Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Glossary

Category: Value Stock ETFs

Some of the terms used in ETFs trading:

Benchmark index - An index that correlates with a fund, used to measure a fund manager's performance.

Index fund - An index fund is a mutual fund that mirrors as closely as possible the performance of a stock market index. For example, many mutual fund companies have since established S&P 500 index funds to mirror that index by purchasing all 500 stocks in the same percentages as the index.

Indexing - Indexing is a strategy to match the average performance of a market or group of stocks. A set formula is used to represent the index's value at any given time. ETFs track indexes.

ETFs within the "Value Stock ETFs" category (including subcategories):