11.   Among nine small-cap index funds tracked by Morningstar, six have trailed the small-cap group over five years, Kinnel says.

12.   Among low-cost alternatives are the index funds offered by Vanguard and USAA.

13.   Analysts attributed those gains to the popularity of index funds.

14.   Among the most conservative are the index funds, of which Vanguard offers a large array.

15.   An index fund holds stocks that mirror a market index.

16.   An index fund attempts to match the performance of a particular stock market index.

17.   An index fund should be a core holding, he said, with perhaps three or four other funds to meet your intended asset allocation.

18.   Analysts said index funds may already have disposed of their Chrysler shares.

19.   And managers of index funds, unlike managers of actively managed funds, have no discretion in the types of stocks they buy.

20.   And much of that money found its way to index funds in just the last two years.