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?"
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Can your expensive mutual fund beat this boring old index fund?
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