With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the entire family Apidae, and the largest genus of cleptoparasitic cuckoo bees.. They occur worldwide, and utilize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus Andrena.
In an earlier article, I wrote about the iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage Fund ETF (NYSEARCA: REM) as a good way to generate income in an environment where interest rates are low, and yields on investment grade bonds are quite possibly at long-time lows.hile I initially thought that an ETF would be a more attractive investment because of the diversification, I found that the performance of REM significantly lagged the performance of both AGNC and NLY over all periods analyzed.
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.