One of the investing trends of recent years is the rise in popularity of the exchange traded fund (ETF). ETFs are constructed like funds in that they contain a collection of investments, but they trade like stocks. So, it’s easy to buy and sell ETFs on the stock market. You pay a transaction fee, and,…
Category Archives: ETFs
Ways to Jumpstart Your Portfolio in a Slow Economy
Status quo is alive and well in the investment community. Financial advisors all over the world are telling their clients to not change anything in their portfolio because a recent study proves that pulling money from fixed income investments is rarely a good idea. This study, published by Fidelity Investments, shows that from 2008-2010, clients…
Gold is Not Risk-Free
The stock markets have been crushed over the last 18 months and in our neverending search for safety and security combined with great returns, we have seen a seemingly mindnumbing amount of commercials and print telling you to invest in gold. However, don’t get the impression that gold is without it’s risks.
Why Leveraged ETFs Are Bad Investments
There has been an explosion of ETFs over the years and have been a viable option as opposed to traditional mutual funds. Lately, there has been an emergence of 2x and 3x leveraged ETFs as well. I myself started to dabble in trading a couple of ETFs to play the extremely volatile swings of the…
