Best Mutual Funds Awards 2025: Best Index Funds

If you're evaluating mutual funds for your investment portfolio or retirement account, this list highlights the best index funds to consider now, based on it having outperformed the S&P 500 over the past one-, three-, five- and 10-year periods. Of 219 index funds at least 10 years old, just seven of them, or 3%, are winners among the 2025 IBD Best Mutual Funds. The goal of index funds is to replicate the performance of a benchmark such as the S&P 500. These passive investment vehicles have been at the forefront...