The Best Tech ETF to Invest $250 in Right Now
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the stock market right now, you're not alone. The S&P 500 had one of its fastest drops on record in early April, and the Nasdaq Composite hurtled into a bear market, falling more than 20% from its high just in February.President Donald Trump's trade war with just about every U.S. trading partner and signs of a weakening economy have put investors into a defensive position, and it's unclear when or how this period of uncertainty is going to end.At times like these, picking individual stocks is especially difficult so it's worth considering investing in exchange-traded funds (ETF) as an alternative. These investments trade like stocks, but they do the hard work of choosing the stocks for you, typically for a nominal fee. ETFs are either actively managed, meaning a fund manager will buy and sell the stocks inside it, or they track an index like the S&P 500.Continue reading

If you're feeling overwhelmed by the stock market right now, you're not alone. The S&P 500 had one of its fastest drops on record in early April, and the Nasdaq Composite hurtled into a bear market, falling more than 20% from its high just in February.
President Donald Trump's trade war with just about every U.S. trading partner and signs of a weakening economy have put investors into a defensive position, and it's unclear when or how this period of uncertainty is going to end.
At times like these, picking individual stocks is especially difficult so it's worth considering investing in exchange-traded funds (ETF) as an alternative. These investments trade like stocks, but they do the hard work of choosing the stocks for you, typically for a nominal fee. ETFs are either actively managed, meaning a fund manager will buy and sell the stocks inside it, or they track an index like the S&P 500.