An exchange-traded fund (or ETF) is a fund that owns a basket of financial instruments (e.g., stocks or commodities) that reflect the composition of a market index (e.g., the Dow Jones Industrial Average). Somebody looking to buy ETF shares would do so the same way he or she would buy stocks, that is, on a stock exchange, with the help of a broker who charges a nominal fee.
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Monday, March 8th, 2010The S&P 500 is…
Friday, August 21st, 2009The S&P 500 (or Standard & Poor’s 500) is an index of 500 stocks that are used to measure the performance of the domestic stock market in the U.S. The S&P 500 was created to represent the major common stock of public American companies.