This ETF Could Help Grow Your Retirement Account

If you're like many people, you don't want to have to think too much about your retirement accounts. You want a mix of investments, based on your risk tolerance, that will enable your portfolio to grow steadily over the long term. That mix will certainly include more aggressive growth vehicles, more conservative fixed income investments, and perhaps everything in between.

An investment that should be a part of any portfolio is an ETF, or exchange-traded fund. ETFs can be traded like stocks, yet they are structured like an index mutual fund, tracking the performance of a given index. They have become the fastest-growing segment of the asset management industry due to their simplicity, cost, diversification, and performance.

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