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If they are looking at an investment for a taxable account, will the ETF always be a better choice? Dickson: Not always, and to a certain extent, we need to, again, put this sort of in the context of what are the differences between ETFs and traditional index funds. Most ETFs are index-based portfolios. Traditional index funds historically have also been very tax-efficient in terms of providing low capital gains realizations relative to actively managed funds and so forth. So, a lot of the difference, if you will, between ETFs and index funds really isn't a difference. It's that they are both indexed portfolios and will tend to be fairly tax-efficient, all else equal, relative to more actively managed strategies.
Exchange Traded Funds. 1  An ETF is a fund with a variety of different securities in it, such as stocks, bonds, and commodities. 2  ETFs are passively managed and there is no commission fee. 3  ETFs track indexes, such as the NASDAQ, S&P 500, or Dow Jones or segments of the market, such as technology. A mutual fund is a group of investments, including stocks, bonds, and other securities. 2  Mutual funds are managed by a professional advisor at the cost of a management fee. 3  The average management fee is between 0.5% and 1.0% of all funds.