Smart idea to buy ETFs. They might have an aura of being boring, but in fact they are better than most "actively" managed funds. Most of the seriously (e.g. sticking to the rules of professional assemt mgmt) manged funds dont even perform at par with their benchmark (e.g. your index). Those who claim outperformance often have plain luck, take bigger bets, use creative accounting etc. (well, there are a few relly good and proessional ones in the market). Before buying consider: which index does the ETF track (wacht for bulk positions in the index), is there sufficient liquidity that you sell at any time, how closely does the ETF track the index, is the quoting currency different from the underlying, how big are the spreads between buy/sell, check that they declare TER appropriately. Good luck & lots of money to you
