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A recent study released by ratelines.com reveals that most Americans retirement portfolios are underfunded, resulting in many being unprepared for retirement. ”Of the 1,153 workers surveyed, 43% have less than $10,000 set aside in their savings accounts for retirement. Approximately 27% of the workforce have less than $1,000 saved. Both percentages have increased since 2009 reports.” Though the [...]
When evaluating your investment choices and trying to understand ‘what is an ETF?’ it is in your best interest to read a recent article in USAToday ‘Is an ETF the right investment for you? Look beyond the hype’that defines exchange traded funds and warns investors on types of ETFs to steer clear of. For those [...]
As John Spence of MarketWatch recently writes, ”Online brokers are fighting hard for a greater share of the fast-growing exchange-traded fund business, and investors stand to benefit from lower costs.” His article ‘Big brokers cut commissions to draw ETF assets, trading — Fidelity, Schwab waive fees as competition heats up; investors reap lower costs’ documents the [...]
In a recent USA Today article, Exchange traded funds are a low-cost way to build portfolio, John Waggoner does a great job of outlining the benefits of ETFs, advising what to steer clear of and provides sound model portfolios. “one of the biggest advantages of ETFs is cost. Many ETFs charge 0.5% a year or less [...]
Exchange traded funds, more commonly referred to as ETFs, are gaining momentum on the investment front as more people consider ETF investing as part of their financial mix. According to a recent New York Times article ETFs: The Next Step For Average Investors “Average investors haven’t really latched onto perhaps the biggest investing innovation of [...]
ETF stands for Exchange Traded Funds — these are funds that trade on the stock exchange just like any stock. And you follow the same procedure at your online broker to buy an ETF as you would any stock like IBM or GE. It should cost you between $4 and $10 per trade. ETFs are [...]
With a low cost structure, transparency and tax efficiencies all gained from owning exchange traded funds and with more than 900 ETFs to choose from to build a diversified ETF portfolio, now more that ever it’s time to get started. If you are still not comfortable investing all your assets in ETF’s, then just get started with [...]
The famous professors at Yale have proven that asset allocation accounts for 90% of a portfolio’s return and that stock picking and market timing account for less than 10%. So what a great time to look at how different asset allocations are faring in this market! In 2008 it turns out that asset allocation decisions have [...]
From May 2000 through May 2008, the S&P SmallCap index (IJR) is up over 50% from its competitive index the Russell 2000 (IWM). Both indices, IJR (S&P 600 SmallCap Index) and IWM (Russell 2000 Index) purport to give an investor exposure to small cap stocks in the US stock market. The average market caps are [...]
Our ETF / ETN database powers the software on this website that allows individual investors to build a well diversified portfolio using ETFs. When we update our database we develop some unique insights regarding the growth and current state of the ETF market. We share some of these perspectives with interested readers. One caveat: a [...]
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