Over the last several years, investors have embraced the benefits of the exchange-traded structure, transforming ETFs from a closet industry to a mainstream investment option that threatens to continually grab market share from traditional actively-managed mutual funds. As the popularity of ETFs has surged, so too has the number of funds available to investors. While the majority of assets remain in ETFs linked to well known stock and bond indexes, ongoing innovation in the industry has produced dozens of ETFs that utilize various weighting methodologies, proprietary screening processes, and even asset allocation strategies to determine holdings. [click to continue…]
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