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Exchange-traded funds, also
known as "ETFs" are low cost index mutual funds that trade like stocks. |
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Non-Leveraged
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) are index ETFs tracking
the major U.S. benchmarks are one of the easiest, most cost effective and
most diversified ways to benefit from a rallying market. |
SPY -
SPDRs S&P Dep Receipts (Holdings: 500 Stocks)
SPDR Trust is an exchange-traded fund that holds all of the S&P 500 Index
stocks. |
QQQQ -
PowerShares QQQ Exchange-Traded Fund (Holdings 100 Stocks)
The fund holds all the stocks in the Nasdaq-100 index, before fees and
expenses, which consists of the largest non-financial securities listed on
the Nasdaq Stock Market. |
VTI -
Vanguard Total Stock Market (Holdings:
3375 Stocks)
The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark
index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market. |
IWM -
iShares Russell 2000 Index (Holdings:
2000 Stocks)
It uses a representative sampling strategy in order to track
the Russell 2000 index, which measures the performance of the
small-capitalization sector of the US equity broad market. |
MDY -
SPDRs
S&P Midcap Deposit Receipts (Holdings:
400 Stocks)
The investment seeks to provide investment results that
generally correspond to the performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. |
VEU -
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US
(Holdings: 2200 Stocks)
The investment seeks to track the performance of the FTSE
All-World (46 Countries) ex-US Index. |
EFA -
iShares MSCI EAFE Index
(Holdings: 845 Stocks)
The underlying index includes stocks from Europe, Australasia
and the Far East. |
EEM -
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (Holdings: 320 Stocks)
The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the
price and yield performance before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Emerging
Markets (China, Brazil, India, Russia) index. |
VWO -
Vanguard Emerging Markets Index Fund (Holdings: 781 Stocks)
The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the
price and yield performance before fees and expenses.
This index includes approximately 781 common stocks of
companies located in emerging markets around the world. |
FXI -
iShares
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (Holdings: 25 Stocks)
The investment seeks investment results that correspond
generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of
the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 index. |
EWZ - iShares MSCI Brazil
Index Fund (Holdings: 59 Stocks)
The investment seeks to provide investment results that
correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded
securities in the Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil index. |
SH -
Short S&P500 ProShares (Holdings: n/a - S&P500 Swaps)
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees
and expenses, which correspond to the inverse of the daily performance
of the S&P 500 index. |
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Leveraged
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) are one
of the more aggressive strategies to profit in an up-market. |
SSO -
Ultra S&P500 ProShares (Holdings: 500 Stocks)
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
which correspond to twice the daily performance of the S&P 500 index.
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QLD -
Ultra QQQ ProShares (Holdings: 100 Stocks)
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
which correspond to twice the daily performance of the NASDAQ 100 Index. |
ROM -
Ultra ProShares Technology (Holdings: 187 Stocks)
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
which correspond to twice the daily performance of the Dow
Jones U.S. Technology index. |
DDM -
Ultra ProShares DOW (Holdings: 30 Stocks)
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
which correspond to twice the daily performance of the Dow
Jones Industrial Average. |
QID -
UltraShort Nasdaq 100 Index (Holdings: n/a - Nasdaq100
Swaps)
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees
and expenses, which correspond to twice the inverse of the daily performance
of the NASDAQ 100 index. |
SDS -
UltraShort S&P500 ProShares (Holdings: n/a - S&P500
Swaps)
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees
and expenses, which correspond to twice the inverse of the daily performance
of the S&P 500 index. |
TBT -
UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ProShares
(Holdings: n/a -
20+ Treasury
Swaps)
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
which correspond to twice the inverse of the daily performance of the
Barclays Capital 20+ Year U.S. Treasury index. |
There are hundreds
of ETFs you can check out on the following website:
http://news.morningstar.com/etf/Lists/ETFReturns.html
Top ETFs by Sector site:
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/etfs/
My strategy uses the above listed
ETFs. However
feel free to use any other ETF using the same trading plan and you may do
better (or not) – it's your call. One hint of caution, don’t use more
than four ETFs in your portfolio, it will not increase the your profits. I am watching about
100 ETFs, and to no surprise, many have done better than the ETFs I prefer.
However, it's a fact that past performance is no indication of future performance.
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