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Question
In my 401k i have the option to put certain percentages in stocks, for instance under Large U.S. Equity I can either choose :
Large Cap Stock Index or
Large Cap Stock
What's the difference between these two choices?
Keep in mind, I'm a bond guy not a stock expert!!!
They should be relatively the same thing.
One could be a fund of large stocks and the other could actually be an index fund. An index fund seeks to mirror the return of that index while a fund of large stocks would have more flexibility (my guess).
A large cap index would be something like the S
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Doug Ingram
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Fixed income portfolio allocation and strategies for institutional investors. Having designed multi-scenario risk quantification and cash flow projection models for nearly 25 years, Strategic Technical Initiatives can answer your regulatory, SFAS 115 allocation, securities selection, and other questions dealing with yield curve placement and portfolio mix strategies. I write the Bond Market Review on behalf of Commerce Street Capital Management.
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Trading and designing portfolio strategies since 1980.
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Physics and Differential Mathematics
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