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College Savings Plans – are they the best choice for my child?
College Savings Plans – are they the best choice for my child? College Savings Plans, also called Section 529 plans, are one of the best ways to save for college because they offer: -Tax advantages -A variety of investment options -Flexible...
Contrarian Strategies: Selecting Small Capitalization Stocks
INTRODUCTION
Contrarian investors are often ridiculed by the rest of the investment community for their stubborn, illogical view on the stock market. When everyone else is running for the sidelines, contrarians are buying and when the rest of Wall...
Making Outsized Returns in the Stock Market - Using the Dow Theory
The Dow Theory
Charles H. Dow
Robert Rhea
E. George Schaefer
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The Dow Theory Today
Charles H. Dow
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Top Investments and Stock Picks for 2006
If you read the headlines today you will hear everything from
recession, decline, slow start, etc... Everyone is commenting on
losses or very marginal gains. Yet there are some investors like
me that did really well in the last few years and are...
VIX and the Psychology of Markets
VIX and the Psychology of Markets
We know that greed and fear rule the markets. But did you know
that when investors gets too greedy, markets usually fall, and
when investors are overcome with fear, markets usually rise. So
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Exchange Traded Funds Primer
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a group of passive index funds that trade on an exchange like an individual stock. At the time of writing there are 162 ETFs with $220 billion in assets under management trading on U.S. exchanges.
ETFs hold a basket of securities that mimic the results of various indices including broad stock and bond market, industry sectors, and international securities. New niche funds are being created regularly. Recent introductions include gold and China funds, and there are rumors that a silver ETF will soon be available.
The most popular ETF is the NASDAQ 100 Tracking Stock (QQQQ) trading 50 million shares a day on the NASDAQ Stock Market. The volume leaders on the American Stock Exchange are the SPDRS (SPY) tracking the S&P 500 trading 25 million shares per day, the Energy SPDR (XLE), Japan iShares (EWJ), Russell 2000 iShares (IWM), and the Financial SPDR (XLF).
ETFs are widely used by institutional and individual investors as a tool for diversification, risk reduction, hedging, and an efficient way to acquire a basket of securities providing partial ownership in all holdings with only a single commission and small administration fees. ETFs are also transparent, meaning that investors know at all times what securities they are invested in.
There are now also options and futures contracts trading on of ETFs. The Chicago
Board Options Exchange (CBOE) lists 43 options on ETFs, while the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) offers futures contracts on the S&P 500 Depository Receipts, NASDAQ 100 Tracking Stock, and Russell 2000 Index Fund. And One Chicago, a joint venture between the CBOE, CME, and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), offers an electronically traded futures contract on the DIAMONDS Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF.
There are also a number of web sites offering information on Exchange Traded Funds. Check out Amex.com, Yahoo! Finance’s ETF Center, ETFConnect, or ETFera.com. Meanwhile, investment research firm Morningstar compares the fair value estimates to market prices of exchange traded funds holdings to determine whether a fund is over or undervalued.
Exchange Traded Fund’s low costs, liquidity, and diversification make them an excellent alternative to mutual funds, broad based index investments, and individual stocks in niche sectors.
About the Author
Mark Mahorney is a freelance financial writer. Mark inks The Market Speculator newsletter. You can also read his scrawls, scribbles, rambles, and rants on the markets and whatever other ilk gets his ire at BlogginWallStreet.com and Marketblog.com.
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