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Index fund

An index fund (also index tracker) is an investment fund (usually a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund) that aims to replicate the movements of an index of a specific financial market, or a set of rules of ownership that are held constant, regardless of market conditions. As of 2013, index funds made up 18.4% of equity mutual fund assets in the US.
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