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S&P/BMV IPC

The reference index of the Mexican stock market: the 35 most traded companies on the BMV, weighted by size. It is to Mexico roughly what the S&P 500 is to the United States, with far fewer names.

In pesos: Buying an IPC ETF means owning a slice of 35 Mexican companies with one order, in pesos, with no currency risk on top.

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2/2 6 min Read ETFs: five hundred companies in one go What an ETF is, why it diversifies, what its fee really costs you, two real examples (an S&P 500 ETF and NAFTRAC), and how it differs from picking single shares.

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