Mutual funds have existed in the United States since the 1890s. Most of the first mutual funds had a set number of shares and were closed-end funds that many times traded at prices that were higher than the composite of the portfolios of stocks they had as holdings. Open-end mutual funds that had redeemable shares were …
An ETF is an exchange traded fund that trades on an exchange like a stock but holds a collection of assets that try to mirror a stock index, sector, commodity, bond, currency or investment style. Unlike a mutual fund an ETF can trade any time the stock market is open until it closes and even …
This is a guest post by: Andrew Bezen. Why have ETFs become popular over the past few years? Exchange Traded Funds, popularly known as ETFs are quite a range of investments nowadays. ETFs can be regarded as a basket of stocks that track indices, stocks, commodities, bonds, industries, and even currencies. They provide a low-cost, …
