FREE ETF Trading Guide (52 Pages PDF)

Exchange Traded Fund or what you call an ETF provides you with the advantages of both a mutual fund as well as stocks. ETF gives you diversification just like a mutual fund but at a cost even lower than a mutual fund's various loads and management fees that you have to pay as an investor. But you can only buy or sell a mutual fund share after the close of trading not during the trading day. However, you can trade ETF shares just like an ordinary stock. You can even short these ETF shares.

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