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Dear
Investor,
The numbers are impressive, even by Wall Street standards.
Investors poured $186 billion into the 270 new exchange-traded funds
launched last year. That's 23 new funds a month, five new ETFs a
week, and roughly one per trading day.
So why should you care?
Because no other vehicle on Wall Street is better suited to profiting
from the three most powerful profit-trends at work in today's market.
In this lousy market, ETFs are defying gravity. In the first six
months of 2008 the Dow plunged -7.22%. Yet 88% of all ETFs beat
the index.
Over a longer period, from June 2007 to June 2008, the Dow fell -9%.
Yet 81% of all ETFs beat the Dow. And 55% of those did a minimum
of twice as well as the Dow.
If you're ready to stake your own claim in this profit patch, you're
in the right place.
Using StreetAuthority's world-class research tools -- including a
$25,000-per-year special service available exclusively to
financial professionals -- we've pinpointed three distinct ways ETFs can
turn your portfolio into an income-generating, market-beating machine.
My name is Paul Tracy, and I'm Chief Investment Strategist of The
ETF Authority.
I've been watching ETFs for nearly a decade . . . and have seen
them mature into the investor's best choice to capture mouthwatering
income and heady capital gains.
Since the first ETF was introduced in 1993, this novel security has
grown like kudzu.
They started out as plain-vanilla vehicles designed to track the Dow
and the S&P 500. But over the past 15 years ETFs have
blossomed into a wide-ranging universe of securities covering hundreds
of exotic indexes, industry sectors, commodities and foreign markets.
There are now 787 ETFs in the U.S. Add in their 669
closed-end-fund cousins, and you have a total of 1,456
exchange-traded funds. Together, they constitute 29% of the
4,974 names traded on the NYSE, Nasdaq and AMEX. You are
ignoring a huge pool of opportunities if you aren't looking to these
unique vehicles.
I've never understood how investors could chain themselves to common
stocks, especially after seeing the high monthly income and
triple-digit capital gains that await them with ETFs. It's like
shopping in one aisle of the supermarket for your entire life.
Your portfolio is bound to suffer from malnutrition.
So I created The ETF Authority -- an entire newsletter
dedicated to identifying the most profitable income, international and
sector ETFs available today.
Three Best Ways to
Profit with ETFs
The
ETF Authority is the only service that gives you this unique
"triple play":
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You'll
capture steady double-digit income ranging from 10-15%
Because ETFs spread risk across numerous holdings, you can take on
higher yield. And some kinds of ETFs are screaming bargains right
now because of a situation you'll discover in a moment, so you can
pick them up at their lowest prices in history.
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You'll
make capital gains as high as +129%, +157%, even +190% from
booming sectors
Pick the right sector and you can make profits like that without
ever again having to guess which stock will do best. One
small sector of the natural resources market with just 28 stocks
returned +57% in the first half of 2008. The ETF tracked the
sector perfectly with a +61% gain.
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You'll
tap into profits as high as +3,786% in the world's fastest-growing
economies
Did you know that many of the world's fastest growing stocks don't
trade on U.S. exchanges? But certain ETFs are loaded with them,
giving you the only way to load up on mega-profits like the stock
that returned +3,786% in 2007!
Let's look at each leg of this triple play in more depth, starting
with the unusually high yields this unique asset class throws off
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Capture
Dividend Yields of 10%, 12%
. . . even 15% or More! |
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If you love a healthy dividend you'll find plenty to love about
ETFs. These funds are the unsung heroes of dividend investing.
And they offer remarkably fertile hunting grounds for yield-hungry
investors.
It's unbelievable, but 27% of exchange-traded funds yield above
6%. That's 400 of the 1,456 total ETFs.
And 6% is just the beginning. A remarkable 277 funds (nearly 20%
of all ETFs) pay you more than 8% . . . and a remarkable
198 (13.6% of the total) of them yield above 10%.
In fact, well over half of all securities on U.S. exchanges that yield
10% or more are ETFs.

On top of their enticing yields, many ETFs give you a way to buy
assets below their actual value. Thanks to a strange quirk, ETFs
sometimes trade lower than the value of their holdings -- giving smart
investors a way to get an edge. 285 ETFs now trade at least 10%
below their net asset value. 162 of these 10% discounters also
yield above 6%. And 77 of them yield above 10%. There's
nothing like picking up a 10% dividend at 10% off!
The Highest Yields on
the Planet -- Up to 22.8%
If you get a thrill from cashing a steady stream of fat dividend
checks but aren't looking at ETFs, then you're missing out on some of
the highest-yielding securities on the planet.
In The ETF Authority you'll find an entire portfolio of
high-yielders . . . and right now it's averaging a 10.1%
payout. A real estate fund in our portfolio now yields 13.7% and
has increased its monthly payments +45% since 2003. Another ETF
Authority favorite has seen its monthly dividends increase +130%
since 2005. It now yields 10.7% and since June 2005 has given
investors a total return of +106%.
And the yields don't stop at 12%. We've also found an
Asian-Pacific ETF yielding 22.8%... a real estate fund doling
out 21.5% . . . and a diversified income ETF yielding 21.2%.
(The list goes on and on, as you can imagine with nearly 200 ETFs
paying yields of 10% or more!)
But it's not just how much they pay that make ETFs special,
it's how they do it. If you are looking for steady,
monthly income to fund your retirement, you couldn't ask for a better
vehicle. When it comes to monthly income, your stock choices are
basically limited to REITs or royalty trusts. But an incredible
563 ETFs make monthly distributions.
To investors nearing retirement, this is a game-changer. The
days of struggling to fund your retirement from your investment
portfolio could soon be over -- you can now capture a steady income
stream by simply using ETFs.
Want to Get Paid
Monthly?
Since your bills come in monthly, it's nice to have your income come
in monthly too.
ETFs are by far the best hunting ground if you want to lock in a
steady monthly income stream. Once you venture away from ETFs,
you'll find only 34 securities on U.S. exchanges that pay you every
month.
Compare that to the 563 ETFs making monthly distributions.
Do the math and you'll see that ETFs make up 94% of your monthly
income options on the major exchanges.
When you make the choice to invest in an ETF with a monthly dividend,
you'll probably be surprised when your first check shows up so soon.
And you'll likely be surprised the next month, too, when another check
arrives. After the third month, you'll be spoiled -- you'll find
it's easy to grow accustomed to this lucrative new source of passive
income.
Case in point: Lazard World Income & Dividend Fund (LOR).
This high-yielding fund serves as a great example of why monthly
income investors are overwhelmingly choosing ETFs.
LOR has consistently paid a dividend of
$0.117 per share each and every month since its inception in late
2005. Based on recent share prices, that gives the fund a yield
of roughly 9.0%. That's more than three times the puny
2.4% yield offered by the S&P 500. And LOR's distribution
check comes in each and every month when your bills are due -- not
just every quarter.
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Once-in-a-Generation
Chance
to Grab Safe Yields
up to 10.1%
Right now, because of today's credit-crunched markets, you can
buy muni funds yielding more than they ever have. And
because many of the best yields are in closed-end bond funds,
you can pick them up at greater discounts than they've ever
offered.
Yields and discounts to net asset value ( NAV) are extra-high
right now because hedge funds, squeezed by the credit
crisis, were forced to raise cash by dumping billions of dollars
in bonds.
There are some screaming bargains out there.
Three dozen muni bond closed-end ETFs yield more than 5%, and
some yield over 7%. And remember, unlike most bonds, muni
bond funds are tax-free, which means your tax-equivalent
yield is really 7-10% on these funds.
But it gets even better, because these funds are trading at
discounts of up to 14.7%!
Here's what's really great about that. Because ETFs
calculate yield based on net asset value and not share price,
buying a discounted ETF gives you an instant income upgrade.
One muni fund yields 6.4% right now. So your
tax-equivalent yield is actually 9.6%. On top of that, the
fund trades at a 4.9% discount, which means that you're buying
assets for 95.1 cents on the dollar. So your magnified
yield is actually 10.1%!
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Like hundreds of other exchange-traded funds, LOR also delivers
additional distributions throughout the year (you heard me right --
extra dividends on top of the fund's monthly payments).
So while LOR has paid the same monthly distribution since August 2005,
it has also paid 11 other distributions during that time span, sending
its owners their fair share of the fund's hefty profits.
In 2007, for instance, LOR's monthly dividends added up to $1.40 per
share. Its "other" distributions amounted to $2.98 a
share. Combined, these distributions gave LOR a total payout
of 18.4% in just one year! That works out to dividends of
more than $300 a month for each $20,000 invested.
And LOR is just one of literally hundreds
of ETFs that are delivering exceptionally high yields month after
month. In fact, read below and you'll discover that one of our
favorite income-generating ETFs is yielding 18.6% -- and it has
increased its dividend payout by +1,433% in the past five years.
Dividends that Keep
Growing
and Growing . . .
And it's not just more convenient to be paid monthly. You
actually earn more that way. Thanks to compound interest, a fund
paying out 1% monthly doesn't have a yield of 12%, but actually 12.68%
-- a big difference over time.
Plus, many of the best funds offer extremely stable -- and growing --
income. A few of our favorites, which we hold in our "High
Income" Portfolio in The ETF Authority, have boosted their
dividends by +44%, +40%, and +39%, over the past five years.
We've also profiled funds whose dividends have surged up to +130% over
the past three years.
Expand your time horizon a bit longer and the dividend growth numbers
start to look downright ridiculous. For example, five years ago,
one of our favorite income-generating ETFs was paying dividends of
just 0.75 cents a month. Today, it's paying almost 12 cents a
month and yielding 18.6%. Steady income is nice, but it's hard
to find fault with a fund that has grown its dividend payout by
+1,433% in five years.

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Gain Instant
Access to Booming Foreign Markets |
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Limiting your portfolio to U.S. stocks is like keeping your
television tuned to one channel -- you'll find something interesting
now and then, but you'll miss out on so much more.
Who could have guessed five years ago that the strongest stock market
in the world would be Egypt -- up an astounding +1,588%? Or that
Ukraine would be up +1,572%, Peru up +1,031% . . . Brazil up
+781% . . . Colombia up +743% . . . Bulgaria up +552% .
. . Romania up +496% . . . Hong Kong up +435% . . .
Norway up +434% . . . all while our own S&P 500 trailed far
behind at just +83%?
It's clear that smart investors are taking their heads out of the sand
and positioning their money to profit from the new global economic
order.
While this was an expensive and difficult task in times past, ETFs now
make it cheap and easy to flit from market to market, feasting on the
upward swing of each -- without leaving the U.S. exchanges.
These aren't the wish-washy, over-diversified "global"
mutual funds that invest in so many countries at once that you're
guaranteed a mediocre return. These are regional and country funds
concentrated enough to give your portfolio a real boost as these areas
of the world take off.
Foreign-country ETFs have delivered the goods in a big way. 15
of the 20 best-performing ETFs of the past five years focus
outside the U.S.

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ETFs Make Buying
Foreign Stocks Easy Again
Due to the paperwork nightmares of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the
pool of foreign stocks listed on our exchanges is shrinking
fast. Since the act was passed in 2003, over 100 foreign
companies have delisted their stock from U.S. exchanges.
And fewer new ones are landing on our shores. For example,
only one company from Germany -- one of the largest economies in
the world -- has listed in the United States since the act was
passed five years ago.
"Sarbox" isn't the only thing scaring them away.
The U.S. is the most litigious country in the world.
Foreign companies listing here also have to reconcile their
financial statements to U.S. GAAP standards -- an expensive
exercise. The world's largest IPOs are now being done with
no public participation in the United States. U.S.
institutional investors privately buy some of the shares, but
Joe Public has no chance to participate.
Many enticing foreign profit machines never bothered to register
here to begin with. In fact, only a fraction of the
thousands of foreign companies generating jaw-dropping returns
for their shareholders are listed on U.S. exchanges.
In India, for example, stocks showered investors with gains of
+65% last year. But only 12 of the 3,475 stocks in India
are listed on a major U.S. exchange. So 99.65% of your
investing options in this emerging market are practically
"off-limits."
But we've found a single ETF that gives you access to a full 123
different securities on the Indian stock exchange. These
include some of the world's best-performing stocks in recent
years -- exotic names like Bharti Airtel (up +1,752% since 2003)
and Jindal Steel and Power (up +3,786% since 2003).
U.S. investors couldn't touch these stocks a few years ago.
But thanks to the introduction of several new India-focused
ETFs, hundreds of these Indian money-making juggernauts are now
finally within your grasp.
And India is just one example. You can now access stocks
in far-flung markets like China, Brazil, Singapore and Russia
with the click of a mouse. These are the kinds of
opportunities U.S. investors could only dream about a few short
years ago.
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And I think it's safe to say more big foreign gains lie ahead.
This year, in 2008, the estimated GDP growth in China is +10.0%, India
+7.8%, Peru +7.7%, Russia +7.0%, Indonesia +6.1%, Argentina +6.2%,
Venezuela +6.0%, Singapore +4.9% and Brazil +4.7%. Meanwhile,
the U.S. economy looks like it will creep up just +0.8% (if it even
grows at all).
We can't make a clearer or stronger case for picking up some foreign
ETFs than that. As a bonus, you'll find that many ETFs actually
do better than the average stock in the countries they focus on:
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An
ETF that tracks Brazilian stocks is up +702% over the last five
years, beating the overall Brazilian market by 366 percentage
points.
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ETF that tracks Indian stocks has turned $10,000 into $111,000
over the past 10 years. The same $10,000 invested in Indian
stocks in general would have grown to just $77,000.
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ETF that tracks 25 of the largest Chinese companies is up +191%
over the past three years, outperforming the Hang Seng Index
(+94%) by almost +100 percentage points.
Our ETF Authority service features new international ETFs every
month. You'll find our latest picks in our "Global
Growth" Portfolio. One of our favorite holdings is an Asian
fund -- it's up a remarkable +264% over the past five years.
Now is also a perfect time to diversify your portfolio away from U.S.
stocks. Between the mortgage mess and the credit crisis . . .
record oil prices and nagging inflation . . . the budget
deficit and the trade gap . . . it all adds up to a pretty
strong headwind for U.S. investors. Fed Chairman Bernanke has
said so himself.
Thanks to ETFs, dozens of booming markets and fast-growing economies
on the other side of the world are now just a mouse click away.
From Singapore to Brazil to India, there's an ETF that lets you
participate in the astounding global growth story just as easily as
any investor on the ground in those countries.

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They give you fat yields . . . they make it a snap to profit
from foreign markets . . . but ETFs have one more trait that
make them a triple threat -- sector-focused investing.
During tough times for the market, focusing on winning sectors is
often the only way to profit.
If you're like most investors, over the past year your portfolio felt
the brunt of the subprime crisis, rising oil prices, and the threat of
inflation. But if you're an ETF investor focused on the right
sectors, your portfolio never looked better.
Thanks to booming markets like agriculture and energy, many
sector-based ETFs are sitting on triple-digit gains over the last
year. Coal, agriculture, oil, gold, industrial metals -- among
many other groups -- have all delivered heady gains, as you can see
from our chart.

These returns aren't just a flash in the pan, either. The steel
sector has enjoyed +57% annualized returns for the past five years,
while agrochemical has shot up +52% annualized. Coal seems like
a laggard compared to those winners -- it's only up +43% annually over
the past five years.
We all know certain industries and sectors rise above others, and now
you can make money from that fact with ETFs. These focused
money-makers can help you zero in on industries as broad as oil,
steel, and financials, all the way down to narrow niches like nuclear
energy, gaming, and luxury goods.
So no matter what happens to the overall market, you'll always have
plenty of profitable investment choices at your fingertips.
An obvious example these days is commodities. This is shaping up
as the best time in decades to invest in energy and other raw
materials. For the first time since the 1970s, virtually the
entire world is growing. So even with growth slowing here at
home, the rapid growth of China, India and dozens of other nations
from Eastern Europe to Latin America is increasing the strain on the
supply of raw materials.
China's blistering economy just clocked in at a mind-boggling +10%
annual growth. If China keeps growing at its current rate, in
just five years it will need +61% more raw materials than it does
today. Growing economies mean one-way rising demand for natural
resources. We all know rising demand leads to higher prices . . .
and higher returns for the many ETFs focused on natural resources.
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Sector
Profit Watch:
Agribusiness
Another sector on fire is agribusiness, and there are at least
six major ETFs and a good half dozen smaller niche ones that
track that sector. Food commodities, farm equipment,
water, country and regional funds could all profit from the
global agribusiness boom.
I've got my eye on one ETF in particular. It holds major
names like Deere, Monsanto, and Potash, as well as foreign
stocks you'd have a hard time learning about here.
Like pesticide manufacturer Nufarm (a stock that has doubled in
two years) . . . Asian food oil producer Wilmar (up
+50% in a year) . . . and palm oil processor IOI Corp (up
+252% in three years).
Japanese equipment maker Komatsu, one of the fund's top
holdings, has delivered impressive earnings growth of +24%
annually over the past decade.
The index is up is up +87% over the past 12 months, and it's on
its way to sky-high gains, because there's no doubt that
we're in the early stages of this global boom.
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Since the start of 2003, the mad global scramble for resources has run
oil prices up +331%, gold up +166%, copper +422%, nickel +155% and
steel +190%.
In the last prolonged bull market in commodities, from 1969 to 1974,
prices of some raw materials rose by over +1,000%. And many
stocks leveraged to raw commodities prices rose far higher. The
same thing will happen in this generation's commodity bull market .
. . and ETFs are by far the easiest way to grab some of the
profits.
No wonder commodity ETFs are hopping. One ETF index focused on
the steel sector has soared +611% over the past five years!
Another -- this one focused on agriculture -- is up +454% over the
same time . . . and of course energy-focused ETFs are also up
sharply. Over the past year, several oil-based ETFs are up over
+100% (while, the lowly S&P 500 has actually lost -11% for
investors).
But we think the future is even brighter for alternative energy
ETFs. Even if oil prices pull back, government and businesses
around the world will take steps to guard against the next oil shock.
And that means more alternative energy.
Whether it's biomass, geothermal, solar energy, wind energy, wave
power . . . we are going to use more of all of it in the years
ahead. It's such a no-brainer that even the politicians agree on
it. When is the last time you saw that?
Obama and McCain are both pushing for greater spending on alternative
energy . . . which is nothing but good news for
alternative energy stocks.
You've got the government on your side on this one. Capitol Hill
recently passed a bill mandating that 15% of electricity from private
utilities be generated from solar, wind and other renewable sources by
2020.
Right now, just 0.2% of our electric energy comes from alternative
sources. So a jump to 15% means +7,400% government-mandated
growth.
It's not just happening here. Last year, European leaders signed
a binding EU-wide target to source 20% of their energy needs from
renewables such as biomass, hydro, wind and solar power by 2020.
Governments around the world are providing subsidies, incentives and
tax breaks to alternative energy. And hundreds of energy
companies are jumping on the green-power wagon, too. GM says 50%
of its vehicles won't run on gas within five years.
Since this is a field littered with small start-ups and hard-to-find
foreign companies, ETFs come in extremely handy here. We just
added one enticing alt-energy ETF to our "Sector Plays"
Portfolio -- a new fund focused on wind power. With wind power
in the U.S. growing at a +45% clip last year, we think early investors
may be sitting on a triple-digit winner.
You'll get full details on this ETF the moment you join The ETF
Authority.

ETFs Deliver
Market-Crushing Returns
We understand that some investors may be wary of taking the plunge
into the exchange-traded fund world -- and we know our ETF
Authority newsletter will not be for everyone.
However, thanks to their market-crushing gains and rock-bottom
expenses, ETFs offer savvy investors, hands-down, the best method for
capturing steady double-digit income and gaining easy access to some
of today's most promising sectors and foreign markets.
And best of all, ETFs are generating sensational triple-digit total
returns -- even in today's volatile market.
Very few investors are aware of just how common +100%-plus returns are
among ETFs. But once you know where to look, capturing big gains
is downright easy . . .
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5-Year
Total Returns
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| Brazil
ETF |
+702% |
| Latin
America ETF |
+608% |
| Latin
America ETF |
+509% |
| Eastern
Europe ETF |
+462% |
| Mexico
ETF |
+446% |
| India
ETF |
+363% |
| India
ETF |
+328% |
| Turkey
ETF |
+321% |
| Russia
ETF |
+317% |
Note:
While these ETFs focus on foreign markets, each trades on a
major U.S. exchange, making them extremely easy to buy and
sell.
Data: Bloomberg. As of 7/21/08. |
As with any investment, the biggest gains are racked up over the long
term. But you don't have to hold on to an ETF forever to cash
in. Look at the profits ETF investors have made in the past year
alone thanks to soaring energy
prices:
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1-Year
Total Returns
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| Oil
ETF |
+90.3% |
| Energy
ETF |
+85.3% |
| Commodity
ETF |
+85.0% |
| Financial-Inverse
ETF |
+84.6% |
| Energy
ETF |
+75.1% |
| Data:
Bloomberg. As of 7/21/08. |
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3-Month
Total Returns
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| Energy
ETF |
+38.3% |
| Oil
ETF |
+37.3% |
| Natural-Resources
ETF |
+36.8% |
| Commodity
ETF |
+36.3% |
| Energy
ETF |
+36.3% |
| Data:
Bloomberg. As of 6/18/08. |
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ETFs can make you a lot of money quickly, as you can see from these
gains over the past three months. Don't forget that during this
time the vast majority of stock indexes, both here and abroad, were
down sharply.
Introducing Our Own
Rating System to Help You Find the Best ETFs
ETFs give you the cheapest, smartest, and most convenient way to
invest in every asset class under the sun . . . but they don't
give you a crystal ball!
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Have Money In
Mutual Funds?
Here's Why You May Want to Reconsider . . .
ETFs beat out traditional mutual funds in so many ways that it's
hard to know where to start. Everything a mutual fund can
do an ETF can do better. Here's what we mean:
They're dirt-cheap. While the typical actively
managed mutual fund hits you up for 1.47% a year, ETFs
average just 0.32% in expenses. This can make a huge
in-your-wallet difference, especially when you're dealing with
large dollar amounts.
They're tax-smart. Since ETFs don't have to worry
about investor redemptions, they typically have much lower
turnover than actively managed mutual funds. Even better
yet, dozens of ETFs specialize in tax reduction. One ETF
we've been tracking invests all around the world, but makes it a
point to pay out only "qualified" dividends -- those
eligible for the reduced 15% tax rate. Over the past few
years, 100% of the dividends paid by this fund were taxed at the
lower rate. Sorry, Uncle Sam!
They're perfectly transparent. When you buy an ETF
you always know exactly what you own. Their holdings are
usually fixed and clearly listed when you buy in. And you
won't find any of the bothersome restrictions of mutual funds,
like 2% redemption penalties or finding their doors shut from
time to time.
Mutual fund managers have lousy records. Despite
the millions of dollars (of shareholders' money!) that they
spend tooting their own horns, the mutual fund industry has
failed investors miserably. Even during the unrelenting
bull market of the 1990s, nearly 90% of stock fund managers
failed to keep up with their unmanaged benchmarks. In
other words, nine out of ten managers actually cost their
clients money. A chimp throwing darts at the financial
pages could have beat these overpaid herd followers. No
wonder so many investors are firing their mutual fund managers
and turning to ETFs for better returns.
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So we've developed the next-best thing: the ETF Authority
Composite Rating System. This is our own creation and you won't
find it anywhere else.
We combine five technical and fundamental measures into this
proprietary system, looking to uncover ETFs with the highest potential
and lowest risk. It's the only system that recommends ETFs based
on how they will perform, not on how they did perform.
We crunch the numbers on every ETF we review: performance and relative
returns, fees and expenses, volatility and tax efficiency . . .
and grade each one from A to F.
Our Composite Rating System is just one of the unique benefits The
ETF Authority brings to investors.
We started this service because we saw a crying need to spread the
word about the overwhelming benefits of exchange-traded funds.
Millions of investors that should be in these revolutionary vehicles
are instead overpaying for substandard mutual funds or taking needless
risks with individual stocks.
In Every Issue, ETF
Secrets Few People Know
Not all ETFs are created equal. In The ETF Authority
you'll also discover the differences between the families of ETFs.
Some are more explosive, others safer and more diversified. For
example, ETFs in the Barclay's iShares group are market weighted,
which means their assets are concentrated in a few big-cap players.
ETFs in the Powershares family are equal-weighted, spreading out
assets among a big number of players. Powershares are better for
capturing growth across an entire sector.
You'll learn a few ETF "shameful secrets" most investors
will never catch on to. Some ETFs have half their assets in one
or two stocks. That's not diversification. You might as
well just buy the stock.
Take iShares MSCI Korea (EWY). It's a decent way to play the
Korean stock market, but you should be aware that one stock -- Samsung
Electronics -- makes up almost a quarter of its value.
Say you want to put some money into biotech. Two of your choices
are the Biotech HOLDRS (BBH) and iShares Nasdaq Biotech (IBB).
If you buy BBH, you've got 79% of your money in just three stocks
(Genentech, Gilead and Affymetrix). By contrast, IBB has just a
quarter of its assets in its top three holdings.
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Look to The ETF
Authority for ETF Winners!
The
results speak for themselves in recommendations our team has
made:
+269.9%
in 28 months on a China-Focused ETF
+197.3% in 47 months on a Real Estate ETF
+115.8% in 26 months on an Emerging Markets ETF
+109.9% in 26 months on a China-Focused ETF
+77.3% in 26 months on a Latin-American ETF
+75.7% in 26 months on a Singapore ETF
+59.1% in 24 months on an Emerging Markets ETF
+59.0% in 16 months on a Hong Kong ETF
+47.7% in 26 months on a South Korea ETF
+41.1% in 11 months on a BRIC ETF
+40.8% in 21 months on a Global Tax-Advantaged ETF
+38.2% in 24 months on a Central European ETF
+32.2% in 17 months on a Tax-Advantaged Dividend ETF
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