Financial Pipeline
  • Fundamentals
    • Fundamentals
    • Stocks
    • Bonds
    • Derivatives
    • Economics
    • Funds
    • Glossary
  • Personal Finance
    • Personal Finance
    • Savings
    • Taxes
    • Debt
    • Housing
    • Cars
    • Spending
    • Estate
    • Advisors
  • Investing
    • Investing
    • Mutual Funds
    • ETFs
    • Markets
    • Equities
    • Fixed Income
    • Behavioral
    • Management
  • Media
    • Media
    • Videos & Podcasts
    • Short Videos
    • Book Reviews
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • Calculators
    • Workbooks
  • Expert
Financial Pipeline
Subscribe
Financial Pipeline Financial Pipeline
  • Fundamentals
    • Fundamentals
    • Stocks
    • Bonds
    • Derivatives
    • Economics
    • Funds
    • Glossary
  • Personal Finance
    • Personal Finance
    • Savings
    • Taxes
    • Debt
    • Housing
    • Cars
    • Spending
    • Estate
    • Advisors
  • Investing
    • Investing
    • Mutual Funds
    • ETFs
    • Markets
    • Equities
    • Fixed Income
    • Behavioral
    • Management
  • Media
    • Media
    • Videos & Podcasts
    • Short Videos
    • Book Reviews
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • Calculators
    • Workbooks
  • Expert

Low-cost investing smackdown: balanced ETFs vs. robo-advisers

A welcome new development in exchange-traded funds raises questions about the relevance of robo-advisers for people who want a simple, low-cost ETF portfolio.
Balanced ETFs give you a fully diversified portfolio in a single purchase. Your investing future with one of these products is simply to keep buying more of the fund you’ve chosen because the fund managers handle diversification and rebalancing for you.