Comments on: ETF $Billion Club – March 2009 http://investwithanedge.com/etf-billion-club-march-2009 Actionable Ideas for Your ETFs, Funds, & Stocks Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Ron Rowland http://investwithanedge.com/etf-billion-club-march-2009/comment-page-1#comment-1612 Ron Rowland Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:45:59 +0000 http://investwithanedge.com/?p=3530#comment-1612 Terry, The simplest way to think about "liquidity" is how easy is it to get out of a position in a timely manner at a fair price. Given that definition, whether or not a given security is liquid enough for your needs will depend on whether you are a day trader or an investor that builds a position over many days or weeks. The size (quantity of shares) of your trade is also factor. It's importance again depends on your objective. If you want to be able to place all your trades as "market orders" instead of using "limit orders" then liquidity becomes a large factor. Other articles that may help: http://investwithanedge.com/etf-liquidity-tiers-march-2009 http://investwithanedge.com/credit-suisse-to-delist-but-not-liquidate-three-etns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidity Terry,

The simplest way to think about “liquidity” is how easy is it to get out of a position in a timely manner at a fair price. Given that definition, whether or not a given security is liquid enough for your needs will depend on whether you are a day trader or an investor that builds a position over many days or weeks. The size (quantity of shares) of your trade is also factor.

It’s importance again depends on your objective. If you want to be able to place all your trades as “market orders” instead of using “limit orders” then liquidity becomes a large factor.

Other articles that may help:
http://investwithanedge.com/etf-liquidity-tiers-march-2009
http://investwithanedge.com/credit-suisse-to-delist-but-not-liquidate-three-etns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidity

]]> By: terry http://investwithanedge.com/etf-billion-club-march-2009/comment-page-1#comment-1606 terry Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:58:53 +0000 http://investwithanedge.com/?p=3530#comment-1606 what does liquidity mean here and why is it important? what does liquidity mean here and why is it important?

]]> By: Ron Rowland http://investwithanedge.com/etf-billion-club-march-2009/comment-page-1#comment-1409 Ron Rowland Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:12:08 +0000 http://investwithanedge.com/?p=3530#comment-1409 You can get volume information from most free quote services. Yahoo Finance shows today's volume for TBT at 4.85 million shares. It closed today ay $47.01, so its Value Traded (VT) today was apprx. $228 million. You can get volume information from most free quote services. Yahoo Finance shows today’s volume for TBT at 4.85 million shares. It closed today ay $47.01, so its Value Traded (VT) today was apprx. $228 million.

]]> By: Christopher Baldwin http://investwithanedge.com/etf-billion-club-march-2009/comment-page-1#comment-1408 Christopher Baldwin Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:35:38 +0000 http://investwithanedge.com/?p=3530#comment-1408 How can I check out the volume for TBT? Thank you very much, Chris Baldwin How can I check out the volume for TBT?

Thank you very much,
Chris Baldwin

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