Exchange-Traded Funds are the fastest growing asset class to hit Wall Street in years. In 2007 ETF assets increased 75%. By mid-2008 ETF assets increased by 19% to $578 billion. Why are ETFs growing so fast?

Investor profits, of course!
Check out these sizzling ETF returns in 2007:

iPath MSCI India Index ETN, up 86.4%
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund, up 74.8%
PowerShrs WilderHil Clean Energy, up 59.9%

And through April 2008:

U.S. Natural Gas Fund, up 44%
ProShares Ultra Short Health Care, up 22%
HOLDRS B2B Internet, up 14%

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.

  Meet our Forbes Guru: Jim Lowell

Jim Lowell is one of the nation’s foremost experts on funds and ETFs.

Jim is the editor of the award-winning Fidelity Investor newsletter, published by FundWorks, Inc., and is the chief investment strategist for Adviser Investment Management, Inc., a private money management firm with over $1 billion in assets.

Mr. Lowell also developed the College of Financial Planning's Exchange-Traded Funds curricula. He is also the author of several investment books including How to Survive in the Real World, Investing From Scratch, Smart Money Moves, The ABCs of Money Management and his most recent book, What Every Fidelity Investor Needs to Know.

He is regularly quoted in prominent media like Forbes, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal. Jim is also a frequent columnist on Forbes.com.

Mr. Lowell is a graduate of Vassar College and holds master's degrees from Harvard University and Trinity College (Dublin). Jim lives outside of Boston with his wife and two children.

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