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## Overview

Exchange-Traded Funds For Dummies is a comprehensive guide designed to demystify the world of ETFs. This user-friendly book provides essential knowledge, strategies, and insights for both novice and experienced investors, empowering them to make informed decisions and build a diversified investment portfolio.

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Review: ETF for Dummies - a "must read" for all investors - Superb! This book is a "must read" for every investor from absolute beginner to intermediate/advanced level. I am 54 years old. Having no experience with investing (except maybe CD's and money market), I decided about a year ago to roll half of my employer defined contribution plan money (as an in-service withdrawal) to an IRA. My employer of 25 years has done a wonderful job in investing, but I wanted to take a shot at investing myself. I bought several books on the subject and did research on the internet. I found myself coming back to "ETF for Dummies" the most (and another book in the series, "Asset Allocation for Dummies"). The second edition of "ETF for Dummies" is updated to feature the latest ETF products and strategies. Many new ETF's included in this book have been added to the market since the first edition. You will need no prior knowledge to fully understand the concepts. A little mathematical ability (high school level) will help but is not needed. The book has 4 main sections: 1) The ABC's of ETF's, 2) Building the stock (equity) side of your portfolio, 3) Adding Bonds, REIT's and other ETF's to your portfolio, and 4) Putting it all together. I love the sample portfolios which range from the simplest of the simple to the more complicated. The portfolios shown on P. 261 consist of only 6 ETF's in different proportions to put together a high quality, all ETF portfolio for the aggressive, middle of the road and conservative investor. I reference this page often. The book is up to date in giving tips on bond investing in this historically low yield environment. The book stresses the importance of rebalancing and gives detailed instruction on this. The absolute beginner can turn to page 261, pick one of the 3 portfolios mentioned above and be an instant "expert" on investing. Find a good brokerage house and read about rebalancing (all in this book) and you are in business. If you are not investing in a tax-advantaged account such as an IRA, you may need to do additional reading from this book. "ETF for Dummies" also has many items for those who may have more time and the inclination to do more. For example, p. 269 gives a chart entitled "Dividing up the pie either conservatively or aggressively by industry sector" using information provided by State Street Global Advisors. The chart shows each sector (such as Technology and Healthcare) and a percent of US stocks to invest in each sector to be considered conservative or aggressive. For example, 0% for Technology is conservative and 18% is aggressive. You can look at your own portfolio and see where you fall for each sector. If you want, you can use linear interpolations and weight each sector to come up with a single score for your portfolio: 0-% being very conservative, 100+% being very aggressive. My portfolio scored 57.3%. A similar calculation on the Wilshire 5000 gives 60.5%. In the end, I make sure my portfolio is consistent with ALL the ideas in "ETF for Dummies" and "Asset Allocation for Dummies". If it isn't, I know I need to make corrections.
Review: Simple, clear, no vested interest - This is a good read for those interested in ETFs. It covers the background and context a potential investor needs to understand the pros/cons of Exchange Traded Funds versus other investment vehicles like mutual funds or stocks. Dummies is very well presented and includes a number of options to put together various portfolios based on investor interest/life stage. Very good review of the players, history and differences among the rapidly expanding ETF world. VERY importantly the author spells out for even novice consumers what to look for in cost structure so they can understand how NOT to be taken advantage of - which can happen easily in the financial world.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,853,368 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #221 in Mutual Funds Investing (Books) #2,560 in Introduction to Investing |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (138) |
| Dimensions  | 7.38 x 0.87 x 9.25 inches |
| Edition  | 2nd |
| ISBN-10  | 1118104242 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1118104248 |
| Item Weight  | 1.25 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 384 pages |
| Publication date  | December 9, 2011 |
| Publisher  | For Dummies |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ETF for Dummies - a "must read" for all investors
*by G***Y on August 26, 2012*

Superb! This book is a "must read" for every investor from absolute beginner to intermediate/advanced level. I am 54 years old. Having no experience with investing (except maybe CD's and money market), I decided about a year ago to roll half of my employer defined contribution plan money (as an in-service withdrawal) to an IRA. My employer of 25 years has done a wonderful job in investing, but I wanted to take a shot at investing myself. I bought several books on the subject and did research on the internet. I found myself coming back to "ETF for Dummies" the most (and another book in the series, "Asset Allocation for Dummies"). The second edition of "ETF for Dummies" is updated to feature the latest ETF products and strategies. Many new ETF's included in this book have been added to the market since the first edition. You will need no prior knowledge to fully understand the concepts. A little mathematical ability (high school level) will help but is not needed. The book has 4 main sections: 1) The ABC's of ETF's, 2) Building the stock (equity) side of your portfolio, 3) Adding Bonds, REIT's and other ETF's to your portfolio, and 4) Putting it all together. I love the sample portfolios which range from the simplest of the simple to the more complicated. The portfolios shown on P. 261 consist of only 6 ETF's in different proportions to put together a high quality, all ETF portfolio for the aggressive, middle of the road and conservative investor. I reference this page often. The book is up to date in giving tips on bond investing in this historically low yield environment. The book stresses the importance of rebalancing and gives detailed instruction on this. The absolute beginner can turn to page 261, pick one of the 3 portfolios mentioned above and be an instant "expert" on investing. Find a good brokerage house and read about rebalancing (all in this book) and you are in business. If you are not investing in a tax-advantaged account such as an IRA, you may need to do additional reading from this book. "ETF for Dummies" also has many items for those who may have more time and the inclination to do more. For example, p. 269 gives a chart entitled "Dividing up the pie either conservatively or aggressively by industry sector" using information provided by State Street Global Advisors. The chart shows each sector (such as Technology and Healthcare) and a percent of US stocks to invest in each sector to be considered conservative or aggressive. For example, 0% for Technology is conservative and 18% is aggressive. You can look at your own portfolio and see where you fall for each sector. If you want, you can use linear interpolations and weight each sector to come up with a single score for your portfolio: 0-% being very conservative, 100+% being very aggressive. My portfolio scored 57.3%. A similar calculation on the Wilshire 5000 gives 60.5%. In the end, I make sure my portfolio is consistent with ALL the ideas in "ETF for Dummies" and "Asset Allocation for Dummies". If it isn't, I know I need to make corrections.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simple, clear, no vested interest
*by C***7 on March 14, 2013*

This is a good read for those interested in ETFs. It covers the background and context a potential investor needs to understand the pros/cons of Exchange Traded Funds versus other investment vehicles like mutual funds or stocks. Dummies is very well presented and includes a number of options to put together various portfolios based on investor interest/life stage. Very good review of the players, history and differences among the rapidly expanding ETF world. VERY importantly the author spells out for even novice consumers what to look for in cost structure so they can understand how NOT to be taken advantage of - which can happen easily in the financial world.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautifully understandable introduction to ETFs
*by D***R on January 13, 2008*

I've been in the ETF 'game' for awhile now and have read quite a number of books on investings, ETFs, finance, and the whole lot. As always, the Dummy series does an excellent job in explaining what might be complicated for some folks in an understandable and fun way. The author does a superb job with cutting through the bull of the bear n' bull pundits and giving you very real and very good advice. This should be your first book to read if you are considering ETFs - then you can take on more detailed and convoluted volumes. Good job!

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