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     • An index fund is a portfolio of stocks or bonds designed to mimic the composition and performance of a financial market index.
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   What are index funds & ETFs?

   • Index funds are mutual funds that track specific market indexes, such as the S&P 500 or S&P/TSX Composite Index. They’re bought and sold in units at prices set at the end of trading days. An ETF is bought and sold on an exchange just like a stock during normal trading hours.

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   What is an exchange-traded fund (ETF)?

   • An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is very similar to an index fund. Like an index fund, an ETF is a basket of investments. An ETF tracks a market index (usually the same ones as index funds), and because it’s passively managed, an ETF has low commissions and trading fees.

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   What is an index fund?

   • An index fund is a portfolio of securities designed to mirror the make-up and performance of a particular stock or bond market index. Index funds typically have lower MERs than actively managed mutual funds. Index investing is often referred to as passive investing. Index funds are designed to deliver market returns, minus a small fee.

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   What is the market cap of the S&P/TSX Composite Index?

   • As of Q2 2022 the total market cap of the index (in U.S. dollars) is over $2.75 trillion—roughly 70% of the entire Toronto Stock Exchange. The S&P/TSX Composite Index serves both as a benchmark and an investable index, accessible to individual investors mainly through ETFs and mutual funds that track it.

   S&P/TSX Composite Index: Definition, Constituents, How To Buy

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3. www.investopedia.com › sp-tsx-composite-indexS&P/TSX Composite Index: Definition, Constituents, How To Buy

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   Apr 12, 2024 · The S&P/TSX Composite Index is a capitalization-weighted equity index that tracks the performance of the largest companies listed on Canada's primary stock exchange, the Toronto Stock...

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   The S&P/TSX Composite Index is the benchmark Canadian stock market index representing roughly 70% of the total market capitalization on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Having replaced the TSE 300 Composite Index on May 1, 2002, as of September 20, 2021 the S&P/TSX Composite Index comprises 237 of the 3,451 companies listed on the TSX.

   Ticker	Company	Sector [10]	Industry [10]
   AAV	Advantage Energy Ltd.	Energy	Oil & Gas Exploration and Production
   AOI	Africa Oil Corp.	Energy	Oil & Gas Exploration and Production
   AEM	Agnico Eagle Mines Limited	Basic Materials	Metals & Mining
   AC	Air Canada	Industrials	Transportation

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5. money.ca › investing › stocksWhat Is An Index Fund? (and how to invest in one) | Money.ca

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   May 13, 2024 · An index fund is a type of mutual fund that’s designed to passively track a specific stock market index, such as the S&P/TSX Composite Index (the benchmark Canadian index) or the S&P 500...

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6. www.wealthsimple.com › en-ca › learnWhat is the S&P/TSX Composite Index? | Wealthsimple

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   Mar 6, 2018 · S&P stands for Standard & Poor’s, the American financial service company that took over from the previous index, the TSE 300, which lasted from 1977 until S&P took over in 2002.

7. www.fool.ca › investing › what-is-an-index-fundWhat is an Index Fund? | The Motley Fool Canada

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   Apr 19, 2023 · An index fund is a basket of investments -- usually stocks or bonds -- that tracks the performance of a specific sector or market.

8. www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca › learning-pathIndices and index funds | GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca

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   Sep 25, 2023 · An index is a collection of securities or other assets that are meant to represent the performance of an economic sector or portion of the market in reference to a point in time. Indices can be broad or narrow in focus. Some examples of indices and what they represent include: S&P/TSX Composite Index – the Canadian equities market.

9. investingbasics.ca › guides › index-fundsWhat Are Index Funds? A Beginner’s Guide To Index Investing

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   May 20, 2020 · Index funds are a low-barrier, low-cost way for investors to buy a group of diversified securities with one purchase. As an investment, an index fund has two main components. First, it’s a type of mutual fund, which pools money from a group of people to invest in a portfolio of different stocks, bonds and other securities.