Originally Posted by
Bullitt
In my opinion the Government isn't going to let anybody else fail that's TBTF after what happened globally with Lehman. Feel free to invest in ETF's at will.
I do caution investing in any low volume ETF's and ETN's, especially ETN's. ETN's don't invest in the underlying assets, but are backed by bonds and.... I really don't know how they work.
Look for good average volume before dabbling into any ETF. That's your best indicator of being 'safer' in regards to defaults.
This is no time to be messing around with 2x short funds if you're looking 5 years out. I'm still a believer in the global infrastructure story so a few good ETF's to consider with that respect would be
IGF: iShares Infrastructure (low volume though)
GII: Macquerie Global Infrastructure (very low volume)
SLX: Vectors Steel
MXI: iShares Global Materials
PHO: Powershares Water