Month: June 2018

Exchange Traded Fund

Exchange traded fund (ETF) has been touted by some parties as an alternative to mutual fund. What exactly is ETF? According to Investopedia, “An ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a marketable security that tracks an index, a commodity, bonds, or a basket of assets like an index fund. Unlike mutual funds, an ETF trades like a common …

Index Fund

If you have been reading investment books, you must have come across index fund in at least one of these books. What exactly is an index fund? Quoting Investopedia, “An index fund is a type of mutual fund with a portfolio constructed to match or track the components of a market index, such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500). An index …