ETF's or Exchange Traded Funds

An exchange traded fund is very much like a stock in the way that it is traded. Exchange traded funds track indexes such as the NASDAQ 100 were Dow Jones and when you buy into shares of an exchange traded fund you are essentially buying shares in a portfolio that tracks the return on that native index. ETF’s are good as they run at a very low cost to the investor and don’t rely on a huge competition-based system but only rely on whether or not the market has gone up or down as a whole within the index.

 

Shares within an exchange traded fund are divided up by the index itself. Generally the size of an exchange traded fund raises from 25,000 shares to up to 200,000 shares which are also nicknamed creation units.

ETFs are usually available at much lower costs to the investor because they do not so much required the competition that a stock or other investments do. UGS can be bought at any time during the trading day and also do not have the same sort of supply and demand mentality that stocks and commodities have. The person will be able to buy or sell an ETF at any time throughout the trading day and never have to worry about weeding for demand in order to get rid of their investment if it is doing poorly.

Many have taken to using ETF’s rather than investing in mutual funds. Because in ETF invests a person’s money and requires only fairly low commissions from a broker to invest the money is a very attractive and easy way to invest money to see growth over the long term. Taxes on ETFs are structured in a much different way than they are on an investment like a mutual fund. Any gain on a mutual fund is taxable to all of the shareholders were ETF’s are not redeemable until the share is sold. This can save an investor countless dollars from paying capital gains tax on their mutual funds, by investing in ETFs instead of mutual funds.

There is  flexibility with trading exchange traded funds. Because they require no minimum investment investors can vary slowly invest money and trade ETF’s as long as the market is open. ETF’s can have options rigged against them and also have a number of different market strategies which are used, for stock trading such as selling short, limit orders, stop-loss orders and buying on margin.

As with any investment there are a number of risks associated with ETFs. However this risk is quite limited in the fact that as long as markets remain strong as a whole ETF’s will keep their value. Over a long term investment and ETF is an attractive investment. However in times when the market is quite volatile it can lead to heavy losses in terms of ETF investments.

Best way to get involved with ETF investments is through a broker.

Exchange traded funds are fairly new way to invest but are gaining heavy popularity. They remain one of the most secure investments that somebody can make in the stock market.

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