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 ...

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Mutual funds are baskets of stocks, bonds or other investments that you can buy into. They're the bedrock of many investment accounts, especially retirement accounts like 401(k)s. Investing in ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert.