A basket of shares: the beginner's guide to ETFs

A basket of shares: the beginner's guide to ETFs
Share ETFs are a basket of shares tracking just one industry or sector. (Image: Unsplash)
Warren Couillault
Last week, I suggested that exchange-traded funds, known as ETFs, might be a good way of investing in the world of chipmakers like Nvidia and in artificial intelligence startups.Since then, I’ve been swamped with inquiries about ETFs – what are they, and how do they work? They're good questions, so here's a guide to this kind of investment.An exchange-traded fund is basically a type of pooled investment that operates a lot like other managed funds but can be bought and sold on the stock market.Typically, ETFs will be st...

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