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New York Times reporter Tara Siegel Bernard provides a primer on ETFs in her article Exchange-Traded Funds: What You Need to Know.

Bernard points out that many people like exchange-traded funds, or E.T.F.’s, for the same reasons they like index funds: they provide easy access to broad spheres of the market, while keeping costs and taxes low.

She recommends the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) and the Total Bond Market ETF (BND) as a prudent way to wade into investing waters with ETFs.

She also points out that investing in any fund with less than $50 million in assets is not advisable.

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US News New Money columnist Katy Marquardt makes the case for exchange traded funds for investors on a budget in her article ETFs for Beginning Investors.

Marquardt provides three examples of ETFs that she has invested in to gain international exposure for her portfolio.

The ETFs mentioned include Vanguard’s FTSE All-World ex-U.S. ETF (VEU), which specializes in developed countries such as Japan and the United Kingdom. Also mentioned are iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund (EFG), which buys large, fast-growing foreign companies and Vanguard’s Emerging Markets ETF (VWO).

For more international ETFs, see the special report on Investing in Emerging Markets with Exchange Traded Funds.

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