Three Paths to Profitable Investing : Using ETFs in Healthcare, Infrastructure, and the Environment to Grow Your Assets

by Feldman, Jeffrey; Hyman, Andrew N.

• ISBN13: 9780137054268
• ISBN10: 0137054262
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-30
• Publisher: FT Press

Summary

Where will the next generation of enormous, sustainable wealth come from? Not from financial manipulation, but from the same source it has always come from: from those who create the infrastructure upon which society can grow, productivity can increase, and life can improve. Right now, extraordinary opportunities exist in three of these areas: healthcare, infrastructure, and environmental products and services. InThree Paths to Profitable Investing,XShares founder Jeffrey Feldman shows how to use ETFs to cost-effectively invest in these areas at the best possible time to "catch the wave" and reap enormous profits: right now, just before these industries become commercially viable. Feldman and XShares Director of Business Development Andrew Hyman introduce a step-by-step approach to utilizing sector ETFs both as part of a long-term strategy that eliminates stock riskandas part of shorter-term hedging strategies. You donrs"t need an advisor to use these techniques: with a few clicks of the mouse, you can build a portfolio that accesses unprecedented innovation, reigniting your own personal prosperity and that of society at the same time.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Feldman (Princeton, NJ), founder and CEO of the XShares Group and a 40-year veteran of Wall Street, created the TDX Independence Funds, the first target-date ETFs in partnership with TD Ameritrade, and serves as the Funds’ Chairman.

 

Andrew Hyman (Chicago, IL) is the coauthor of ETF Strategies and Tactics: Hedge Your Portfolio in a Changing Market and Energy Risk Management: A Primer for the Utility Industry, as well as other books on the utility industry.

 

 

Table of Contents

Introduction     Three Paths to a Prosperous Future     1

Chapter 1        Understanding ETFs and Why They Beat Mutual Funds     7

Chapter 2        Get Rid of the Middleman, Take Charge of Your Portfolio, and Invest in the Future with ETFs     35

Chapter 3        The Healthcare Crisis in America–How We Got to Where We Are     53

Chapter 4        The Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Face of Healthcare: What It Means for Medicine and Investors     71

Chapter 5        Understanding the Risks of Healthcare Investing     83

Chapter 6        Investing in Healthcare ETFs     95

Chapter 7        Climate Change and Understanding Green Investing     117

Chapter 8        Green ETFs: Overview and Analysis     143

Chapter 9        Why We Need to Invest in Infrastructure and How to Do It     161

Chapter 10      Infrastructure ETFs: Overview and Analysis      183

Chapter 11      Putting It All Together: Building a Three Paths ETF Portfolio     207

Chapter 12      Conclusion     215

Appendix A      Healthcare and Biotech ETFs     225

Appendix B      Green ETFs     261

Appendix C      Infrastructure ETFs     279

Index     333