Imagine you want to buy a little piece of many companies at once, instead of betting on just one company. An index fund does exactly that. It’s like getting a “basket” of many companies together, so your money is spread out.
For example, the index called S&P 500 tracks 500 large U.S. companies. If you invest in a fund that follows the S&P 500, you own a tiny portion...
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