ETF, the acronym for Exchange-Traded Fund, is a type of marketable security that tracks a basket of assets like oil futures, stocks and bonds, gold and foreign currencies. You can buy share ‘units’, much like index mutual funds, the difference being that these units are traded like ordinary stock on the stock exchange.
What are the pros and cons of investing in ETF, what are its advantages and disadvantages vis-à-vis mutual funds or shares, what are the various types of ETFs, these are some of the questions that are comprehensively answered in this infographic.
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