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1 Simple ETF to Buy Hand Over Fist and 1 to Avoid Like the Plague

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There are thousands of publicly traded stocks, and at times, it can be overwhelming trying to determine the best investment options. What's great about exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is that they help investors by simplifying the investment process. The fund's fee structure significantly reduces returns.

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1 Brilliant Warren Buffett Holding Most Investors Should Own

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Be like Buffett: Buy this low-cost ETF Buffett is a big fan of Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and for good reason. Bogle set up Vanguard so that the company is owned by its funds, which, in turn, are owned by shareholders. Image Source: Getty Images. at a rock-bottom expense ratio. That's wild in some respects.

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Think Hedge Funds Are Super Secret? They're Often Not -- and You Can Invest in Many of the Same Stocks.

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Hedge funds tend to charge significantly higher fees than mutual funds. A classic hedge fund fee structure is referred to as "2 and 20" -- meaning that the fund charges 2% of your account's value each year and also takes 20% of all profits or 20% of profits exceeding a defined "hurdle rate."