Definition
The ability to short-sell an index exchange-traded fund (ETF) illustrates a key difference between ETFs and mutual funds. Shares in an ETF are bought and sold on a public exchange, as the name implies. Shares in a mutual fund are bought or sold by the financial company that manages it. For that reason, there's no way to short-sell a mutual fund. The two types of investment share many characteristi
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