Latest ETF News

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  The Future for Advisors: Morgan’s Paul Hatch vs. iShares’ Mark Wiedman

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2012

  At Morningstar ETF Invest, Hatch promoted long-term client relationship building while Wiedman stood for the brave new world of transparency.

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  Morningstar Names Best ETFs, Providers With New Award Program

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2012

  Vanguard was among the surprises of 37 winners in a new program to help advisors pick the best ETFs for their portfolios.

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  Inflation Boogeyman Will Strike Suddenly—Be Prepared: Merk, Goolgasian

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2012

  Someday, in the possibly near future, you will suddenly be paying $10 for a gallon of milk and wondering how it happened so fast.

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  Economy’s Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up: Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 4, 2012

  In her keynote speech at the Morningstar ETF Invest conference, Sonders asserted that she’s a contrarian, so the pessimism she hears “is music to my ears.”

Live Blog

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  Morningstar ETF Invest Live Blog, Day 3: Pundits Pontificate on Future of ETFs

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2012

  Highlights of the conference’s final day: A "Meet the Pundits" closing session with Matt Hougan, Paul Justice and Tom Lydon.

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  Morningstar ETF Invest Live Blog, Day 2: Morgan Stanley vs. iShares on the Future of Advisors

  By James J. Green & Joyce Hanson  |  October 4, 2012

  Highlights of the conference’s first full day: Koesterich on the Economics of Politics; alternative ETF tool kits; Chris Gardner of Pursuit of Happyness fame.

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  Morningstar ETF Invest Live Blog, Day 1: Applied Strategies, Schwab’s Sonders

  By James J. Green & Joyce Hanson  |  October 3, 2012

  Preconference kicks off with applied ETF investing strategies; Schwab’s LizAnn Sonders addresses "pervasive pessimism" on markets and economy; cites reasons for some optimism

ETF Insights

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  Alternatives Go Mainstream

  By Jon Sundt  |  September 25, 2012

  The 2008 financial crisis accomplished in 12 months what I have been trying to do most of my 26-year career: educate investors about the benefits of allocating some of their portfolio to alternative investments.

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  The Future of Actively Managed ETFs

  By Ryan Issakainen  |  September 25, 2012

  In the months leading up to the launch of the first actively managed ETFs a few years ago, ETF industry commentators were generally divided into two camps.

• Time to Rethink Bond Strategy?

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  With current bond yields low, interest rates lower and the economic outlook “cloudy at best,” Ken Volpert, head of Vanguard’s Taxable Bond Group, says the organization “doesn’t think future bond returns will be nearly as robust as they’ve been.

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  How John Bogle Really Sees ETFs

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  September 25, 2012

  The investment visionary, long a skeptic of exchange-traded funds, gives his candid assessment of the fast-growing field.

Top ETF Stories

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  Savvy Advisors Are Turning to ETFs

  By Allen Williamson  |  August 7, 2012

  The latest AdvisorBenchmaking report found that 54% of advisors are likely to increase their use of ETFs in the near future.

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  Advisors’ 6 Favorite ETF Providers

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 24, 2012

  Cogent’s annual Advisor Brandscape report found that Vanguard has now become advisors’ favorite, while iShares slipped from the top spot.

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  Schwab’s Top Picks and Tips for Sector ETFs

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  June 15, 2012

  Schwab is overweight in the information technology sector but moved this week into a more defensive position on several others.

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  ETF Liquidity Demystified

  By Ryan Issakainen  |  April 24, 2012

  Intraday liquidity is one of the most frequently cited advantages of exchange-traded funds, but it is also one of the most misunderstood.