In the following video as part of our Ask a Fool series, Motley Fool analyst Matt Argersinger takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks: "Mutual funds have crazy expense ratios, index funds supposedly give good exposure with minimal ratios. What's the reality with index funds?"
Can your expensive mutual fund beat this boring old index fund?
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