Like any investment, index funds have advantages, such as lower fees, as well as disadvantages. Read on to see if this ...

The index is designed to be representative of the entire Nasdaq stock market, not just the largest companies. The Nasdaq Composite is one of the most widely followed stock indexes in the U.S. and ...

Index funds are mutual funds that seek only to mirror the performance of an underlying stock market index — not to outperform it. Millions of investors hold them in their portfolios because they ...