ETF's

ETF is short for "Exchange Traded Fund". Most of you have probably heard of ETF's but have little idea what they truly are. There are thousands of ETF's available to stock holders, many that destroy the stock market on a yearly basis, destroy 95% of mutual funds yet no one besides the most knowledgeable traders delve into them?

ETF's basically mean you invest in a collection of stocks. You can buy the Dow Jones which means you own all thirty shares of the Dow, or you can buy the NYSE which means you own every single stock on the exchange. You can own the Brazil stock market, the Berlin, and all the way over to the Korean stock markets. You can own oil, copper, gold, and other materials. You can even own something as specific as "small-cap takeover possibilities on Brazilian stock market". The ends are limitless.


The Top ETF in the world and under owned is EWZ, which is the ETF for the Brazilian stock exchange.

Here is a five year look at the ETF compared to the major stock indexes in America.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&s=EWZ&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=&c=%5EGSPC&c=%5EIXIC&c=%5EDJI

Three other ETF's I love:

1. EEB - Emerging stock markets fund

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=2y&s=EEB&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=&c=%5EGSPC&c=%5EIXIC&c=%5EDJI


2. INP - Pacific stock exchanges(meaning Asia not west coast)

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=2y&s=INP&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=&c=%5EGSPC&c=%5EIXIC&c=%5EDJI


3. EWG - European emerging stock markets

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=EWG&t=5y


If you like 20-50% returns per year then get in these, or become a bear.

The Bull