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Category Archives: Dangerous ETFs


Picking ETFs: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

In the mid 1990s, exchange-traded funds came riding down Wall Street like Clint Eastwood in an old spaghetti western—fearless and ready to take on the bandits who had been terrorizing the townsfolk. For years prior to the arrival of ETFs, average investors were held hostage by obscene fees while mutual fund robbers brashly collected their [...]

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ETF Basics: How to Invest in Commodities

Commodities are one asset class that has recently become acceptable to most financial advisers as part of a globally diversified portfolio. A large number of the most controversial exchange-traded funds invest in commodities. Most commodities ETFs do not perform as advertised. That’s why it’s important to know how we select ETFs for commodities and which [...]

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Tracking 9 ETF Portfolios – Surprise Winners and Losers So Far in 2008

The famous professors at Yale have proven that asset allocation accounts for 90% of a portfolio’s return and that stock picking and market timing account for less than 10%.   So what a great time to look at how different asset allocations are faring in this market! In 2008 it turns out that asset allocation decisions have [...]

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