5. Investment Options In this episode, Josh explains the various decisions that go into investment options like mutual funds and exchange traded funds, and how stocks are valued and either become value or growth stocks. ETFs are just another form of mutual funds. So it's a wrapper. ETF means exchange traded fund with a typical mutual fund mutual funds have been around since the 1920s. [00:00:31] So very old fashioned technology, but it's basically a way to own many stocks or many bonds, but you only buy one investment. So it's a pooled asset. So to speak exchange traded funds. Can be bought and sold on the exchange during the day and mutual funds get bought and sold only after the market closes each day after 4:00 PM, New York time, there are some other differences in terms of the tax treatment. [00:00:56] I think before anyone buys any fund, they should understand what the fees they're paying are. What the tax consequences are and what other alternatives exists. Um, and so th...