So this post will be a quick ‘n dirty ETF Guide for you.  Let’s get started.

ETFs are like mutual funds, so the pool of investment risk is shared by many people. However, they are traded just like stocks, and thus certain advantages that stocks have over mutual funds such as allowing investors to collect dividends, do intraday trading, and pay stock broker commissions instead of high management fees. Also, ETFs are used for “passive management” investment strategies, notably the ETF Wrap, where all invested monies are in ETFs, allowing an investor to have an “autopilot” investment strategy that uses indices instead of relying on the fallibility of active trading.

But, it is important that the fundamentals of ETF investing be observed. Just because there is an automated aspect at the core of this strategy, that’s not to say that you don’t have to know what you are doing for making the strategy work. You will have to begin with figuring out the right allocation of your funds first.

*What is your investment objective, and how would ETFs fit in with all of your financial plans to help you achieve it?

*What is your risk tolerance?

*How much, in general, are you looking to make?

*What’s your investment horizon? Do you need to make more money faster or do you have plenty of time?

*Do you need to use the ETFs to make a steady income?

*The riskier the investment, the greater the potential rewards. This means that “value stocks” outperform “growth stocks”, but they need sufficient time in which to do that as they are more volatile in the shorter term. The very same thing holds true for “small caps stocks” vs. “large cap stocks”.

Next, you must consider your trading and investment strategy carefully. But, with ETFs, there are just two basic, elemental things that go into this strategy, once you know how you must allocate your funds.

*Choose the ETFs that would be the best at meeting your financial and investment objectives.

*Choose those from among them that have the best expense ratio prices.

Finally, once you are in your ETFs:

*Monitor their performance. Do this at least once a year, but don’t overdo it or else you may worry yourself needlessly and make dumb choices.

*Don’t make any changes too hastily. The markets are going to fluctuate. Just monitor how your allocations are doing in the long run.

*Re-balance your portfolio once per year so that your allocations remain true to your original financial plans and strategy.

*If your goals or personal situation have changed, re-assess your portfolio and make needed changes.

ETFs are working well for a great many people. You could be the next one of them.

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ETF Trading

Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) have been gaining attention recently and are quickly becoming the  preferred alternative to mutual funds.

What Is An Exchange Traded Fund?

ETFs are securities that are made up of many different stocks.  In that way, it’s quite similar to a mutual fund.  However, with and ETF, the stocks all have something in common (we’ll get to why that’s such a huge advantage in a bit).   It may be based on an index or an industry sector.  Those are the most common.  Sometimes, a fund may be based on the country the companies are tied to, but this isn’t common.

Like mutual funds, ETFs are diversified investments, so your risk of loss is roughly the same as it would be with mutual funds.  However, they hold several advantages over mutual funds.

Top 4 Benefits Of Exchange Traded Funds

1) Trending – Due to the fact that the stocks all have something in common, they tend to trend more predictably that regular stocks.  That means whether the trend goes up or down, you can make significant returns with very little effort (Learn how to make money from ETF Trend Trading).  This is the biggest advantage and the reason why you should consider adding ETFs to your portfolio.

2) Bought And Sold Like Stocks – And ETF is bought and sold just like a regular stock so stop-loss and limit orders are available.   ETFs, unlike mutual funds, are quite liquid investments, and some trade millions of shares per day.

3) Lower Fees – Another selling point of ETFs is their low fees, some as low as .2%.  Since the companies all have something in common, the amount spent on market analysis is significantly reduced.

4) Transparency – While a mutual fund only reports their holdings twice a year, an ETF can be viewed in real time any time you want.

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