Morningstar ETF Invest 2012

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  Schwab ETF Study: Cost Is King

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 8, 2012

  While the Schwab ETF survey results show that cost is king, investor education is lagging.

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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 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 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.”

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  Top 10 Biggest ETF Sponsors

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 4, 2012

  As the Morningstar ETF Invest conference rolled along, a Cerulli report listed the biggest ETFs and also showed that new entrants into the market had a tough slog.

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  Currency Manager Axel Merk Talks Money as Inflation Hedge

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 2, 2012

  “It’s still an asset class investors are not sufficiently looking at,” says Merk, president and CIO of Merck Investments.

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  Vanguard to Switch Indexes on 22 Funds

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  October 2, 2012

  The new benchmarks, to take effect in 2013, will impact more than $530 billion in client assets.

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  Morningstar ETF Conference to Bring Thought Leaders to Chicago

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2012

  Now in its third year, Morningstar ETF Invest 2012 will bring thought leaders together for events that focus on where the rapidly expanding ETF market is headed.