Download or read book The Diversification Benefits of Single Country Exchange Traded Funds written by Maria D. Belu and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper studies the diversification benefits in terms of returns of international investments in equity markets. The analysis is done from the perspective of a European-based investor. We use for the analysis country-index exchange traded funds as proxies for the foreign equity markets. We focus on the European market and four representative Asian markets. The paper follows the lines of analysis of Russell (1998), of Pennathur, Delcoure and Anderson (2002) and of Allen and MacDonald (1995). We test the diversification potential of exchange traded funds using the ordinary least squares procedure with White's correction for the heteroskedasticity of residuals. We conclude that although exchange traded funds present investment diversification potential, being significantly correlated the underlying domestic market, they are exposed to an even higher degree to the market in which they trade, making them imperfect instruments for international diversification and not a good substitute to direct investment. Further, we analyze the potential cause of the previous results, the cointegration between the European and the Asian equity markets, using the Augmented Dickey- Füller unit root test and the Johansen cointegration test. We find that there is cointegration between the European equity market and each of the Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese markets. We conclude that in the long-run the returns of the international equity market are highly correlated, therefore also direct investments present limited diversification benefits to European- based investors.
Download or read book Exchange Traded Funds For Dummies written by Colin Davidson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversify your investments with today's fastest growing financial product Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer access to a range of investments in a single trade, are usually less volatile than individual stocks, cheaper than most managed funds and more tax-effective. But how do you pick the one that's right for you? This straightforward book helps you weigh up your options, build an effective portfolio and maximise your profits. Get to know the major players in Australia and New Zealand — find a broker, open an account and familiarise yourself with suppliers and indices Understand risk control and diversification — learn the importance of a diversified, lowly correlated portfolio, and how ETFs can help you achieve this Invest smartly in commodities and precious metals — tap into the returns offered by the Australian mining boom Manage small-cap, large-cap, sector and international investments — take advantage of returns in local markets and invest directly in US-listed ETFs Add bonds, REITs and other ETFs — secure consistent yields and add property to your investment portfolio Work non-ETFs into your investment mix — improve returns through careful selection of active managed funds Fund your retirement years — determine how much you need for retirement, and how ETFs can get you there Open the book and find: Advice on choosing ETFs over options, CFDs and warrants Sample portfolios Tips on revamping your portfolio based on life changes How to avoid mistakes that even experienced investors make Forecasts for the future of ETFs in Australia and New Zealand A complete listing of Australian and New Zealand ETFs Great online resources to help you invest in ETFs Learn to: Diversify your investment portfolio Lower your investment costs and reduce your tax liabilities Take advantage of Australia's mining boom by investing in commodities Invest in international markets
Download or read book Exchange traded Funds for Dummies written by Colin Davidson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversify your investments with today's fastest growingfinancial product Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer access to a range ofinvestments in a single trade, are usually less volatile thanindividual stocks, cheaper than most managed funds and moretax-effective. But how do you pick the one that's right for you?This straightforward book helps you weigh up your options, build aneffective portfolio and maximise your profits. Get to know the major players in Australia and New Zealand? find a broker, open an account and familiarise yourselfwith suppliers and indices Understand risk control and diversification ? learn theimportance of a diversified, lowly correlated portfolio, and howETFs can help you achieve this Invest smartly in commodities and precious metals ? tapinto the returns offered by the Australian mining boom Manage small-cap, large-cap, sector and internationalinvestments ? take advantage of returns in local markets andinvest directly in US-listed ETFs Add bonds, REITs and other ETFs ? secure consistent yieldsand add property to your investment portfolio Work non-ETFs into your investment mix ? improve returnsthrough careful selection of active managed funds Fund your retirement years ? determine how much you needfor retirement, and how ETFs can get you there Open the book and find: Advice on choosing ETFs over options, CFDs and warrants Sample portfolios Tips on revamping your portfolio based on life changes How to avoid mistakes that even experienced investors make Forecasts for the future of ETFs in Australia and NewZealand A complete listing of Australian and New Zealand ETFs Great online resources to help you invest in ETFs Learn to: Diversify your investment portfolio Lower your investment costs and reduce your tax liabilities Take advantage of Australia's mining boom by investing incommodities Invest in international markets
Download or read book All ABout Exchange Traded Funds written by Archie Richards and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2002-12-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALL ABOUT . . . SERIES All About EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS Exchange-traded funds, priced like a stock and traded continuously throughout the day, are the hottest thing in investing today. All About Exchange-Traded Funds is one of the first introductory guides to provide investors with the nuts-and-bolts aspects of ETFs, from various types and basic trading rules to effective trading strategies for building core assets.
Download or read book Exchange Traded Funds written by IndexFunds.com and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-04-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exchange traded funds, one of the most exciting new classes of funds, provide investors with an opportunity to get the benefits of individual stocks at the lower costs associated with mutual funds. Although they are a very new type of fund (they were first introduced in 1993), ETFs have nearly 100 billion in assets under management. Written by senior editors Jim Wiandt and Will McClatchy at IndexFunds.com, Exchange Traded Funds clearly explains this exciting class of funds for savvy individual investors and investment professionals alike. The authors provide a frank appraisal of the advantages of exchange traded funds including low management fees and lower capital gains taxes. They acquaint readers with the full range of what's available, and provide valuable information on evaluating the funds' usefulness and performance. They also describe proven strategies for using exchange traded funds to balance investment portfolios and manage long-term and short-term risk. IndexFunds.com is a Web site devoted to index funds. It currently hosts more than 100,000 visitors each month.
Download or read book Exchange Traded Funds for Canadians for Dummies written by Russell Wild and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Best Types Of Exchange Traded Funds To Invest In Buying Shares Of Why You Should Invest In Buying Shares Of Exchange Traded Funds The Benefits Of Investing In Buying Shares Of Exchange Traded Funds And How To Find A Worthwhile ETF Investment written by Dr Harrison Sachs and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay sheds light on the best types of exchange traded funds to invest in buying shares of, explicates why you should invest in buying shares of exchange traded funds, demystifies the benefits of investing in buying shares of exchange traded funds, and expounds upon how to find a worthwhile exchange traded fund investment. Furthermore, how to generate extreme wealth online on social media platforms by profusely producing ample lucrative income generating assets is elucidated in this essay. Additionally, the utmost best income generating assets to create for generating extreme wealth online in the digital era are identified, how to become a highly successful influencer online on social media platforms is elucidated, and the plethora of assorted benefits of becoming a successful influencer online are revealed in this essay. Moreover, how to attain extreme fame leverage is demystified and how to earn substantial money online so that you afford to eminently enrich every aspect of your life is meticulously expounded upon in this essay. When cherry picking an exchange traded fund to invest in buying, it can be eminently overwhelming to ascertain which particular exchange traded fund is apt to yield the highest return on investment overtime from its capital gains and distribution payouts. There are an exorbitant amount of disparate types of exchange traded funds to choose from investing in buying which can render the prospect of becoming an exchange traded fund investor all the more overwhelming for the novice exchange traded fund investor. Some of the ample types of exchange traded funds encompass equity exchange traded funds, real estate exchange traded funds, fixed income exchange traded funds, bond exchange traded funds, currency exchange traded funds, speciality exchange traded funds, commodity exchange traded funds, international exchange traded funds, actively managed exchange traded funds, passively managed exchange traded funds, emerging markets exchange traded funds, small-cap exchange traded funds, medium-cap exchange traded funds, large-cap exchange traded funds, sector exchange traded funds, balanced exchange traded funds, inverse exchange traded funds, and money market exchange traded funds. Exchange traded funds allow investors to invest in buying shares of an exchange trade fund which allows the investor to diversify his investment portfolio and not be only invested in single company since exchange traded funds are comprised of a hundreds of disparate investment securities. Exchange traded funds are eminently similar to mutual funds, but are often deemed to be more cost-effective and more liquid investment than mutual funds. Furthermore, unlike mutual funds, exchange traded funds are traded on an exchange and also have their share prices change throughout the day. Mutual funds on the other hands "are only traded only once per day after the markets close". Mutual funds often have higher expense ratios and higher fees than exchange traded funds. "Because fees compound over time, just like portfolio assets, the longer the investing period, the bigger the loss" from fees. Succumbing to paying high expense ratios and high fees can undermine the investor's ability to generate wealth. Mutual funds are typically actively managed funds whereas exchange traded funds are typically passively managed funds. Exchange traded fund shareholders are able to avail themselves of having a diverse investment for an affordable price since exchange traded funds are comprised of hundreds of disparate investment securities which allows exchange traded fund shareholders to hedge against investments risks if certain investment securities, such as cyclical stocks and aggressive stocks, that their exchange traded fund may be comprised of underperform. The exchange traded fund's performance can be high as long as most of its investment securities outperform its under-performing investment securities.
Download or read book Exchange Traded Funds For Dummies written by Russell Wild and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-12-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fast and easy way to get a handle on ETFs Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have a strong foothold in the marketplace, because they are less volatile than individual stocks, cheaper than most mutual funds, and subject to minimal taxation. But how do you use thisfinancial product to diversify your investments in today's fast-growing and ever-changing market? Exchange-Traded Funds For Dummies shows you in plain English how to weigh your options and pick the exchange-traded fund that's right for you. It tells you everything you need to know about building a lean, mean portfolio and optimizing your profits. Plus, this updated edition covers all of the newest ETF products, providers, and strategies, as well as Commodity ETFs, Style ETFs, Country ETFs, and Inverse ETFs. Create the stock (equity) side of your portfolio Handle risk control, diversification, and modern portfolio theory Manage small, large, sector, and international investments Add bonds, REITs, and other ETFs Invest smartly in precious metals Work non-ETFs into your investment mix Revamp your portfolio to fit life changes Fund your retirement years Plus, you'll get answers to commonly asked questions about ETFs and advice on how to avoid mistakes that many investors—even the experienced ones—make. It provides forecasts of the future for ETFs and personal spending and also provides a complete list of ETFs and Web resources to assist your investment. With Exchange-Traded Funds For Dummies, you'll soon discover what makes ETFs the hottest investment on the market.
Download or read book Examining the Potential Diversification Benefits of Emerging Market Exchange traded Funds written by Betty Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Diversification Benefits of Ishares and Closed End Country Funds written by Anita K. Pennathur and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study the performance and diversification of iShares and their rival closed-end country funds from April 1996 to 1999. International iShares are country-specific series of securities that track the price and yield of a specific MSCI country index and, presumably, should provide diversification benefits. Our single-index model demonstrates that iShares replicate the home index, showing some potential for diversification. However, our two-factor model, which isolates the quot;truequot; diversification virtues, documents that both iShares and closed-end country fund market prices maintain considerable exposure to the U.S. market. Furthermore, the net asset value returns of the closed-end funds demonstrate a strong home country exposure, suggesting there is no substitute for direct foreign investment.
Download or read book International Equity Exchange Traded Funds written by Tomasz Miziołek and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the economic foundation of international equity investments providing a practical guide to invest in international equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It shows how to gain exposure to foreign stock markets through both theoretical foundations of international diversification and in-depth characteristics of global, regional, country-specific, and international sector/thematic ETFs. Unlike other books in the field which broadly discuss different aspects of the ETF market, this book explores one specific market segment, offering the first in-depth and state-of-the-art analysis of international equity ETFs and including, in particular, ETFs with global, regional, single-country, and international sector/thematic exposures. The number and variety of such financial instruments are constantly growing. Hence, it seems obvious that there is an urgent need for a book that will help investors who are willing to diversify their portfolios outside the domestic market—in both developed and emerging/frontier markets. International Equity Exchange-Traded Funds presents a comprehensive review of investment possibilities offered by international ETFs for stock market investors.
Download or read book Financial Market Contagion in the Asian Crisis written by Mr.Taimur Baig and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper tests for evidence of contagion between the financial markets of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, and the Philippines. Cross-country correlations among currencies and sovereign spreads are found to increase significantly during the crisis period, whereas the equity market correlations offer mixed evidence. A set of dummy variables using daily news is constructed to capture the impact of own-country and cross-border news on the markets. After controlling for own-country news and other fundamentals, the paper shows evidence of cross-border contagion in the currency and equity markets.
Download or read book Understanding Exchange Traded Funds written by Archie Richards and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-04-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover How Investing in Exchange-Traded Funds Can Help You Build a Winning Financial Portfolio "Archie Richards delivers the nuts and bolts of ETFs---and much more that the investor needs to know." Gary L. Gastineau, early developer of exchange-traded funds, Managing Director of ETF Consultants, LLC "ETFs are not a form of extraterrestrial, but they do remain a mystery to many. We should be grateful to Archie Richards for explaining everything about them and also offering mush useful advice. This is a timely and terrific book on one of today's hottest investment topics." Hunter Lewis, Co-founder, Cambridge Associates, LLC "Understanding exchange-Traded Funds is a no-nonsense approach to setting financial priorities, and a crash course on the basics of investing. Archie's description of various investments gives the information you need to become a wise investor." Steve and Annette Economides, Authors of America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money “Archie Richards is the go-to guru for ETFs, and Understanding Exchange-Traded Funds simply cements that reputation. If you're dipping your toe into the ETF waters for the first time, now you can jump right in instead. Understanding Exchange-Traded Funds is the investment life preserver you've been waiting for, and Archie Richards is the guy you want guiding you through the strokes.” Angele McQuade, author of Investment Clubs for Dummies and book reviewer for Better Investing magazine Turn to Understanding Exchange-Traded Funds for a quick, accessible overview of ETFs_the hottest and most significant investment tool of recent years. This expert guide explains why exchange-traded funds are important and why they work so well, highlighting the advantages of ETFs over traditional mutual funds and discussing all the new types of ETFs. Keeping complex mathematics to a minimum, Understanding Exchange Traded Funds thoroughly covers: The key elements of ETFs: costs, redemption, the three basic categories, tax consequences, and more How to use ETFs for asset allocation or retirement accounts How and where to buy ETFs The ETFs offered by Barclays, Vanguard, State Street, and other companies Avoiding common ETF mistakes and misconceptions
Download or read book Accumulating Wealth by Combining Exchange Traded Funds ETFs and Options Income written by Nachman Bench and published by Author House. This book was released on 2008-04-22 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central theme of this book is the use of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Index tracking and options writing strategies as a tool to diversify your investments, to reduce portfolio volatility and to achieve an attractive rate of return. Managing Risk is one of the most important elements in the process of accumulating wealth. Options can be used as a tool to control risk. The tremendous increase in the popularity of index investing by individual investors, institutions and money manager, together with the huge number of new exchange traded funds (ETFs) and the large increase in options and derivatives trading volume have created new ways to add income, reduce volatility and improve the management of risk. This book is not an attempt to teach you how to make a “home run” investment. Rather, it is an attempt to show you how the cumulative effect of small incremental gains can help you to “make money and keep it”. This book is written for both individual investors and professional portfolio managers who are risk- averse and are looking to invest a portion of their assets using an ETF equity income strategy to provide additional income and at the same time reduces portfolio volatility. In addition, pension funds and institutional investors who are also looking to enhance portfolio returns and lower volatility of their portfolios and who are willing to forgo some upside potential in order to improve risk-adjusted returns.
Download or read book The Diversification Benefit of Exchange traded Funds written by Nawaf Aldubaikhi and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exchange Traded Funds written by John A. Haslem and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. The AMEX provides market liquidity and continuous trading at or near current market prices for index shares. Continuous trading provides more flexibility in rebalancing portfolios. Prices are determined by supply and demand. Index shares may be traded in small lots and the trading strategies available to common stock are also available for index shares. 2. Most index shares transactions are executed on the AMEX, especially less than block size trades. Bid-ask spreads are not unreasonable, and brokerage commissions and fees can be reduced by online and/or discount brokers. But, index share trading costs favor buy-and-hold strategies. 3. Large investors may also directly purchase and redeem index shares packaged as minimum block-size creation/redemption units. Creation/redemption units are purchased/redeemed in exchange for stock portfolios that match specific benchmark indexes. But, there are purchase and redemption fees. 4. Investor exchanges of redemption units for in-kind baskets of stock are tax-free exchanges. ETFs do not sell stocks with potential capital gains to meet redemptions and there are no performance "drags" from holdings of cash assets. Investors may also unbundle portfolio shares received and sell them for any tax losses. 5. AMEX trading and tax-free direct exchanges with continuous portfolio transparency facilitate arbitrage that maintains index share prices at or very near NAVs of underlying portfolios. Arbitrageurs buy index shares selling at discount to NAVs on the AMEX, directly exchange redemption units for underlying stock portfolios, and sell unbundled stocks on the AMEX for more than paid for index share redemption units. 6. ETFs are very tax efficient due to direct tax-free exchanges, portfolio transparency, index portfolios, and control over specific composition of underlying stock portfolios. Index portfolios are not actively managed, which minimizes turnover and realized capital gains. Shares of stock with largest unrealized capital gains are exchanged for redemption units to minimize realized capital gains. Shares with smallest unrealized capital gains are sold to meet changes in composition of benchmark indexes and to minimize realized capital gains. 7. Domestic ETFs are inherently less costly to manage than traditional domestic mutual funds. They have lower expense ratios than actively managed domestic mutual funds and also most index funds with the same benchmark indexes. 8. ETFs and mutual funds provide "instant" diversification with broadly based portfolios or "homemade" portfolios with allocations of narrowly focused ETFs, such as foreign/domestic, specific country, investment style and/or industry sectors. 9. ETFs provide access to benchmark indexes and global sectors not (yet) available from mutual funds. 10. Investors may practice cash management by temporarily "sweeping" cash inflows into index shares. ETFs Disadvantages 1. Index share trading costs are higher than pure no-load mutual funds with zero shareholder transaction costs. This difference is increased by market timing and dollar cost averaging strategies that trade frequently, even given online and/or discount brokerage commissions and small bid-ask spreads. 2. Investor purchase and redemption of creation and redemption units are subject to fees, which are higher than for pure no-load mutual funds. 3. ETF brokers generally provide less in the way of diversity and quality of shareholder services than mutual funds. 4. ETF index shares risk selling at discounts (also premiums) to NAVs of underlying stock portfolios, but arbitrage normally keeps them small. But, index shares can trade at significant discounts/premiums for extended periods, especially in small, less liquid international markets. HOLDRs have proven to have large discounts to NAV. 5. No sponsor of both EFTs and index mutual funds has yet matched the annual returns of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund. 6. ETFs often have large tracking errors in matching the performance of international small market benchmark indexes. These indexes do not provide required portfolio diversification and markets have low liquidity and high trading costs. Tracking error derives from use of statistical methods to approximate benchmark performance. These ETFs also have higher expense ratios and higher portfolio turnover and trading costs than comparable mutual funds. 7. Performance and liquidity of ETF shares have yet to be severely tested in major market declines. 8. The settlement period for index share trades is three days, but it is overnight for mutual fund redemptions.
Download or read book A Comprehensive Guide to Exchange Traded Funds ETFs written by Joanne M. Hill and published by CFA Institute Research Foundation. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become in their 25-year history one of the fastest growing segments of the investment management business. These funds provide liquid access to virtually every financial market and allow large and small investors to build institutional-caliber portfolios. Yet, their management fees are significantly lower than those typical of mutual funds. High levels of transparency in ETFs for holdings and investment strategy help investors evaluate an ETF’s potential returns and risks. This book covers the evolution of ETFs as products and in their uses in investment strategies. It details how ETFs work, their unique investment and trading features, their regulatory structure, how they are used in tactical and strategic portfolio management in a broad range of asset classes, and how to evaluate them individually.
