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Resources: Index Funds
Index
Funds.com - Index Funds Investing
An extensive database of index funds articles and data
include information on Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA investments or
funds), Vanguard, Barclays, and most other index funds. Not all indexes
are the same and returns are not driven by fees alone. Among low cost
index funds, risk factor exposure and index construction rules are more
important than fees. Therapy for the SEC begins with the efficient
markets hypothesis.
Index Funds Advisors,
Inc.
IFA has advised clients to invest in DFA funds since 3/99.
The best strategy is to invest in a globally diversified portfolio of
index funds and rebalance as needed. I suspect that 2003 will end up
being the fourth consecutive down year for the first time since 1932.
Index Funds and Indexes
Index funds allow average people to participate intelligently in the stock market, by offering diversification and low fees. The "why" of index investing is widely available. (In a nutshell, actively managed mutual funds only do about as well as index funds but charge higher fees; and individual stock investors can do even worse, mainly because they keep stumbling over bum advice - which is also widely available.) So this article covers the basics on the "what" of index investing: exactly what indexes and index funds are, how they select and weight stocks, and how different index families divide up the market. That's followed with some simple suggestions on building portfolios with index funds and ETFs.
The
Basics -- Odds say you cant beat index funds - MSN Money
Index funds extinguish all hope of striking it rich with a
wildly successful active fund. If you’ve ever placed a bet in a casino,
you might understand why it’s better to pick passive index funds over
active mutual funds. Indeed, more than 90% of mutual-fund money is in
active funds, not index funds.
Index Funds
Listing of sites offering information of index 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 to beat the market. Forbes
describes why you should own index funds by taking a close look at fund
expenses and returns. Shows what enhanced index funds are and what the
performance has been during a 27 year period.
Fool.com:
The SP 500 Index Fund [Mutual Fund Center]
Mutual Funds: Index Funds. SP Index Fund; Beyond the SP;
Index Fund ... But SP index funds certainly arent the only index funds...
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