Index funds are investment vehicles designed to track a benchmark index. Their objective is to replicate the overall performance of the index they follow. When an investor places money into an index ...

Index funds are one of the most popular types of investments because of their simplicity, low cost and diversification benefits. In general, index funds seek to replicate the performance of an ...

Financial services firm Morningstar has launched a new benchmark — which it says is the first of its kind — that tracks 100 of the top public and private market companies in one index. Titled the ...