Investing in ETF

[manish962]

There is existing a thread on ETF. Please move content there as a seperate thread is not needed.

Buying an Index ETF - How to?

I would like to start a SIP in some indexes. I have done some initial checking but I was not able to get clear answers. Some articles said that you may find that index funds are not liquid; that there may be a big spread in the buy and sell price; they may not track the index fully and that they may sometimes take a decision to keep cash etc… which I found not appropriate as the whole point of an index fund is to not take a judgement call but just track the index. There is also the issue of ch…