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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sandra Haurant

‘Buy the haystack’: how tracker funds beat searching for shares

Stock price info for the FTSE 100 displayed on a board at the London Stock Exchange Group Plc office atrium in the City of London, UK
If you have a workplace pension, you may already be investing in trackers without realising it. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Tracker funds have been around for about half a century, providing investors with access to a range of assets without them having to make difficult and risky decisions.

Built to follow the fortunes of a given financial market index, trackers do not need management teams, which means they generally come with low charges. If you have a workplace pension, you probably already invested in one without realising it. If you want to start investing, you are likely to be directed towards a tracker fund.

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