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.
Investing in stocks and bonds has become easier and easier over the years. First, there were mutual funds, then index funds. Now, exchange-traded funds are all the rage. In fact, you could do all your investing with the 1,000 or so ETFs, most of which use index-style strategies rather than active management. It's very easy, taking just a few clicks of a mouse with your online-brokerâjust like trading a stock. Fees are extraordinarily low, and ETFs can be very kind come tax time.