Start With a Stock Index. Now Try to Turbocharge It. - New York Times

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Start With a Stock Index. Now Try to Turbocharge It.
By JACK EGAN
Published: December 18, 2005

A NEW kind of designer index fund has arrived on the scene. Instead of trying merely to match the performance of the stock market, as measured by some broad index like the Standard & Poor's 500, these new funds are aiming to outperform it....