Share prices vary throughout the day, based mainly on the changing
intraday value of the underlying assets in the fund.
Not exact matches
Authorized participants may wish to invest in the ETF shares long - term, but usually act as market makers on the open market, using their ability to exchange creation units with their basic securities to provide liquidity
of the ETF shares and help ensure that their
intraday market price approximates to the net
asset value of the
underlying assets.
ETF providers use stocks» prices to calculate an ETF's
intraday underlying value throughout the trading day, and the closing net
asset value (NAV)
of an equity ETF is typically very close to the ETF's closing price.
Authorized participants may wish to invest in the ETF shares for the long - term, but usually act as market makers on the open market, using their ability to exchange creation units with their
underlying securities to provide liquidity
of the ETF shares and help ensure that their
intraday market price approximates to the net
asset value of the
underlying assets.