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ETFs

From time to time I see financial writers lamenting the explosion in ETF popularity over the last few years. They complain that the original idea of index investing (i.e., buying and holding a low-cost, diversified portfolio) has been perverted in favor of a focus on trading ETFs for short-term profits. Frankly, I disagree. I think [...]

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It’s no secret that minimizing costs is one of the best ways to improve investment returns. So it’s understandable that one question that comes up frequently is “which costs less: ETFs or index funds?” For anybody new to ETFs: Exchange traded funds are simply passively-managed portfolios that track a given index, much like a traditional [...]

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