1st Edition

Power Investing With Basket Securities The Investor's Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds

By Peter W. Madlem, Larry D. Edwards Copyright 2002
    276 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Tremendously versatile, basket securities have the potential to change the way money is managed. This book provides the proper definition of the basket security, a brief exploration of their true history, and powerful ways to exploit their advantages. The authors explore simple yet effective ways basket securities can be used in asset management strategies including trading the market, building a diversified core, or creating a thousand stock portfolio. They cover the broad array of currently available basket securities and discuss others that are on the horizon, what and when to buy and sell, and how to protect investments from market declines.

    Introduction
    Origins and Participants
    Origins of Basket Securities
    Structure and Benefits of Basket Securities
    A Survey of Major Participants
    Investment Strategies and Examples
    Asset Management Strategies
    An Example Thousand Stock Portfolio
    The Diversified Core
    The Active Portion
    International Investing and Looking Forward
    Exchange Traded Funds on International Markets
    The Future
    Appendix and References
    Appendix One: Fund Pages
    Appendix Two: The SuperTrust
    Appendix Three: Creating a Passive/Active Indicator
    References

    Biography

    Peter W. Madlem, Larry D. Edwards