index fund

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index fund

A mutual fund that keeps a portfolio of stocks designed to match the performance of a stock market or one of its sectors as measured by an index of selected stocks. Also called market fund.

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Noun	1.	index fund - a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list mutual fund - the pooled money that is invested in assets
	2.	index fund - a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index mutual fund company, open-end fund, open-end investment company, mutual fund - a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares

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