Hitchhikers Guide To The ETF Galaxy By Michael Johnston
May 14, 2012 | At times, it seems as if the number of ETFs available to U.S. investors will soon exceed the number of stars in the sky. That might be overstating things a bit, but the pace of expansion in the ETF industry has truly been impressive over the last several years. With multiple products seemingly debuting every week and very few shutting down (despite countless predictions to the …
What are ETF’s-Portfolio Building Blocks By Tom Lydon
April 9thĂ‚Â 2012 The exchange traded fund industry has matured like a fine wine, getting better with age. However, the business has transformed in ways that were unseen back in 1993, when the first U.S. ETF launched. “The uses of ETFs have changed. It started as a strong institutional product but we are now seeing them being used by wealth managers as building blocks in portfolios,” Jim Ross, managing director …