Benefits of Exchange Traded Funds

The word ‘funds’ in the phrase Exchange Traded Funds or ETFs, quite often confuses some investors who tend to identify them with mutual funds. More so, when people think that both the ETFs and the mutual funds spread the risk by the diversification of investments.
Confusion apart, the fact remains, that most people do not like [...]

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Protection Against NZ Credit, Mutual Fund Losses

NZ investors can eliminate risks connected to volatile market exposure; it just takes a little bit of ingenuity. The following idea applies to holders of financing company shares and “buy & hold” funds like the various Kiwi-Saver pools (and those two frozen ING funds).
Main risks from naked market exposure

The existing investment vehicles available [...]

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Most Actively-Managed Mutual Funds Fail To Beat The Market

Most investors attempt to beat the market at some point in their investing career. Some investors delve into picking individual stocks and others try market timing, but the most common way new investors try to beat the market is buying actively-managed mutual funds. Many people think by looking at a fund manager’s past record or [...]

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