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The Fortunes & Foibles Of Exchange-Traded Funds, William A. Birdthistle
The Fortunes & Foibles Of Exchange-Traded Funds, William A. Birdthistle
William Birdthistle
One of the most dynamic and complex new investment vehicles on the market today is the exchange-traded fund, a security that provides the diversification of a mutual fund but trades on an exchange like a stock. In just over a decade, the number of ETFs has proliferated to well over 500, attracting almost half a trillion dollars in investment. Most of that growth has occurred in just the past two years, and ETFs are projected to continue growing at a pace far faster than hedge funds and mutual funds in the coming years. Yet for all this extraordinary growth, legal …