Contents:
- What Are ETFs?
- Spreading Risks
- Mutual Funds
- The Basics of Exchange-Traded Funds
- Keeping ETFs on the Straight and Narrow
- The Costs of Exchange-Traded Funds
- Balancing Short-Term and Long-Term Goals
- Setting up a Brokerage Account to Buy ETFs
- Investment Approaches to Avoid
- The Ins and Outs of Day Trading ETFs
- The Best Way to Go About It—Asset Allocation
- A Brief on IRAs and Variable Annuities
- Hedging Risk
- Final Comparisons, Suggestions, and Summary
All About Exchange-Traded Funds By Archie Richards pdf
Nelson Contreras (verified owner) –
Despite the previous reader reviews, I appreciated this book. It describes the ETFs as a tool to use and It explains why. The problem is, I think, that there isn’t that much to say about ETFs to fill 280 pages (they are basically a simple idea), so the author has been “forced” to make a wide discourse about investment philosophy and asset allocation to write the book. Probably this approach disappointed the expert readers, who expected something more sophisticated, but it’s coherent with the title: “the easy way to get started”. Concluding: a good book for beginners, not a comprehensive reference text for sophisticated investors.