05
Jul
Selecting an ETF – more than just picking an index
Filed Under (ETF News, Index) by admin on 05-07-2010
Many investors in the GCC believe that the main decisions when choosing an ETF are picking the index to track and then selecting an ETF to match. However, there is much more to selecting an ETF, as these products now vary greatly in their structure and the total cost of ownership. Even S&P500 ETFs differ widely in their construction.
One of the key choices that investors face when selecting between ETFs is structure – physical or swap-based – and we will look at it in more details further in this article. Source
