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Re: choosing ETFs

by beliavsky@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mar 25, 2008 at 02:10 PM

On Mar 24, 12:57 pm, Augustine <evan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> FWIW, I just use a dart board: I list all the ETFs, pick a random
> number and zoom into the chosen ETF.  Then I list other similar ETFs
> and look at trade volume and costs, choosing one that's easy to trade
> with low operating costs.

Suppose you throw three darts, and they all fall on equity ETFs. Does
that mean you put all your money in stocks?
And if one dart falls on an equity ETF and the other two fall on bond
ETFs, you are only 33% in stocks? I hope you don't really manage your
saving in this manner.

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 4 Posts in Topic:
choosing ETFs
"Gil Faver" <  2008-03-23 18:56:08 
Re: choosing ETFs
Augustine <evandro@[EM  2008-03-24 11:57:36 
Re: choosing ETFs
beliavsky@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-03-25 14:10:19 
Re: choosing ETFs
Augustine <evandro@[EM  2008-03-25 18:25:57 

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