Indexfonds

German

Etymology

Index (“index”) +‎ Fonds (“fund”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪndɛksˌfɔ̃ː]
  • Hyphenation: In‧dex‧fonds

Noun

Indexfonds m (strong, genitive Indexfonds, plural Indexfonds)

  1. (finance) index fund (a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund designed to follow certain preset rules so that the fund can track a specified basket of underlying investments)
    Ein passiv verwalteter Indexfonds ist in der Regel kostengünstiger als ein aktiv gemanagter Investmentfonds.
    A passively managed index fund is generally more cost-effective than an actively managed investment fund.
    Viele Anleger nutzen einen Indexfonds auf den MSCI World, um ihr Portfolio global zu diversifizieren.
    Many investors use an index fund on the MSCI World to diversify their portfolio globally.
Declension
Declension of Indexfonds [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Indexfonds die Indexfonds
genitive eines des Indexfonds der Indexfonds
dative einem dem Indexfonds den Indexfonds
accusative einen den Indexfonds die Indexfonds

Synonyms

  • Passivfonds (passive fund)

Antonyms

  • Aktivfonds (active fund)
  • Hedgefonds (due to the non-index-tracking nature of hedge funds)

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

  • börsengehandelter Indexfonds (ETF; a sub-category of index funds)
  • Replikation (the method used to track the index)
  • Skaleneffekt (cost advantage through large fund volumes)
  • Tracking Error (the deviation of the fund from the index)
  • Werthaltigkeit (the value derived from the underlying index constituents)
  • Indexgewichtung (index weighting)
  • Indexnachbildung (index replication)

References

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