Understand Index Funds

Definition
Index fund or also known as the index tracker is usually a mutual fund commonly the exchange-traded fund. Tracking can be done by holding the securities in the index or by sampling the market and holding representative securities.

Advantage of investing into Index Funds
1. Index funds cost less.
2. Index funds objectives are easy to understand.
3. The turnovers in index funds are lower than actively managed funds.
4. The drift in index funds are not possible and accurate diversification of a portfolio is increased.

Index Fund future performance
1. Index fund seeks to match instead of outperforming the target index.
2. Index funds capture asset classes at a low cost and tax efficient.

Sample of index funds where you can invest
1. Franklin India Index Fund
2. Birla Sun Life Index Fund
3. Franklin Templeton Index Fund
4. Sensex Index Fund
5. Nifty Index Fund

Quote of the day:
The less the active management usually gives the way to lower fees and lower taxes in taxable accounts. Fees reduce the return to the investor.

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Conclusion:
There are different indexing methods:
Traditional indexing wherein the modification of security holdings happens only to companies who enter or leave the target index.
Synthetic indexing, a modern technique and it are a combination of equity index and investments.
Enhanced indexing is the improvement to index fund management that emphasizes the performance
Operating indexing, this is a method of measuring and comparing the company’s performance with regards to the financial metrics towards the financial performance of the comparable companies.
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