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re: Buying more of a mutual fund?

Posted on 2/12/13 at 6:10 pm to
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/12/13 at 6:10 pm to
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Wait, Wut? ETFs are bad because they can be sold intra day? Good Lawd, I have heard it all.





Not what I said, however ETFs were created to be bought and sold like stocks. So, it's easy to get sucked in to the temptation to buy and sell for some short-term cash. That's not how you build wealth for retirement. That's how you go broke.

Also, Most of retirement investing is done systematically through small, monthly contributions to a 401(k) or ROTH IRA. ETFs charge a broker's transaction fee each time you add money—that's in addition to the funds' normal operating fees. Those fees can quickly eat into your returns.

From the OP, I gathered he's not looking to be a trader or get involved in complicated investments, but rather a steady long term retirement investing approach.

But hey, to each his own.
Posted by Janky
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Posted on 2/12/13 at 6:39 pm to
No.
Posted by Maniac979
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Posted on 2/12/13 at 6:48 pm to
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This post was edited on 2/15/13 at 9:31 am
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:36 pm to
Oh i buy all my vanguard ETFs through them so i dont incur any costs for the transactions
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