An ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a relatively new investment product. It's something of a cross between an index mutual fund and a stock. ETF investing has grown exponentially in the past few years, and it makes sense for most individual investors to take a look adding ETFs to their portfolios.Comparing ETFs to other investment optionsInvesting in ETFs differs from investing in mutual funds and individual stocks in some important ways, as the following table shows.

An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is something of a cross between an index mutual fund and a stock. It’s like a mutual fund but has some key differences you’ll want to be sure you understand.Here, you discover how to get some ETFs into your portfolio, how to choose smart ETFs, and how ETFs differ from mutual funds.

If you’re more interested in cannabis-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs), venture capitalist (VC) funds, or private equity (PE) funds, than you are in individual cannabis stocks, you can find the best tools for tracking down cannabis funds. Most websites and online brokers that feature stock screeners also include an ETF screener, but they rarely include screeners specifically for cannabis ETFs or for VC or PE funds, which makes the Daily Marijuana Observer’s investment fund databases so unique and so useful to you as a cannabis investor.

Online investors commonly look at the price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E ratio, of an individual stock to find out how expensive it is. The higher the P/E ratio, the more richly valued the stock is. But Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) investors can also use P/E ratios to find how cheap or expensive the stocks held by the ETF are.

Investing using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Australia and New Zealand is made easier when you understand the benefits of this investment product, what to look out for, how to invest in overseas ETFs — especially U.S.-based ETFs — and which websites to access for more information.

If you’re a Canadian investor considering tapping into the flourishing exchange-traded fund market, then you’re certain to have questions about which provider most fits your needs. Luckily, the following list takes the guesswork out of choosing your ETF broker. Here’s a quick overview of the major Canadian bank and non-bank brokerage houses currently trading in ETFs and a short summary of the pros, cons, and price structures of each provider.

Investing in ETFs differs from investing in mutual funds and individual stocks in some important ways, as the following table shows. As a smart investor, you can't ignore the advantages that ETFs offer. ETFs Versus Mutual Funds Versus Individual Stocks ETFs Mutual Funds Individual Stocks Priced, bought, and sold throughout the day?

Of late, a number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have cropped up to allow you to invest in so-called frontier markets, including the PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio (PMNA), the Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF (FRN), and the Market Vectors Gulf States ETF (MES). These markets feature economies even smaller, stock markets even newer and potentially less regulated, and governments perhaps even shakier than in emerging market nations.

There's no point to having dozens of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in your portfolio if they are only going to duplicate each other's holdings. So if you already own the entire market through diversified ETFs in all corner quadrants of the style grid — large, small, value, and growth — why add any industry sectors that are obviously already represented?