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What makes ETFs superior to stocks and mutual funds. You see, when you invest in a few stocks, your portfolio is not hedged. This is why most of the people invest in mutual funds that give them diversification. But mutual fund shares can only be sold or bought at the end of the day when the mutual fund NAV (Net Asset Value) is calculated. The next day when the trading starts, the market might have changes and this NAV may already be stale. But you cannot dump the mutual fund shares.

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 So what are ETFs? ETFs are basically a basket of stocks or assets like gold, commodities, currencies that mimic a certain market index. That market index can be any stock index like the famous Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Index, NASDAQ, S&P 500, S&P Composite, DAX, FTSE or any other stock index or it can be any other market sector index like the semiconductor market index, energy market index, oil market index, commodity market index. The universe of ETFs is expanding with each new year!

Now, let’s make it clear with an example. Suppose, you had invested $10,000 in Dow Diamonds Trust ETFs in 2009, you would have made a profit of 16.86%. On the other hand if you had invested in iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF, you would have made a whooping 96.84% return. Some experts are saying that Brazil will be the best investment for 2010. Brazil is now the 9th largest economy in the world and has a number of advantages over China and India.

Explore the exciting world of ETFs in 2010. Do your study and research, you will be able to find many exciting ETFs for 2010! This is the best time to invest in Gold and Silver ETFs!