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Seems obvious but how do tracker funds make any money

happyhero · 2014-09-06 09:04:03

Hi can somebody explain to me how you make money in tracker funds, I have read several bits on the net but they seem to leave one vital bit of info out? I can see that if for example you took a FTSE100 one out and it it rose by say 5% up or down the tracker would follow but bearing in mind they are usually for a fixed…

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masonic Posts: 28,491 Forumite

7 September 2014 at 12:39PM

Linton wrote: »

Look on Trustnet. Tool/Charting will allow you to track indexes and funds, with and without reinvested dividends, over an extended time period.

Thanks, I don't know why that didn't occur to me! So the FTSE100 generated a positive return of about 70% from Dec 99 to date, which is about 3.9% AER.

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