Saturday, January 23, 2010

What is ETF ?

Exchange-Traded Fund - ETF

What Does It Mean?

What Does Exchange-Traded Fund - ETF Mean?
A security that tracks an index, a commodity or a basket of assets like an index fund, but trades like a stock on an exchange. ETFs experience price changes throughout the day as they are bought and sold. Because it trades like a stock, an ETF does not have its net asset value (NAV) calculated every day like a mutual fund does.

By owning an ETF, you get the diversification of an index fund as well as the ability to sell short, buy on margin and purchase as little as one share. Another advantage is that the expense ratios for most ETFs are lower than those of the average mutual fund. When buying and selling ETFs, you have to pay the same commission to your broker that you would pay on any regular order.

Gold ETF is an open-ended gold Exchange Traded Fund, which invests in physical gold and endeavors to track the domestic spot price of gold as closely as possible. Thus it provides an option to invest in gold without taking physical delivery of gold. Each unit of KGEFT is approximately equal to 1 gram of gold.

Key Features

Provides portfolio diversification

Simple to buy & sell, just like trading shares

No concerns about risk of theft and quality of gold

You can buy any quantity at wholesale gold prices

TOP OPEN ENDED -ETF FUNDS - PERIOD (LAST )

Rank

Scheme Name

Date

NAV (Rs.)

Last %

1

Shariah BeES

Jan 20 , 2010

123.7051

107.1274

2

Reliance Banking Exchange Traded Fund

Jan 20 , 2010

929.7831

39.7631

3

Junior BeES

Jan 20 , 2010

106.8605

34.067

4

S&P CNX NIFTY UTI National Depository Receipts Scheme

Jan 20 , 2010

546.902

29.8028

5

Kotak Gold ETF

Jan 20 , 2010

1659.6724

28.9687

6

ICICI SENSEX Prudential Exchange Traded Fund

Jan 20 , 2010

180.5416

27.0137

7

Bank BeES

Jan 20 , 2010

911.3036

26.2249

8

SBI Gold Exchange Traded Scheme

Jan 20 , 2010

1690.7907

23.8321

9

Reliance Gold Exchange Traded Fund - Dividend

Jan 20 , 2010

1614.3622

23.7196

10

Nifty BeES

Jan 20 , 2010

523.5179

22.9389

11

UTI Gold Exchange Traded Fund

Jan 20 , 2010

1659.789

22.4302

12

Gold BeES

Jan 20 , 2010

1661.1119

21.6506

13

Quantum Index Fund - Growth

Jan 20 , 2010

524.2182

19.0042

14

Quantum Gold Exchange Traded Fund - Growth

Jan 20 , 2010

826.0598

18.9395

15

PSU Bank Benchmark Exchange Traded Scheme

Jan 20 , 2010

332.1423

11.6952


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