Author: Let’s Talk Money! with Joseph Hogue, CFA
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Investors love ETF investing and poured over $900 billion into funds last year, a record amount. Exchange traded funds are an easy, stress-free way to invest but do you know which to choose?
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In this video, I’ll reveal the top 20 ETFs investors are buying and what each fund holds. I’ll show you the pros and cons of ETF investing and share my favorite fund strategy for stress-free returns.
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Why is that trend to index investing gaining speed? First, is that it’s a great way to invest. Since Bogle popularized the Vanguard funds, investors have loved that one-stop for investing and I think over the last year as so many new investors got started, they put much of their money into index funds while they were learning how to invest in individual stocks.
Also though, when stocks get expensive and uncertainty rises like it has over the past year…investors just don’t know what to buy. So getting a little bit of everything in an exchange traded fund just makes sense. Why risk picking stocks if you don’t have to?
Pros of ETF investing are that it’s a stress-free way to make your money work for you. You don’t have to worry about any individual stock crashing and burning your portfolio because it’s just one of hundreds or even thousands of stocks you own.
You get smoother market returns or the returns to a specific area of the market and fewer of the ups and downs you see in stocks.
It’s also a faster, easier way to invest. You don’t need to spend hours finding the perfect stock to buy. You might spend an hour or two finding the best ETF with the lowest cost but these are long-term investments you’ll hold for decades.
The downside to ETF investing is that investing broadly across the entire market or an index means you do give up that chance to earn higher returns . Investing in the total market fund, you’re going to get the return on the total market…no more and no less.
There’s also the cost to ETF investing, the expense ratio taken out of your investment regularly to pay management . It’s not much in the popular Vanguard or Fidelity funds but can get expensive in niche funds.
And finally, some of the theme ETFs like those around growth stocks or special types of funds might not provide the same level of diversification you think. If a fund is only investing in fifty stocks within a very narrow theme, you’re still going to see a lot of the ups and downs around those stocks.
0:00 Top ETFs to Buy
1:18 An ETF to Invest in the Stock Market
2:05 The Most Popular Index Funds in the Market
3:10 Why are Exchange Traded Funds so Popular?
3:50 An ETF for Easy Bond Investing
4:30 The Top Tech Stock ETF
5:20 Pros and Cons of Investing in Exchange Traded Funds
6:42 Warren Buffett’s Favorite Value ETF
7:35 An ETF to Invest in International Stocks
8:50 The Best Bond ETF to Buy Now
10:23 An ETF Investing Strategy for Stress-Free Investing
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Joseph Hogue, CFA spent nearly a decade as an investment analyst for institutional firms and banks. He now helps people understand their financial lives through debt payoff strategies, investing and ways to save more money. He has appeared on Bloomberg and on sites like CNBC and Morningstar. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a veteran of the Marine Corps.