Stock Indices & Index Fund Investing

Index funds are some of the most popular investment vehicles around, and yet few fully understand how indices work. So today, let's take a moment to understand what constitutes an index, and how we can use them to invest.

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This channel is for education purposes only and is not affiliated with any financial institution. Richard Coffin is not registered to provide investment advice and as such does not provide recommendations on The Plain Bagel - those looking for investment advice should seek out a registered professional. Richard is not responsible for investment actions taken by viewers.

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[adamparagi]

Fantastic video! Thank you! Nonetheless one thing I do not understand. What is a Class A, C, D, H, L... index fund? What do they mean at the same fund, which one to pick? I am looking forward to your reply :)

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Richard, please add a tag for "What are Index Funds/ETFs" in video description. This video does not show up for a YT search for "What are index funds etfs?"

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one thing I like about Vanguard is that their active funds charge 25 basis points and many of their index funds are less than 5 basis points and their expensive index fund are less than 15 basis points

[蜡笔小新-ro]

At 6:23, the total return rate is wrong, it should be +.36 (I did some calculation and -.39% is what I got when I mistakenly used Cap 1 Column as the share ratio, LOL)