{"id":1578,"date":"2026-08-06T06:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2026-08-13T06:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:03:49","slug":"exchange-traded-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/exchange-traded-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchange-Traded Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Exchange-Traded Funds<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is a<strong> <\/strong><strong>basket of marketable securities <\/strong>such as equities or bonds that<strong> tracks an underlying index <\/strong>such as Nifty, Sensex, etc.\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When one buys shares\/units of an ETF, they are buying shares\/units of a portfolio that tracks the yield and return of its underlying index.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETFs are in many ways <strong>similar to mutual funds<\/strong>; however, they are <strong>listed and traded on stock exchanges like a common stock.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The<strong> traded price of an ETF changes throughout the day<\/strong> like any other stock, as it is bought and sold on the stock exchange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Advantages of ETF<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With an ETF, one reaps the benefits of a<strong> diversified portfolio<\/strong> (like in mutual funds) while enjoying the <strong>liquidity of being traded on a stock exchange <\/strong>(like stocks).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of the primary uses of ETFs is to<strong> take exposure to a particular market or a segment of it.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eg: One can participate in the Indian banking sector by buying units of an ETF that tracks the banking sector index.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETFs typically have <strong>lower fees<\/strong> than mutual fund schemes, making them an attractive alternative for individual investors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exchange-Traded Funds About Advantages of ETF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}