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How ETFs Can Help You Build A Better Portfolio
While the essence of what I do on Seeking Alpha and at the Dividend Kings is recommending individual companies, that doesn't mean that ETFs can't serve a valuable function for long-term investors in two main ways.
First, for any asset class that's outside your circle of competence (such as preferred stock, bonds, foreign companies, etc) ETFs are a great hands-off way to gain diversified exposure.
Second, and more powerfully, for anyone starting out constructing a diversified and properly risk-managed portfolio, ETFs can make great