Power Investing With Basket Securities
The Investor's Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds
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Book Description
Tremendously versatile, basket securities have the potential to change the way money is managed. This book provides the proper definition of the basket security, a brief exploration of their true history, and powerful ways to exploit their advantages. The authors explore simple yet effective ways basket securities can be used in asset management strategies including trading the market, building a diversified core, or creating a thousand stock portfolio. They cover the broad array of currently available basket securities and discuss others that are on the horizon, what and when to buy and sell, and how to protect investments from market declines.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Origins and Participants
Origins of Basket Securities
Structure and Benefits of Basket Securities
A Survey of Major Participants
Investment Strategies and Examples
Asset Management Strategies
An Example Thousand Stock Portfolio
The Diversified Core
The Active Portion
International Investing and Looking Forward
Exchange Traded Funds on International Markets
The Future
Appendix and References
Appendix One: Fund Pages
Appendix Two: The SuperTrust
Appendix Three: Creating a Passive/Active Indicator
References