Why Shouldn’t I Just Buy An Index Fund?
Okay, on this one, I’ll start off by noting that, just like the idea of doing-it-yourself, it’s entirely possible that this could work, and in some specific time periods in the past it has worked. Of course, funds which follow the same index but are from different fund families behave a little differently, and within fund families there are funds which track dozens of different indexes. My English teacher would remind me that I should say “indices”, but I do what I do, and she does what she does.(That lesson did actually stick, I’m just having fun today.)
Let’s look at one of the most popular indexes, the S&P 500.
Lots of fund companies offer a version of this, which essentially is Read More …
