3 Signs You're Ready to Graduate from ETFs to Picking Stocks
Investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is pretty easy. Most funds track broad market indexes or provide exposure to specific industries. It's simple to understand what the fund is invested in and assess its potential based on past performance. Investing in stocks is harder. You're buying shares of an individual business, and your fortunes will rise and fall based on how investors perceive it.
Still, investing in stocks can pay off because you have the potential to earn far greater returns. You just need to make sure you're really ready before you jump into stock picking. Here are three signs that you've reached this milestone.
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