Index ETF

… residential REITs (18%), and office REITs (16%). This index does not include mortgage REITs. Suitability Vanguard REIT Index ETF VNQ is the lowest-priced fund for broad exposure to publicly traded real estate investment trusts. REITs afford retail …

… businesses spanning the globe. Another very inexpensive option is the recently launched Focus Morningstar Health Care Index ETF FHC (0.19% expense ratio). It is tied with Vanguard Health Care ETF for being the single cheapest health-care …

… over the past five years. There's also the recently launched and still thinly traded Focus Morningstar Health Care Index ETF FHC, which charges just 0.19% and holds more than 150 companies. Investors seeking some international flavor for …

… profits are taxed as short-term gains. The unleveraged ETF that tracks the MSCI U.S. REIT Index is Vanguard REIT Index ETF VNQ. Fundamental View Since the March 2009 low, real estate has been one of the best-performing sectors in the S …

… a close eye on bid-ask spreads. Still another small and inexpensive option is Focus Morningstar Consumer Defensive Index ETF FCD (0.19%), which recently launched and remains thinly traded. This exchange-traded fund holds 99 equities and …

Relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, this ETF is heavy in Brazilian and energy firms.

… relatively high expense ratio of 0.47%. Another option is the recently launched Focus Morningstar Basic Materials Index ETF FBM, which charges 0.19%. However, the fund is still thinly traded, so we would caution investors to watch bid …