ETFs are more tax
efficient than mutual funds because of the way they are created and redeemed.
Q: I understand ETFs can be more tax
efficient than mutual funds, but if I want to become a mechanical investor, wouldn't my best choice really only be mutual funds, since only mutual funds allow automatic investments?
Plus, ETFs are considered more tax
efficient than mutual funds because they aren't required to sell assets — and
Plus, ETFs are considered more tax
efficient than mutual funds because they aren't required to sell assets — and realize capital gains — as often as mutual funds might.
Not exact matches
Also consider the fact that index ETFs are more tax
efficient than index
mutual funds.
In this scenario, if an investor finds that an open - ended index
mutual fund and an index ETF are similar relative to his or her investment objectives, passive investments — index
funds and passive ETFs — have the potential to be more tax
efficient than active
funds and active ETFs.
https://investor.vanguard.com/what-we-offer/etfs/compare-etfs-and-index-
funds Here is a good article by Fidelity on why most ETFs are more tax
efficient than most
mutual funds.
The biggest disadvantage in using ETFs is rebalancing is less
efficient than with
mutual funds.
I have often discouraged people with small accounts from using ETFs because the trading costs can make them far less
efficient than index
mutual funds.
Other tax -
efficient options that you might consider, Dale, include corporate class
mutual funds or ETFs that result in less tax
than their traditional counterparts, flow - through shares, life insurance products or direct real estate investment.
I've made similar points myself about Canada's industry: can the
mutual fund industry (which charges fees considerably higher
than America's) really be motivated to tell young investors about the existence of lower cost and more tax -
efficient ETFs?
So if you contribute frequently, or if you have a small account (less
than $ 30,000 or so), it is more
efficient to use TD's e-Series index
mutual funds.
Exchange - traded
funds that track a market benchmark tend to be more tax -
efficient than actively managed
mutual funds that invest in the same arena because the latter may distribute capital gains on a regular basis.
Since most Vanguard ETFs are just a different share class of the corresponding
mutual fund, they are no more tax
efficient than the corresponding Vanguard
mutual fund.
It's true that non-Vanguard ETFs generally are more tax
efficient than a comparable
mutual fund.
Using a passively managed (index)
mutual fund is likely to be more tax
efficient than a comparable actively managed
fund.
If you want to add U.S. dividend stocks directly to your portfolio, ETFs may be a better bet
than active
mutual funds, since it can be hard to find active
mutual funds with an edge in such a big and
efficient market.
Jensen showed that the level of observed alpha among all the
mutual fund managers he studied was no higher
than what would be expected from chance and thus consistent with an
efficient market.
With this investment strategy analyzer, you won't have to believe everything you read; nor take anyone's word about things like: ETFs are the most
efficient and inexpensive way to invest, there's no sales charges on
mutual fund B - shares if you don't sell them, Roth IRAs are better
than traditional IRA / 401 (k) s, or the tax benefits of 529 plans, whole life (VUL), or any kind of annuity will make up for the huge costs; lack of liquidity / choices / control, etc..
It's how ETFs gain exposure to the market, and is the «secret sauce» that allows ETFs to be less expensive, more transparent and more tax
efficient than traditional
mutual funds.