June 12, 2007 at 1:01 pm by Tom Lydon
And it isn’t your father’s ETF book. Simply put, our book will be geared toward everyone. That’s right: novices, pros, ETF investors and industry insiders. We want to create the most comprehensive and entertaining guide to one of the hottest investment vehicles in the world. We want to take a look at the ins and outs, investing today and how you can put ETFs to work for you. We want you to be able to use our book for something other than a surefire cure for insomnia.
But — you knew there was a "but," right? — we can’t do it without all of you. We’re looking for your thoughts, your criticism, your personal experiences. What do you have to say about ETFs? Or do you simply have a story to share? A bold opinion? The good, the bad, the ugly — we want it all, and we don’t want you to hold back.
In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be hitting you up for your input on specific topics. But in the meantime, feel free to shoot us an e-mail or make a comment below and give us your thoughts. What would you like to see covered in the book? Be like Pat Benatar: Hit us with your best shot.
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June 15th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
I own the “rsp” equal weighted fund - the reason I like it - they rebalance quarterly and sell the stocks that have reached new highs and buy the undervalued stocks.
June 16th, 2007 at 1:31 am
I hope you will point out that investing in some areas in the world would be nearly impossible - or financial suicide - without ETFs. I recently bought GAF and EVA. I would never have invested in the potentially explosive (in both senses of the word) markets of Africa outside of a broad based vehicle. ETFs are not only good for investors - they bring much needed capital to the developing world.
June 16th, 2007 at 4:10 am
I’m 78 and want less fluctuation in my portfolio. I have a basket of 11 CEF’s that average 9.3%. I tried to pick ones that don’t follow the SP500. The high peaks of the 50 year SP500 grow @6.5%/yr with the exception of the year 2000 bubble and now.
I’d like more info about CEF’s and their uses. I believe many don’t use them and know little about them.
June 16th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
There is a lot of discussion about expense ratios but I’ve yet to find an explaination of how to calculate it. I assume that a .75% ratio applied to a $10,000 investment would equal .0075 x 10,000 = $75.00/year but I don’t know and I would like to. Please respond. I don’t want to wait for your book to know.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
To anyone it may concern-
I have a question…What are the important things in life?…I would say happiness, health, and most certainly your investment dollars, right? I mean if someone works for yrs and yrs…..the money if invested should grow right or at least have a very solid making sense sort of chance, right…Well, the world is a somewhat big place, and different arenas grow all over. With ETFs, it is a remarkable way to gain profits from growths in other regions. I wish all of you the correct feet forward in terms of your investment dollars-
Regards & Wise investing,
Adam Weinstein
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:37 am
To all investors who may be reading this,
The whole world is somewhat competing due to whatever each individual is in. People generally favor whatever makes them the most money, right? Just for arguement sake, if someone sells a bmw, they typically don’t suggest a mercedes and vise versa. Well, I’m an ex-stock broker. ETFs are my core tool. Period. By owning one share of a certain etf you can be somewhat of a diversified….and there is not a need to own only certain etfs put together by a particular person/company. I’m typically diversified. Nobody is persay a jack of all trades or they would be a master of none, typically. Keep your eyes on etfs and invest in them wisely. As the ETF world grows more and more, begin to follow certain individuals more closey. More and more people will begin to come into this world of ETFs. Tom Lydon seems to be one to keep your eye on. He typically covers himself quite wisely in terms of knowledge to investors plus handles himself in a good manner. Let me just put it this way….I’ve been in investment field for quite some time. In terms of the ETF world, I consistantly look to see Tom Lydon’s thoughts.
Wisest Investing,
Adam Weinstein
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Thank you all so much for your comments! We are very excited about this.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:55 am
I’d be interested in learning about the back testing of new ETF strategies. How does the individual investor go about doing a proper back-test to get an idea of how each strategy would perform?
July 16th, 2007 at 5:44 am
Your website is outstanding. After 15 years of mutual fund investment, I terminate my final mutual fund on Tuesday. I have been analyzing all my holdings every 15 days ( 2X per month) for the last 2 1/2 years. I hit the ceiling when I lost money on my last mutual fund last week (July 9-13)when all my ETF’s made money. The big boys of the mutual funds have been doing this to me for years.
What is the answer to Bev’s expense ratio question if one invests for 30 days?
Layne Prebor
July 16th, 2007 at 9:56 am
These are all great comments, thank you!
As for expense ratios, if you have $10,000 invested in a fund with an expense ratio of 0.75%, then the expense would be .0075 x 10,000 = $75.00/year. The expense is broken down daily and amoritized over the year.
Another question about back testing - There have been new indexes created recently and then we see an ETF created around it. The companies that create the indexes provide back testing, which shows hypothetical performance. An individual investor should be able to find the results of the back test from the index creator and ETF provider.