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Fidelity Spartan 500 Index Fund (FSMKX)

The Fidelity Spartan 500 Index Fund is one of the lowest cost equity index funds that individual investors can buy directly. To buy index funds, click on any of the 10 low cost, no load S&P 500 index funds below to find additional information about them. The article “Top 10 S&P 500 Index Funds” explains […]

Vanguard 500 Index Fund – Admiral (VFIAX)

Overview of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund According to Vanguard’s website, the investment strategy of the Vanguard 500 Index mutual fund is to use a passive management or index “investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is dominated […]

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