Monthly Archives: May 2008

700 ETFs And Counting – A Birdseye View

Our ETF / ETN database powers
the software on this website that allows individual investors to build a well diversified portfolio using
ETFs. When we update our database we
develop some unique insights regarding the growth and current state of the ETF
market. We share some of these perspectives with interested readers. One caveat: a few of the newer [...]


Investors Behaving Badly

Investors Behaving Badly
The Financial Research Corporation released a study prior to the [2001-02]
bear market which showed that the average mutual fund’s three-year return was
10.92%, while the average investor in those same periods gained only 8.7%. The
reason was simple: investors were chasing the hot sectors and funds.
If you study just the last three years, my [...]