Monkey Throw Dart: Exchange Traded Funds

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Exchange Traded Funds

Here is an ETF cheat sheet from the folks at Bespoke. ETFs offer public investors an undivided interest in a pool of securities and other assets and thus are similar in many ways to traditional mutual funds, except that shares in an ETF can be bought and sold throughout the day like stocks on a securities exchange through a broker-dealer. If you feel the need to step away from trading individual stocks, ETF’s are a great alternative.

Click on the table below and check out the wide variety of options available. This table also includes a few inverse ETF’s that allow you to short the market. This will be important when I discuss the details of the Cheetum Method. These inverse ETF's are instrumental in following the market trend down. And down is the current trend in case you haven't noticed.