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Common Sense Party

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2. En ETF is an Exchange Traded Fund. It's sort of like a mutual fund that tracks some particular index

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 07:54 PM

Feb 2013

usually, or a certain group of stocks or bonds or other type of asset (commodities).

I don't know what an ETN is. I hope the OP will enlighten us.

The VIX is an index of stock market volatility. The higher the number, the wilder the price swings are in the S&P 500 stock index.

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The Dangers of VXX [View all] Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2013 OP

For those of us who aren't the most totally savvy SheilaT Feb 2013 #1

En ETF is an Exchange Traded Fund. It's sort of like a mutual fund that tracks some particular index Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #2

ETN = Exchange Traded Note A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #3

Very informative. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #4

Apologies... Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2013 #5

No apology necessary. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #6