Kirby on Finance

For Monday: An ETF Primer

When it comes to investing, I usually view myself as a stock picker. I look at the market and try to identify stocks that’ll hopefully turn out to be profitable investments. Since I’ve started law school I’ve found that I simply don’t have the time to do this on a large scale anymore.

Because of this I’ve started to give ETF’s and Mutual Funds a lot of attention. As I begin to scale down some on my positions in individual stocks, I intend to establish other positions in a few ETF’s or mutual funds that strike my fancy.

I’m sure that most of my financially savvy readers already have a good understanding of what ETF’s are and how mutual funds operate, but I have a feeling that many of you do not. Starting Monday, I’m going to offer a primer on ETF’s and go through the nuts and bolts of how they operate and what goes into picking the best ETF’s out there.

In the meantime, if you’d like to comment or e-mail me with your insights or experiences using ETF’s as a trading vehicle I’d love to hear them! Just as a reminder, my e-mail address is wkirby (at) gmail.com.

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