Exchange Traded Funds

by Jim Wiandt, Will McClatchy, IndexFunds.com

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471434841
• ISBN13: 9780471434849
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Understandable primer on ETFs

While I have been following the growth of ETFs for a some time in the financial media, I've been confused about how to select them and why they're sound investment alternatives. This book provided sound discussions about the various funds and why this is a good investment strategy. The charts were helpful and overall this is a very well written investment book

Want to learn more about ETFs?

I did, and I found that this book gave me a clear and comprehensive knowledge base for this new (at least new to me) investment vehicle.