Trend: The popularity of ETFs continues to grow, as investors start to understand the advantages of owning ETFs over both mutual funds and individual stocks.
ETF Trends says that new ETFs continue to hone their appeal for the investing public that craves reduced expenses, diversified risk and targeted investing opportunities exceeding the broad-market benchmarks. Investors have every reason to be optimistic. The evolution of ETFs sped up significantly in the last year alone—as improving opportunities for jumping into tailor-made sectors that can pack a punch in the way of concentration, while enabling investors to diversify across a wide-array of stocks. The selection is vast and exciting. While new ETFs pop up weekly, their evolution is still just beginning. Here are ten ETF trends we expect to see in 2007.
Link: 10 New ETF Trends for 2007 | ETF Trends
1) Global ETFs will continue to outperform their domestic counterparts.
2) Actively managed ETFs hit the marketplace with a thud.
3) The ranks of ETFs will continue to explode.
4) Fidelity finally joins the party.
5) The emergence of emerging markets.
6) Lower fed rates boost bond ETFs.
7) ETFs get ready for retirement.
8) The next big gold rush.
9) Bear-market ETFs.
10) And in the "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction" category...
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