11.   Large capitalization stocks, favored by investors who track the index, were battered by the increased tension on the Korea peninsula.

12.   Montedison and Gemina have largely tracked the index in that period.

13.   One reason is that analyzing, buying and selling stocks costs more money than just tracking an index, and costs eat away at returns.

14.   Stocks being added to the index tend to get an initial boost as investors who track the index buy them.

15.   Still, exchange-traded bond funds may face a more difficult reception in the United States than ETFs that track stock indexes.

16.   That in turn has prompted funds that track the index to increase their holdings in the financial industry.

17.   The most immediate spin-off from a country bond index would be creation of a bond fund that tracks the index.

18.   The remainder is in indexed or passive funds, meaning the money tracks benchmark indexes.

19.   The remainder is in indexed or passive funds, meaning the money tracks stock indexes.

20.   The state will take four years to become fully invested in equities and intends to keep fees low by investing most of its money passively tracking popular indexes.