Comments on: ETF + 401(k) = Fees http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/10/26/etf-401k-fees/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Lkeyes http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/10/26/etf-401k-fees/#comment-1094 Lkeyes Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:13:33 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=584#comment-1094 This would only be a problem if your 401(k) doesn't allow automatic investments to go into a money market fund. Then, on a quarterly or monthly basis you could take the money out of the money market fund and put into the ETFs. ETFs are very much like sector mutual funds, but are indeed traded like stocks. They can be shorted. There is a lot about ETFs (as well as other excellent investment information) at www.aaii.com. Their latest monthly newsletter had an entire article about ETfs, with historical returns, etc. This would only be a problem if your 401(k) doesn’t allow automatic investments to go into a money market fund. Then, on a quarterly or monthly basis you could take the money out of the money market fund and put into the ETFs.

ETFs are very much like sector mutual funds, but are indeed traded like stocks. They can be shorted. There is a lot about ETFs (as well as other excellent investment information) at http://www.aaii.com. Their latest monthly newsletter had an entire article about ETfs, with historical returns, etc.

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