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Literally everything because of ETFs.

• ArtTimeInvestor 3y ago
  What I mean is: Are there other markets. I see 3 markets: Stock markets Domain markets Crypto exchanges ETFs are traded on the stock markets. I wonder if those 3 markets are somehow special or if there are more. With the stock market, you can pick a company and invest in it. With Domain markets, you can invest in a single domain you believe in. Same for crypto markets where you can invest in a single crypto currency. With ETFs you can't invest in a specific thing. You are investing in some category.
  • LewisVerstappen 3y ago
    > ETFs are traded on the stock markets. So an ETF is an exchange traded fund. Public equities are also exchange traded but that doesn't mean that ETFs are traded on the stock market. > With ETFs you can't invest in a specific thing. You are investing in some category. Not really though? You can buy gold, silver, crude oil and a bunch of other commodities. You have currency ETFs, Real Estate ETFs, etc. There's volatility ETFs if you want to hedge risk. There's tons of "specific things". You also have futures markets. So you can also buy a futures contract for corn or something. There's also betting markets, but those aren't really "buying anything". I guess you can buy an "athlete/team's performance" by betting on them.