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The Motley Fool January 18, 2011 Michael Johnston |
Understanding the Quirks of QQQQ QQQQ -- better known as the "cubes" -- has become a popular option for investors looking to gain exposure to growth companies and the tech sector in general. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Thick or Thin? A few ETFs account for most of the trading volume in this popular asset class. The rest merit close scrutiny -- for costs, liquidity and diversification. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Buy This New Investment Wait to see how active ETFs do before you jump in. |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Natural Resources and Commodities the Easy Way There's no need to guess which natural resource company will perform best with the SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
How to Make Money in Fast-Growing Internet Stocks the Easy Way The PowerShares ETF's expense ratio -- its annual fee -- is 0.60%. That's more expensive than many ETFs but still cheaper than most mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
The Changing Face of ETFs Knowing ETF managers' strengths can help you pick the right funds. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Agriculture the Easy Way There's no need to guess which agricultural company will perform best. |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Michael Johnston |
6 Reasons to Consider Dumping SPY A list of six ETFs to consider instead. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff |
Is It True Bonds Have More Fun? A multi-year shift by investors out of equity mutual funds and into equity exchange-traded funds is now broadening to include fixed income, too, as investors seek lower fees as well as the relative ease of shifting asset allocations afforded by ETFs. |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for These Costly Investments High costs can make ETFs look bad. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to ETF Success As firms such as Vanguard and Barclays continue to duke it out for dominance in the ETF arena, costs will likely continue to fall across the board. That should be a good thing -- for both investors and the ETF market in general. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
6 ETFs That Won't Rip You Off Don't pay more than you have to for ETFs. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
The Hottest Trillion-Dollar Investment Read these tips before jumping into the popular world of exchange-traded funds. |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2011 Russ Krull |
Dividend Growth Fertilizes an ETF Pick Agrium grows its payout. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Are You the Only One Without ETFs? Investors, guess where you'll find a third of a trillion dollars. There are now more than 200 ETFs based in the U.S., and the number is growing. |
The Motley Fool December 13, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in the Overall Economy the Easy and Balanced Way If you want to invest in the overall economy in a balanced way, the ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF could save you a lot of trouble. |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How to Find the Perfect ETF A new method rates ETFs on how well they get the job done. |
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
ETF Investing on Autopilot Now ETFs are buying shares of other ETFs. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Boom Times for ETFs The forces driving the rapid expansion of ETFs are their low costs, transparency, liquidity, and tax efficiency. Read on to see which funds are keeping the boom going. |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How to Pick the Best ETFs With so many choices, you can't afford to just grab the first one you see. Here's how to pick smarter. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
57 Flavors of Funds New versions of ETFs mean more choices for investors. |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2010 Mac Greer |
2 ETFs for Deflation, 2 for Gold An interview with ETF Database analyst Michael Johnston. |
The Motley Fool May 6, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These ETF Traps Could Burn You Some exchange-traded funds aren't as diversified as you think. |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
ETFs: From DOG to DOO The ETF market may contain DOG and DOO, but it also holds funds like the PowerShares HighYield Dividend Achievers -- an investment that we can only hope will live up to its ticker symbol (PEY), over and over again. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Tom Lydon |
Slow Build Companies have lined up to introduce active ETFs, but so far less than 1% of ETF assets are in these products. |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2006 Buz Livingston |
Naughty: The ETF Industry Too much of a good thing is not always good. Close to 400 ETFs are available, and more are in the pipeline for 2007. The industry should follow Vanguard's lead and offer a limited number of low-cost ETFs. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Large Caps the Better Way There's no need to guess which company will perform best when you can invest in 500 all at once. |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Tech the Easy Way There's no need to guess which technology-oriented companies will perform best. A well-chosen ETF can grant you instant diversification across tech stocks. |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Improving on Index Funds As the fund universe continues to evolve, new funds have emerged that try to improve on their first-generation counterparts. One fund in particular has its sights set high -- the Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF. |
The Motley Fool April 6, 2011 MIchael Johnston |
AAPL Weighting in QQQ to Be Slashed What does the change mean for the ETF? |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: S&P 500 ETFs While some S&P 500 Index funds are virtually identical to the SPDR fund, a handful of other ETFs offers more substantial modifications to the original formula. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 April Recksiek |
Index Battle Investors who want to build an index-based portfolio have two viable mechanisms: index-based mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Are ETFs Cutting Corners? This practice makes sense for funds, but could mean pain for you. It seems that most ETFs don't completely mimic their underlying indexes |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Just Aren't Worth It Perhaps the most puzzling new product is one that tries to combine the ease of ETFs with the benefits of active management. Active ETFs just don't give you what you're paying for. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Commodities ETFs: Dead on Arrival? While prices of several commodities have come crashing down to earth since July, ETF managers are still releasing new funds that let investors bet on a continued bull run in hard assets. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
ETFs You Just Don't Need Active ETFs are coming, but why buy? |
Financial Advisor October 2012 Marla Brill |
Don't Rule Out Smaller ETFs Many have unique investment methodologies that offer alternatives to traditional indexes. |
Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Tom Lydon |
ETFs and Liquidity: A Primer If you're an advisor concerned about liquidity in low-volume ETFs, you're not helpless. Among your options is using the services of alternate liquidity providers. |
The Motley Fool July 3, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Best and Worst ETFs When you study ETFs, make sure you look at them from several angles. Learn to get the biggest bang for your bucks. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
5 Questions The founder of IPOX Schuster speaks about the exploding ETF market. |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Method for Simple Investing Depending on how you invest, making the right choice between ETFs and index mutual funds will give you exactly the portfolio you want. |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in IT the Easy Way There's no need to guess which IT company will perform best if you purchase an ETF. |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Growing Materials Stocks the Easy Way If you expect the materials sector to thrive as our economy eventually recovers and heats up, the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF could save you a lot of trouble. |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
R.I.P., ETFs? As so many big Wall Street firms merge or collapse, ETFs have not been spared from the carnage. The credit crisis could send a slew of funds to their graves. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 William Atkinson |
Pick Me Financial planners have their own processes for selecting individual stocks for their clients. And given that mutual funds have been around for decades, planners also have their favorite fund families. However, ETFs are a different animal. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2006 Tim Hanson |
Be a Better Investor American ownership of foreign equities has increased substantially in recent years, with investors handing their money over to index-tracking exchange traded funds. Of course, ETF investing has its drawbacks. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Buy the Nasdaq's Forgotten Stocks? A new ETF broadens the tech-heavy index. |
The Motley Fool July 31, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
A Japan ETF With a Fundamental Twist The PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan ETF, is different from the rest of the ETF options focused on the land of the rising sun. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Joseph Lisanti |
Fight Night: ETFs vs. Open-End Funds Traditional mutual funds and ETFs may seem like competitors in a fight to the death. But the truth is, the two products coexist in most portfolios. |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money on Clean-Water Companies the Easy Way If you expect demand for water and water-related services to grow as our global population grows and economies develop, the PowerShares Water Resources could save you a lot of trouble. |