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• Overview
• What is mutual fund?
• What are the benefits of mutual fund investing versus buying individual securities?
• How do you make money with mutual funds?
• What makes a mutual fund’s share price (NAV) rise and fall?
• How is a mutual fund categorized in terms of risk and return?
• What are the different kinds of mutual funds?
• What are index mutual funds?
• What are the benefits of index mutual funds?
• What are indexes?
• Is owning a bond mutual fund like owning an individual bond?
• How is mutual fund performance judged?
• How important are expenses?
• What are Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?
• With so many different funds, how should an investor choose?
• How do you buy mutual funds?
• Do mutual funds have liquidity?
• Who is promising your return?

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What are Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?

Exchange traded funds are similar to index funds, in that they track specific indexes, but they trade on the stock exchanges like individual securities. Mutual funds are priced once a day, at the end of trading. ETFs are traded throughout the day, so their share prices vary throughout the day. ETFs invest in almost anything that mutual funds invest in: companies of all sizes, real estate stocks, international stocks and bonds, government and municipal bonds, sectors, gold, utilities, currencies, and so forth. Like index funds, ETFs have low expense ratios. However, ETFs are purchased through brokers, so you have to pay commissions.