Money Basics: What's an ETF?
June 20, 2017
ETFs, or Exchange Traded Funds, are funds that own assets like stocks, bonds, commodities or foreign currencies. The value of the assets is spread among the investors who own the ETF.
Shareholders do not directly own or have any direct claim to the underlying investments in the fund; rather they indirectly own these assets. Unlike mutual funds, however, ETFs trade like stocks on an exchange.
ETFs can track broad market indexes like the Nasdaq Composite or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. However, they typically don’t actually own every security in those indexes.
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Chat Room News Excerpts & Highlights Early Monday 8-28-17 Part 2 of 2
Spectra: FROM KTFA-FRANK-26----The Central Bank of Iraq operates in accordance with its strategy in monetary policy, which depends on two factors:
First: to stimulate banks to move to the market and provide credit and bank financing, which requires the case of targeting the gross domestic product and address the aspects of unemployment and economic stagnation, which requires raising the financial depth of the country.
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Chat Room News Excerpts & Highlights Early Monday 8-28-17 Part 1 of 2
chattels: Fierce battles on the outskirts of Ayadiyah northeast of Tal Afar : 2017/8/28 10:12 • [Ayna-Baghdad] Army troops are engaged in supporting the Popular Forces and the Federal Police in fierce battles on the outskirts of Ayadiyah district north-east of the district of Tal Afar, west of Mosul.
"The Popular Forces and the security forces destroyed on Monday a car bomb that tried to block the advance of the units on the outskirts of the area," a crowd statement said. The Popular Forces and the security forces continue their military operations for the ninth consecutive day, which began last Sunday to liberate Tal Afar district from the control of a terrorist called.
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Don961: Foreigners urge "safe" Iraq, what will the government do?
2017/8/28 09:06:14 AM
While the Iraqi government is working to legislate the laws and create the appropriate ground to provide a "safe" environment to convince foreign investors to come and work in Iraq, in the hope that this will be reflected positively on the economic and social development of its various components.
There are influential parties that call investment companies monopoly companies that are trying to To absorb the blood of peoples, many of them fear the size of political risks and instability due to the conflicts experienced by Iraq.
The fragility of the security situation in Iraq after the occupation has also contributed to the diversion of Iraqi capital abroad to seek a safer environment.
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