Investing In Index Funds

Index Funds are based on an underlying index such as BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, and these funds simply mirror the performance of the index concerned

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that Tesla would join the S&P 500 index prior to the opening of trading on December 21, potentially in two tranches making it easier for investment funds to digest.

The surge in stock markets indicate that money invested at the start of 2010 in an index fund of Sensex, Nifty or Nifty 500 would have yielded a minimum return of 100 per cent.

Mr Buffett believes most stock investors are better off with low-cost index funds than paying higher fees to managers who often underperform. He told Fortune magazine he expects to write "a lot" about passive investing.

Edelweiss Mutual Fund on Friday said it has listed its second open-ended exchange traded fund (ETF), Edelweiss Exchange Traded Scheme-Banking (EBANK), on the NSE. The scheme is suitable for investors seeking long-term capital appreciation and investment in securities covered by the Nifty Bank Index, a company statement said.

Bharti Airtel shares rose as much as 4.4 per cent on Wednesday on hopes that passive funds will invest in the stock after MSCI doubled the mobile carrier's weightage in its India index.

India will, however, have to do away with the foreign fund investment limits in government debt, currently capped at $30 billion, which is a key criteria for inclusion in such indexes as the market otherwise is considered restrictive.

Contrafund is still the largest active shareholder in Apple. Only a Vanguard Group index fund owns more shares.

The positive breadth and momentum last week should further add to the inflow of overseas funds, thereby helping the 50-share National Stock Exchange benchmark index touch the key psychological level of 6,000 for the first time in two years.

Index Funds are based on an underlying index such as BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, and these funds simply mirror the performance of the index concerned

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that Tesla would join the S&P 500 index prior to the opening of trading on December 21, potentially in two tranches making it easier for investment funds to digest.

The surge in stock markets indicate that money invested at the start of 2010 in an index fund of Sensex, Nifty or Nifty 500 would have yielded a minimum return of 100 per cent.

Mr Buffett believes most stock investors are better off with low-cost index funds than paying higher fees to managers who often underperform. He told Fortune magazine he expects to write "a lot" about passive investing.

Edelweiss Mutual Fund on Friday said it has listed its second open-ended exchange traded fund (ETF), Edelweiss Exchange Traded Scheme-Banking (EBANK), on the NSE. The scheme is suitable for investors seeking long-term capital appreciation and investment in securities covered by the Nifty Bank Index, a company statement said.

Bharti Airtel shares rose as much as 4.4 per cent on Wednesday on hopes that passive funds will invest in the stock after MSCI doubled the mobile carrier's weightage in its India index.

India will, however, have to do away with the foreign fund investment limits in government debt, currently capped at $30 billion, which is a key criteria for inclusion in such indexes as the market otherwise is considered restrictive.

Contrafund is still the largest active shareholder in Apple. Only a Vanguard Group index fund owns more shares.

The positive breadth and momentum last week should further add to the inflow of overseas funds, thereby helping the 50-share National Stock Exchange benchmark index touch the key psychological level of 6,000 for the first time in two years.