RiverPark Advisors
as of 07/30/2010
RP Growth
TICKER: RPX
NAV: $26.95
MARKET PRICE*: $26.79
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RP Focused Lrg Cap Gr
TICKER: RWG
NAV: $26.58
MARKET PRICE*: $26.53
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RP Technology
TICKER: RPQ
NAV: $28.49
MARKET PRICE*: $28.82
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RP Financials
TICKER: RFF
NAV: $25.06
MARKET PRICE*: $25.01
FUND DATA >>
Grail Advisors Actively Managed ETFs

ETF Mechanics

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Fund Shareholders
Secondary Market Participants
ETF Share Creation/Redemption
  • Investors can buy and sell ETF shares with the help of broker/dealers throughout the day.
  • Can be shorted and bought on margin.
  • Brokerages hold shares in Street name, like individual stocks.
Market makers facilitate ETF trading:
  • Create initial ETF shares and hold in inventory to allow trading to commence
  • Maintain trading at NAV, by increasing or decreasing liquidity on the market in equilibrium with demand
  • Full transparency of index-based portfoilio allows market participants to exploit arbitrage opportunities when shares trade away from NAV
  • ETF shares are created and redeemed through in-kind trading between the fund and market makers
  • The ETF portfolio itself rarely needs to trade securities directly because of this in-kind exchange mechanism