Mutual Funds vs ETFs?

[manalisharma12]

What would you rather go for?

I think ETF's are a much better option as the expense ratio is much lower.

what do you think?

 

[milind]

What would you rather go for?

I think ETF's are a much better option as the expense ratio is much lower.

what do you think?

Please specify what ETFs you are referring to. In general, that would be true in US market where ETFs are attracting more and more retail investors. ETFs don't see much volume in India and transaction costs may be somewhat larger.

-- Milind

 

[Class]

Hi,
What ETF's are available? Can I view it as a scrip? Can I view as a chart? Please let me know how to see these.

Thanks in advance.

 

[columbus]

hi,
what etf's are available? Can i view it as a scrip? Can i view as a chart? Please let me know how to see these.

Thanks in advance.

    20090925 goldbees   1547.14    41506                     
    20090925 goldshare  1551.89    19830                       
    20090925 kotakgold  1544.94     1817                         
    20090925 qgoldhalf   770.87     1022                        
    20090925 relgold    1503.31     9181

 

[columbus]

Hi,
What ETF's are available? Can I view it as a scrip? Can I view as a chart? Please let me know how to see these.

Thanks in advance.

I think even SBI is also into business.

Yes, ETF shares can be viewed as ordinary shares
and can be viewed as charts.

 

[ksr00551]

Hi,
What ETF's are available? Can I view it as a scrip? Can I view as a chart? Please let me know how to see these.

Thanks in advance.

along with the above gold ETF. they are other non gold ETF like nifty junior,
pharma etf etc.

regards
the addvantage of these ETF over MF thematic are that the value changes many times in a day and can be sold thru a broker like a share.
regards

 

[riser3]

Hedge Fund is a word you might have read in the news papers. They are mutual cousins to the Mutual fund community in many ways. There are 2 differences First they work like a Mutual fund but on a larger scale in terms of money, Second there pay system to Fund Managers is different. Lets leave out the first one and come to the 2nd one the pay to the Managers. An astonishing fact about mutual fund is their payment system is an fixed Fees irrespective of his performance. So even if fund goes down by 85% the pay to the managers is fixed. The Hedge Funds Payment is performance based. So naturally for an higher pay they perform well to make more money.

What should we do in countries like India where we do not have any Hedge Funds. Go for ETF and still use all the Technical factors for timing.

The downside with Hedge Funds is they take higher risk to gain more. so the next time you look at an MF ad or your Financial Adviser(Yes they still live) do ask them about FUND MANAGER'S FEE

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