beast, legislators go to ALEC to find ways to fund their campaigns.
The Left’s Answer to ALEC|Ben Jacobs|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not to mention the revenue that will be generated by this, which then can be used to fund education and health care.
Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It|Abby Haglage|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A helpful pictorial index provides photographs of the actual objects.
The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The presence of a large gold fund was an assurance of the ability to return to specie payments after the close of the war.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
From affluence he came to want, and in his old age a fund was raised sufficient to purchase him an annuity of £600 a year.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
(d) Excess balances may, at the convenience of each federal reserve bank, remain deposited with the gold settlement fund.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The degree of pallor furnishes a rough index to the amount of hemoglobin in the corpuscle.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Wright and his followers regard the opsonic index as an index of the power of the body to combat bacterial invasion.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd