Buy write index fund
18 Aug 2015 Technically, an index fund is a special class of mutual fund, taking investments from individual investors, then pooling them to buy baskets of securities. However , where index funds differ from traditional (or managed) funds is When you invest in mutual funds or exchange-traded funds -- ETFs -- there is no way to predict the future return that a fund will pay. But you do know exactly how an index fund will choose the stocks or bonds it invests in. You pick an index fund