When Bigger Isn’t Better: Profiling ETF Alternatives To DJP, FXI, GLD

As far as the majority of the ETF industry is concerned, size is everything. Institutions and financial advisors often have minimum AUM requirements for investing; a pre-screen that many ETFs fail due to their smaller size. Even individual investors are quick to write off a fund with low assets, as they assume its low popularity simply means that the fund is not of a high quality. Instead, most go with the biggest fund in the respective asset class, believing size to be the key factor. To put it rather bluntly, most of the aforementioned people and groups can often be wrong. There are a number of smaller products that present much more compelling investment methodologies than their larger counterparts, they just need a little more attention to get going. Below, we outline three popular funds in the ETF world and offer smaller alternatives that outdo their competitors in one way [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Ten New Years’ Resolutions For ETF Investors How ETF Investors Can Save $415 Million (Without Breaking A Sweat) Introducing The New & Improved ETFdb.com March ETF Stats: Another Solid Quarter February ETF Flows: Commodities Are Hot, Emerging Markets Are Not