Investors will often want to know how closely the returns from a fund or portfolio follow a benchmark index (such as the FTSE 100 or the S&P 500). In some cases, they want to make sure that an index ...
In an ideal world, a tracker fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) would perfectly match the index it is supposed to follow so a FTSE 100 tracker will deliver exactly the same return as the FTSE 100. In ...