Matt, costs are certainly not everything, and neither are headline fund fees the full story, even though the cheapness of ETFs is undoubtedly their main selling point. Here’s my attempt at a ten-point checklist.
I applaud all the focus on costs, Paul. As you know, I’m an absolute cost fanatic. But costs aren’t everything. I was wondering how someone like you goes about choosing to invest in an ETF or mutual fund.
Funds are first leveraged products providing complete exposure to the U.S. equity market.
There has been a lot of chatter lately—since John Bogle dropped his "investors are getting fleeced in ETFs" bomb two weeks ago—that the average Joe just isn't going to do very well in ETFs because he'll be getting in when he should get out, and vice versa.
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