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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been all the rage this year, with more investors flocking to the opportunities they offer. This trend may have some people wondering what exactly ETFs are and what all the fuss is about.
An ETF is a type of pooled investment security that operates much like a mutual fund.
Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
ETFs typically track a specific index, sector, commodity, or other asset. However, unlike mutual funds, ETFs can be bought and sold on stock exchanges just like regular stocks.
ETFs can be configured to track everything from the prices of individual products to large, diverse collections of securities, and can even be configured to track specific investment strategies.
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While many ETFs track an underlying index like the S&P 500, there are also many more targeted ETFs that focus on companies that exhibit growth characteristics or pay dividends.
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In contrast, index mutual funds tend to focus solely on broad market exposure. ETFs allow investors to better tailor their portfolio to their risk profile.
While index funds are a great way to get exposure to a variety of stocks in one wrapper, ETFs offer a more direct way to play a basket of securities or an index. Active ETFs do not necessarily copy an index.
Launches of actively managed exchange-traded vehicles are proliferating, but their performance is often poor.
One advantage of ETFs over mutual funds is that they are publicly traded during market hours.
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Another benefit is that ETF wrappers give investors the opportunity to play 25, 100, 250, 500 shares in one “stock” and thus only have to pay potential capital gains or losses on one security. There is.
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Investors can profit by selling the ETF at a higher price than when they bought it, and many ETFs also pay dividends from the underlying shares or other assets in the bundle.
FOX Business' Erica Lamberg contributed to this report.
