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 in [...]
Category Archives: About ETFs
Investing on the Cheap with Exchange Traded Funds
Friday, February 5, 2010
Growing Momentum Anticipated For ETF Investing
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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 the [...]
What Is An ETF?
Friday, January 29, 2010
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 not [...]
Simple Steps to Building an ETF Portfolio
Friday, January 15, 2010
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 [...]
Tracking 9 ETF Portfolios – Surprise Winners and Losers So Far in 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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 everything [...]
Why The S&P SmallCap Index Beat The Russell 2000 Index by 52%
Friday, June 6, 2008
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 similar and many of the [...]
