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Passive investment is an investment strategy which seeks to track a benchmark or an index, rather than outperform it (the aim of active investment).
Passive investment definition
Passive investment is an investment strategy which seeks to track a benchmark or an index, rather than outperform it (the aim of active investment).
The majority of exchange traded funds (ETFs) are categorised as passive investments, as they aim to track the performance of an index instead of attempting to outperform it.
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