Buying index funds has long been a way for ordinary people to outperform Wall Street’s best and brightest in the stock market. They are a simple, efficient, and effective way to get market-like returns without the hassle, costs, and churn associated with active trading or hiring professional money management.
As the popularity of index investing has exploded, so have the areas of the market that index funds track. That gives you an incredible opportunity to use index funds to invest in different sectors, always getting the advantages that indexing brings while still focusing on areas that are of interest to you.
With that in mind, here are 10 index funds that every investor needs to consider for part of their portfolio.
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