Comments on: Why iShares Filing Opens Active ETF Race http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/why-ishares-filing-opens-active-etf-race.html Keeping a grip on exchange traded funds (ETFs) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Roth_IRA_Work http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/why-ishares-filing-opens-active-etf-race.html/comment-page-1/#comment-5180 Roth_IRA_Work Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:53:00 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=9792#comment-5180 I'll back again for sure, thanks for great article :D I'll back again for sure, thanks for great article :D

]]> By: 401k_roth_ira http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/why-ishares-filing-opens-active-etf-race.html/comment-page-1/#comment-5141 401k_roth_ira Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:42:55 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=9792#comment-5141 This is the great blog, I'm reading them for a while, thanks for the new posts! This is the great blog, I'm reading them for a while, thanks for the new posts!

]]> By: meatintheseat http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/why-ishares-filing-opens-active-etf-race.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4441 meatintheseat Sat, 16 May 2009 03:55:09 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=9792#comment-4441 Transaction fees are the major impediment to actively managed ETFs. While some brokerages like Sharebuilder, with its $4 trades for regular investors, can minimize this, the fact that the largest number of people who engage in investing do so via their 401k plan highlights the importance of these funds to gain a foothold in the 401k area. <br><br>Where the actively managed ETF can shine is for people who roll their employer 401k plans into either a traditional or Roth IRA. With a large lump of cash at play in these instances, one can purchase actively managed ETFs without transaction fees chewing away at the bottom line. <br><br>This assumes that liquidity and transparency are secondary to the up-front costs. As you mentioned, however, the fact that ETFs can trade intraday instead of at the end of the day, allows individuals to more rapidly exit their positions in the event the market takes a huge crap -- something that should be of interest to anyone who watched their mutual funds evaporate in the fall of 2008. Transaction fees are the major impediment to actively managed ETFs. While some brokerages like Sharebuilder, with its $4 trades for regular investors, can minimize this, the fact that the largest number of people who engage in investing do so via their 401k plan highlights the importance of these funds to gain a foothold in the 401k area.

Where the actively managed ETF can shine is for people who roll their employer 401k plans into either a traditional or Roth IRA. With a large lump of cash at play in these instances, one can purchase actively managed ETFs without transaction fees chewing away at the bottom line.

This assumes that liquidity and transparency are secondary to the up-front costs. As you mentioned, however, the fact that ETFs can trade intraday instead of at the end of the day, allows individuals to more rapidly exit their positions in the event the market takes a huge crap — something that should be of interest to anyone who watched their mutual funds evaporate in the fall of 2008.

]]> By: meatintheseat http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/why-ishares-filing-opens-active-etf-race.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4430 meatintheseat Sat, 16 May 2009 03:55:09 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=9792#comment-4430 Transaction fees are the major impediment to actively managed ETFs. While some brokerages like Sharebuilder, with its $4 trades for regular investors, can minimize this, the fact that the largest number of people who engage in investing do so via their 401k plan highlights the importance of these funds to gain a foothold in the 401k area. <br><br>Where the actively managed ETF can shine is for people who roll their employer 401k plans into either a traditional or Roth IRA. With a large lump of cash at play in these instances, one can purchase actively managed ETFs without transaction fees chewing away at the bottom line. Transaction fees are the major impediment to actively managed ETFs. While some brokerages like Sharebuilder, with its $4 trades for regular investors, can minimize this, the fact that the largest number of people who engage in investing do so via their 401k plan highlights the importance of these funds to gain a foothold in the 401k area.

Where the actively managed ETF can shine is for people who roll their employer 401k plans into either a traditional or Roth IRA. With a large lump of cash at play in these instances, one can purchase actively managed ETFs without transaction fees chewing away at the bottom line.

]]> By: meatintheseat http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/why-ishares-filing-opens-active-etf-race.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4539 meatintheseat Sat, 16 May 2009 03:55:09 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=9792#comment-4539 Transaction fees are the major impediment to actively managed ETFs. While some brokerages like Sharebuilder, with its $4 trades for regular investors, can minimize this, the fact that the largest number of people who engage in investing do so via their 401k plan highlights the importance of these funds to gain a foothold in the 401k area. <br><br>Where the actively managed ETF can shine is for people who roll their employer 401k plans into either a traditional or Roth IRA. With a large lump of cash at play in these instances, one can purchase actively managed ETFs without transaction fees chewing away at the bottom line. <br><br>This assumes that liquidity and transparency are secondary to the up-front costs. As you mentioned, however, the fact that ETFs can trade intraday instead of at the end of the day, allows individuals to more rapidly exit their positions in the event the market takes a huge crap -- something that should be of interest to anyone who watched their mutual funds evaporate in the fall of 2008. Transaction fees are the major impediment to actively managed ETFs. While some brokerages like Sharebuilder, with its $4 trades for regular investors, can minimize this, the fact that the largest number of people who engage in investing do so via their 401k plan highlights the importance of these funds to gain a foothold in the 401k area.

Where the actively managed ETF can shine is for people who roll their employer 401k plans into either a traditional or Roth IRA. With a large lump of cash at play in these instances, one can purchase actively managed ETFs without transaction fees chewing away at the bottom line.

This assumes that liquidity and transparency are secondary to the up-front costs. As you mentioned, however, the fact that ETFs can trade intraday instead of at the end of the day, allows individuals to more rapidly exit their positions in the event the market takes a huge crap — something that should be of interest to anyone who watched their mutual funds evaporate in the fall of 2008.

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