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**regfortruegoo** · 03-02-2011, 07:35 PM

In addition to KH's comments, I note that sometimes mutual funds are harder to get into and out of than ETFs because mutual funds settle at the end of the day. During the meltdown a couple of years ago, I was delayed a few days in moving money from one fund to another. Almost always, this is no big deal, but volatility was enormous at the time, and I lost something on the order of 5% by that friction.

Another consideration is that ETFs sometimes act a little strangely if there is low trading volume, if I recall correctly. This argues for keeping to some of the bigger ETFs.

Good luck.

03-02-2011, 07:35 PM	#17
regfortruegoo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 521 Senior Member	In addition to KH's comments, I note that sometimes mutual funds are harder to get into and out of than ETFs because mutual funds settle at the end of the day. During the meltdown a couple of years ago, I was delayed a few days in moving money from one fund to another. Almost always, this is no big deal, but volatility was enormous at the time, and I lost something on the order of 5% by that friction. Another consideration is that ETFs sometimes act a little strangely if there is low trading volume, if I recall correctly. This argues for keeping to some of the bigger ETFs. Good luck.
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