Monday, March 4, 2019

WSJ: In a Down Market, ETFs Could Make Things Even Worse

By SIMON CONSTABLE

There’s a potential problem lurking in the financial markets, and it is partly a result of exchange-traded funds.
While ETFs have been widely praised for lowering trading costs, and have soared in popularity with investors, there have been concerns dating back at least to 2011 that the profusion of ETFs based on the same or similar stocks makes markets more vulnerable in times of volatility. Read more here.
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