Exchange-Traded
Funds are the fastest growing asset class to hit Wall Street in years.
In 2006 ETF assets increased 40.4% to $422.48 billion. Why are ETFs
growing so fast?
Investor
profits, of course!
Check out these sizzling ETF returns in 2005:
iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index, up
55%
iShares MSCI South Korea Index, up 54%
iShares MSCI Brazil, up 53%
And
through December 2006:
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25, up 83%
iShares MSCI Spain Index, up 49%
iShares Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS, up 42%
ETFs
simply offer a smarter, safer and more tax efficient vehicle for investors.
Forbes has always
been a pioneer in its coverage of smart sound investments for individual
investors. Long before Morningstar ever existed, Forbes Magazine with
its Mutual Fund Honor Roll began rating funds in the 1950s when the
industry was in its infancy. Today, the Era of ETFs is just beginning
and Forbes has partnered with award winning fund and ETF expert James
Lowell III, to bring you The Forbes ETF Advisor.
Why Exchange
Traded Funds?
Exchange-Traded
Funds (ETFs) are baskets of stocks in a variety of broad market, sector
or capitalization categories, similar to mutual funds.
But here
is where ETFs and Mutual Funds differ:
ETFs are more cost-effective because of lower operating and transaction
costs.
ETFs are more liquid and flexible than funds. Like stocks they can be
traded anytime during the market day.
ETFs are more tax-efficient because they typically have very low distribution
rates.
ETFs often have better performance than index funds because they are
more efficient.
ETFs offer investors a more liquid and efficient way to access hot overseas
markets like Brazil, Russia,India and China.
The Forbes ETF Advisor is designed
to maximize investor profits and minimize risk using ETF portfolios.
Edited by mutual
fund, sector trading and ETF expert Jim Lowell, The Forbes ETF Advisor offers investors a comprehensive guide to the rapidly expanding universe
of exchange traded funds. In monthly issues and with weekly hotline
alerts investors will profit from timely advice revealing which market
leading ETFs are Buys and which laggards are Sells.
The advisory service
will also feature Jim Lowell s expert market commentary and his new
buy and sell recommendations for four model ETF portfolios:
Aggressive Growth,
Growth,
Global Growth,
and Growth and Income.
Each monthly issue
will also shine a spotlight on one ETF Jim is currently recommending
as well as detailed analysis of an entire group of ETFs like international
or biotech funds.
And for those still
climbing the ETF learning curve, The Forbes ETF Advisor also contains
a section entitled ETF University. All this plus Jim Lowell s rankings
found in his ETF data tables and weekly email and telephone hotlines.
Now you
can try Jim's Forbes ETF Advisor FREE for
30 days! Simply click the button below to get started.
Your risk-free trial
subscription includes three FREE Bonus Reports:
1. "3 Best Buy ETFs for the Current Market"
- just published!
2. "ETF Investing from Scratch," Jim s concise
guide to successful ETF investing.
3. Our members-only "Forbes ETF Advisor's Rankings",
showing you the best-performing ETFs.
The Forbes ETF Advisor benefits from Jim Lowell s experience in developing his own Technical
Trading System for funds and ETFs. This proprietary quantitative system
is the product of Jim Lowell s 20 years of investment research. It has
a proven track record for maximizing total returns while minimizing
your downside risk.
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