: About Me

My passion is ...

A lot of things.

I know too much about ...

Nothing really, as much as I might try.

My parents always told me ...

Things I found out were true when I screwed them up.

My childhood ambition ...

I was too busy playing..

My favorite memory ...

Screw memories.

Why I write ...

Sometimes reading or watching TV just doesn't do it.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Lost. House. SciFi, mystery, fantasy... anything.

My first job ...

Was unfortunatly not my last.

My best moment ...

Marrying my wife.

My inspiration ...

God-the people/stories in the Bible.

Personal Finance > Mutual Funds Tips on how to choose an index fund

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An index fund is a mutual fund that tracks an index, usually the S&P 500, though there are others. An index, as an example, is the S&P 500a list of about 500 stocks that are used to measure the overall performance of the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). The purpose of an index fund is to perform as close as possible to the index it mimics (tracks); so and gains and losses tracked in the index will translate to gains or losses for the fund. The Expense Ratio: The first thing an investor might notice about an index fund is the costs associated with it. Every mutual fund has its own st...

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