Chapter 11
Specialized Stock ETFs
In This Chapter
Unearthing some facts about socially responsible investing
Determining the potential payoff of dividend funds
Introducing an opportunity to invest in initial public offerings
Assessing funds that thrive (allegedly) when the market falters
Considering a leveraged fund (woooeeee!)
Examining lifecycle and asset-allocation options
In this chapter, I introduce a few stock ETFs that don’t fit into any of the categories I discuss in previous chapters. They are neither growth nor value, large nor small. They are not industry sector funds, nor are they international. If ETFs were ice cream, the funds presented here would not represent chocolate and vanilla, but rather, the outliers on the Baskin Robbins menu: Turtle Cheesecake, Tiramisu, No Sugar Added Chocolate Chip, Pink Bubblegum, and Wild ’N Reckless (a swirl of green apple, blue raspberry, ...
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