ETF Strategies and Tactics: Hedge Your Portfolio in a Changing Market

In just a decade, the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market has grown from one billion dollars to more than half-a-trillion dollars.

While previous books have provided introductions to and listings of ETFs, ETF Strategies and Tactics offers practical guidance on how to invest in these funds and use them to balance your portfolio.

Written by a powerhouse authorial team, ETF Strategies and Tactics thoroughly covers the ins and outs of ETFs, detailing how they work, their distinctive characteristics, who trades them, who owns them, and their advantages and disadvantages compared with other investment vehicles. As markets evolve, new ETFs come and go. This authoritative reference will keep you on top of your game by providing focused decision-making techniques that help determine the viability of any ETF, including its value in sector and international investing.

While laying out a proven, systematic ETF investment plan, ETF Strategies and Tactics covers such valuable topics as:

• ETFs vs. mutual funds
• How ETFs are developed, what types of indexes are used, and the costs that determine returns
• How ETF regulations can help investors spot red flags in a fund and avoid tax problems
• The underlying tools of every ETF that can contribute to effective trading and minimized costs and taxes
• The proper use of ETFs based on an investor's goals and his/her ability to manage risk
• The unique short-selling opportunities associated with ETFs
• ETF options
• How to trade ETFs in the European market
• Inverse ETFs that go up when the market goes down

Complete with one-on-one interviews with professionals from major ETFs, as well as a number of valuable appendixes, ETF Strategies and Tactics is a unique guide you will keep at your fingertips during your day-to-day activities.

Browse Our Catalog.

View More In Mutual Funds.

There s a buzzword that has quickly captured the imagination of product providers and investors alike: "hedge fund replication". In the broadest sense, replicating hedge fund strategies means replicating their return sources and corresponding risk ex...

This authoritative book enables readers to evaluate the various performance and risk attributes of mutual funds, while also serving as a comprehensive resource for students, academics, and general investors alike. Avoiding the less useful descriptive...

The first technical guide to ETFs geared towards professional advisors, institutional investors, and financial professionals seeking to understand the mechanics of ETFs Author/trader Dave Abner has created The ETF Handbook as a resource for everyone ...

TheStreet Ratings Guide to Bond & Money Market Mutual Funds provides ratings and analyses of more than 4,200 fixed income funds, more than any other publication, including corporate bond funds, high-yield bond funds, municipal bond funds, mortgage se...

Explains how to strategize to achieve financial goals including paying for college, home buying, and retirement, discussing savings accounts, CDs, T-bills, money market mutual funds and accounts, 401(k)s, and 403(b)s....

Rare "Not For Public Distribution", "For Broker/Dealer Use Only" Edition. Clean and tight book....

How will China's latest series of reforms affect the country's growing Capital Market? The Capital Market in China: A 60-Year Review, in 3 volumes, serves as the definitive resource on understanding and navigating China's capital market. Both a hi...

For nearly two decades, individual and institutional investors have relied on The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities as the world’s leading reference for fixed income information. This new edition continues to define the field, while broadening it...

Find all of the following explained in plain-English with no technical jargon:Asset Allocation: What does it mean, why is it so important, and how should you determine your own?How to Pick Mutual Funds: Learn how to maximize your likelihood of choosi...