FYI: A few months ago, one of my colleagues and I participated in a webcast intended to demystify and simplify ETFs. (A replay of that webcast is available, if you’re interested.) We always invite questions before and during these events, but we never expected to get more than 6,000 of them!
I live and breathe ETFs—which stands for “exchange-traded funds”—on a daily basis. It’s my job, after all, as the head of ETF product management for Vanguard. But when you’re immersed in something all day long, it’s easy to forget that not everyone understands the same details you do. The questions we received were wide-ranging, thoughtful, and eye-opening.
It occurred to us that if our webcast viewers had these questions, it’s likely that some of you do too. So we combed through them looking for trends and found that most fell into 1 of 5 categories. I’ll do my best to answer those questions here. I’ll also debunk a few myths along the way.
We’re going to cover a lot of territory, but I hope you come out of this understanding that ETFs aren’t that complicated and can be an appropriate investment option for just about any investor.
Regards,
Ted
https://vanguardblog.com/2019/08/05/answering-the-top-5-questions-about-etfs/
