By Investment U Research Team Exchange-traded funds (ETF) have risen in popularity as an investment vehicle over the last decade. ETF pros and cons appeal to a wide range of investor types and risk levels, making them a great intermediary form of investment. They don’t carry the risk that individual securities do, yet aren’t as broad as index funds. Moreover, ETFs don’t carry the fees mutual funds typically do. They’re a very appealing product to a broad cross-section of investors.
To understand why so many investors—retail and institutional—love ETFs, it’s worth drilling down deeper into the pros and cons. What makes them a more stable …read more