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In the wide and varied family of the thousands and thousands of funds out there, the exchange-traded fund is one of the more consumer-friendly ones.
Unlike mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, behave more like stocks. You can buy
into an ETF at any time, and sell it whenever you feel like it. And like a stock, an ETF's value can rise and fall--depending
on what the ETF is invested in.What do ETFs invest in? Well, they're typically linked to an index like the Dow Jones Industrial
Average or the S&P 500. So, if you had an ETF that trades the same companies that make up the Dow or the S&P, it will
rise and fall in value pretty much the same amount as the Dow or S&P.
You can also buy ETFs that invest in other
types of products, like bonds, currencies, gold or other commodities. The ETF market has grown considerably in the past few
years, so there is no shortage of ETFs to invest in.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Banks, Exporters Take Tokyo Stocks Sharply Down
V. Phani Kumar
MarketWatch Pulse
HONG KONG -- Japanese stocks fell sharply early Friday, with financials such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shedding a part of their recent gains, while Toyota Motor Corp. dropped on a strengthened yen. The Nikkei 225 Average gave up 183.13 points to 13,420.18 and the broader Topix index fell 18.23 points to 1,314.34. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index tumbled 124.10 points to 5,020 and South Korea's Kospi lost 21.93 points to 1,604.21, while New Zealand's NZX 50 index gave up 18.49 points to 3,268.73.
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