Chapter 22
Ten Forecasts about the Future of ETFs and Personal Investing
In This Chapter
Expecting slower growth of the ETF market
Anticipating more ETF products
Fearing higher fees
Considering the economy
Watching investment shows on television is sometimes difficult. So-called Stock Expert Number One gives his prediction of the future. Then Expert Number Two gives her (often contradictory) opinion. Viewers may be amused by the heated debate, but they never know what to do in the end.
Making predictions about the future is often a foolish endeavour, but in this chapter we give it a shot anyway! We can’t resist. It just seems like so much fun!
Here are our predictions, for whatever they are worth, about the world of ETFs.
ETF Assets Will Continue to Grow . . . for Better or for Worse
Most people should be investing most of their money in index mutual funds or ETFs, but that probably won’t happen — not now, not ever. The initial popularity of ETFs was due largely to the interest of educated institutional investors and savvy individual investors, like you, who loved ETFs for their ...
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