Category: Exchange Traded Funds

02) Exchange-Traded Funds: Background

The very first US Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) originally tracked a wide market index. It was created when State Street Global Advisors introduced the S&P 500 Depositary Receipts (SPDR), fondly called “spiders”, into the market....

07) Exchange-Traded Funds: Equity ETFs

Equities are a principal asset class for investment portfolios, and thus, it is imperative to know the different available options to have a diversified portfolio based around equity exchange-traded funds. Total Market and Broad-Based...

11) Exchange-Traded Funds: Conclusion

Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) today have been extended to track any index available such as fixed income, industrial sectors, global investments, commodities and currencies, and investment styles. They have progressed a long way from tracking...