How to Navigate the ETF Tables

Below is a guide for reading the exchange-traded fund tables in the August 2010 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance.

4 Strategies to Make ETFs Work for You

We show you how to use exchange-traded funds to boost your returns and hedge your bets.

How to Buy and Sell an ETF

How to Evaluate ETFs

What Can Go Wrong With ETFs

A New Favorite Gold ETF

Fee cuts make iShares Comex Gold Trust the best choice for now.

The Best Investment You've Never Heard Of

Pipeline master limited partnerships have marvelous ten-year returns and often yield 6% or higher. What are you waiting for?

ETFs With Hands-On Managers

These exchange-traded funds do more than track indexes.

5 ETFs That Focus on Dividends

5 Steps to Start Investing

Find the fun in investing, and take control of your money.

It’s Not Just Gold That Glitters

New exchange-traded funds let you bet on platinum and palladium, too. And don’t forget silver.

Bet on Clean Energy

Consider these natural-gas stocks for the long term.

Investors Face a Tax on Trading

Experts square off on proposed financial-transaction fees.

Why You Need TIPS

Treasury inflation-protected securities should be a key part of your holdings. We tell you how -- and when -- to buy them.

A Great Rate for Trading ETFs: $0

Fidelity and Schwab waive commissions on some exchange-traded funds.

Emerging Markets Picks

Cash in by investing in companies that benefit from rising demand in their own domestic markets.

Mix It Up With Bond ETFs

We put together a diversified bond portfolio using inexpensive exchange-traded funds.

The Glitter of Precious-Metals ETFs

These five exchange-traded funds give investors a stake in gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

Discount Brokers Lower Fees in Battle Over ETFs

Fidelity lowers its commissions, raises the stakes in its rivalry with Charles Schwab.

ETFs Go After Hedge Funds

New exchange-traded funds sell short, invest in foreign currencies and engage in other esoteric strategies.

Ask Kim: How to Compare Funds, ETFs

Kimberly Lankford explains how to compare the performance of similar mutual funds and ETFs, whether you can get your Medicare Part B premiums reduced, and more.

ETFs for Income Investors

These exchange-traded funds offer low-cost ways to tap bonds and dividend-paying investments.

The Dangers of Leveraged ETFs

There are plenty, but these funds can have a place in your portfolio.

The Best ETFs for 2010

Here are this year’s top five stock exchange-traded funds, along with choice picks in bond ETFs.

Outback Bonds

Kimberly Lankford explains how to buy Australian bonds, how to get a better tuition tax break and more.

What's in Store for the Next Decade

We expect increased inflation, higher interest rates and tepid home-price gains, but also steady advances in green energy and biotechnology.

How to Protect Your Profits

From increasing your cash holdings to buying options, we show you how to defend against a correction -- or worse.

Exchange Traded Funds: A Primer

ETFs typically come with low expenses, but you need to separate good deals from risky choices.

ETFs for a Falling Dollar

Exchange-traded funds that invest in foreign currencies, commodities and overseas stocks can help protect your portfolio when greenback falls again.

Steer Clear of Hedge-Fund ETFs

These relatively new exchange-traded funds don’t have long enough track records for us to recommend them.

How Our No-Stock Portfolio Fared

Shortly after Thanksgiving last year, we created a Tofurky portfolio that managed to produce some tasty returns.

Schwab Launches Commission-Free ETFs

The expense ratios on the new exchange-traded funds from the nation's largest discount broker also are super low.

7 Ways to Protect Your Stock-Market Gains

From increasing your cash holdings to buying options, we show you how to guard against a correction -- or worse.

7 More Ways Your Money Will Never Be the Same

A lot has changed since the recession, including the roles stocks and bonds play in investors' portfolios.

Keep it Simple

We present six complex investments you might be tempted to buy and the common sense options you'd be better off choosing.

Commodities ETFs Squeezed by Uncertainty

Some exchange-traded funds have stopped issuing shares as regulators consider limits on commodities investing.

ETF Portfolios for Every Purpose

You can pursue any goal with nothing more than exchange-traded funds.

Low-Risk Option Funds

If you want to bet on options, consider Gateway Fund A and PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio.

3 Quirky ETFs Are Beating the Market

Exchange-traded funds that target insider buying, spinoffs and share buybacks have taken off.

ETFs: Not So Simple Anymore

New funds come with tax headaches, tracking errors and other obstacles.