FYI: An Interview With Bill Poulos On Etfs – Part 1 -Facts
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If you are still in mutual funds, listen up. Because if you are a reasonable person, you will want to run to the login screen of your online brokerage and look for proof to what I am about to reveal to you. ETFs offer downside risk protection no mutual fund can match.
It is a difference that could cost you thousands in your investment or retirement portfolio.
Okay, maybe you do not HAVE thousands in your investment accounts. If you are just starting to invest your money, pay particular attention my friend. The following page should make your decision between an ETF (exchange traded fund) and a mutual fund clear enough to make an investment decision or take corrective action if necessary.
Here are some basics.
ETFs and mutual funds are similar in that they both hold baskets of securities. A balanced mutual fund can hold bonds, stocks, T-bills and some cash. An ETF is essentially derived from stocks but takes on many forms.
Before I tell you about the potential mistake that could cost you thousands, here are the important differences between ETFs and mutual funds:
* Mutual funds are actively managed by a person who gets paid by people like us usually from the money that WE give him to manage. ETFs are purchased by us and can be bought and sold all day long with few restrictions and almost no minimums.
* Mutual funds charge 2% or more between loading and maintenance, whereas ETFs typically charge between .5 and 1%. Mutual funds usually have no transaction fee. Brokerage commissions must be paid when purchasing an ETF.
* Mutual funds incur capital gains even though no distribution activity (money back to you) takes place. ETFs usually find a way to avoid these taxable events. This is a significant advantage for an ETF and worse, it is not always clear to the investor how and when it happens.
* Mutual funds mitigate risk by sometimes holding cash in anticipation of a down stock market. ETFs are not actively managed, therefore, YOU the investor and purchaser of the ETF must account for this risk when you decide to buy them. Position sizing is one important consideration with an ETF purchase to manage this particular risk.
Here we go now. The biggest mistake you can make in your decision to allocate to mutual funds or ETFs is to overlook one HUGE advantage an ETF holds over the mutual fund:
* STOP-LOSS order: This is a tool you can employ to nail-down a floor beneath which the price of your ETF cannot fall. You arrange this with your broker or click a button if you are investing with an online brokerage. NO SUCH PROTECTION IS AVAILABLE with a mutual fund. And do not expect your fund manager to point this out.
This tactic can stop the bleeding if things really go wrong with the stock market. Better yet, you can set the stop loss and put it on automatic.
This is proactive management of your money, not merely active.
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October 25th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Yes, that is part of it. Corrolation to the spot price depends on the combination of trade in the futures, options, or stock of companies in or related to the commodity. Also depends on whether it is a ETF or an ETN. The UNG is an ETN and it is being discontinued within the next couple days because it has preformed poorly.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
So shorting these ETF’s is the way to go. Shorting ultrashort when the market is up, and shorting ultra when the market is down. I’m shorting Proshares Ultra right now and it has worked pretty well..
October 25th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
You can short the TLT if you want to bet long term interest rates will go up.
Alternatively, you can buy TBT. That is you take a long position on TBT to get the desired effect. TBT is double-short long bond ETF. That is, the return you get on this ETF is the same as that of taking a leveraged short position on long-term bonds.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
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October 26th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
If you want to short the market, then you need to sell individual stocks or widely traded ETFs like DIA or SPY short. Bear ETFs don't actually work the way they are described. Due to technical difficulties in the structure of the ETFs they don't always exactly mirror the market that are supposed to. In the big market drop a year ago, many bear funds experienced liquidity problems and the price of the ETF went down even though the underlying index was going down. This meant that people who predicted that the market was going down lost a lot of money even though they were right.
Moral of the story: if you want to go short, then go short; don't look for gimmicks.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:28 am
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October 27th, 2009 at 12:53 am
I don't believe Fidelity operates any ETFs. You can buy and sell ETFs through your Fidelity brokerage/retirement account. iShares is one of the biggest ETF providers.
QQQQ looks very interesting and has returns near or better than Contrafund (FCNTX). FCNTX seems to perform better in bear markets, QQQQ a slight bit better in neutral and bull markets.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
History establishes a trend and gives cues as to how the market HAD dealt with the company in regard to things that went on. It does not directly bear on the future any more than if the previous coin toss were heads. As in the coin, there is still a 50-50 chance on either heads or tails (although I have had a few land on edge, they eventually fell one way or the other). What the market DID (past tense) does not require the market to do it again.
Still, check for major events and trends. Does your stock tend to go up when the Dow goes up? Or may be it goes the other way (as in folks would rather buy a popular blue chip than buy this company when they are in a buying mood)? Or is there any common correlation (often not)? Is your stock seasonal? My first purchases were for an air conditioning manufacturer, so I bought when it was cheap, Winter, and sold when it was higher, early to mid-Summer. If your company, say, made hot chocolate, it would have a different season than it it, say, sold snow cones. Has your company done a lot of ups and downs but within a fairly steady corridor? Then there are reasons why the market may have established a ceiling and a floor, so ferret out some ideas for those price supports or resistance. Similarly, if you can discern other characteristics that frequently happen, you've just been handed an opportunity to improve your odds–if your coin tosses have never gone more than one side four times in a row, for instance, I would bet for the other side, even if the actual odds for that specific toss were still only 50-50. If your stock tends to peak in January, April, and August, then look at your calendar and time your purchases, or sales, with that in mind, even if you haven't figured out the common causes. History, therefore, gives hints and clues. The market, however, doesn't have to bow to history. In that you are on your own.
Still, there is another important history. It involves comparative advantages. Does your company tend to make more profits than its peers? Does your company tend to make more profits more consistently than its peers? Does your company look like it will continue to perform this way? (If not, then look more closely at its peers) Profitability tends to win out over hope and hype in the long run, so look at its history of doing business, and let the market do whatever it wants.
The first is trading. The latter is investing. What are you really wanting to do?
October 27th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Another consideration is that ETF's can be bought/sold like stocks. There is no "holding period" as required by many mutual funds that you purchase through a brokerage account or direct from the mutual fund company. So if the ETF sector is heading down (eg. real estate VNQ), you can get out by simply selling your shares.
October 28th, 2009 at 6:08 am
I use Scottrade and have been very satisfied. They have a good trading platform and customer service. They are cheaper than Etrade.
I'm not familiar with Zecco, other than looking at their website. But based on your question, you won't need much in the way of service. They could be a no cost way to trade ETFs. I have noticed a number of questions about them which can indicate a customer service problem. Look their site over and see what you think.
October 29th, 2009 at 7:13 am
It depends.
If you plan to make a one time deposit, ETFs.
If you're making monthly deposits, funds.
If you're somewhere in between, it depends on the commission you'd pay to your broker to buy the ETF.
One warning, not all brokers let you buy ALL funds for free. Check with your broker first.