Understand how ETFs Work (Zweig, WSJ)

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Understand how ETFs Work (Zweig, WSJ)

Post by dualstow » Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:12 am

The Stock Got Crushed. Then the ETFs Had to Sell.
The intense trading in a beaten-down company’s shares shows how important it is for index-fund investors to understand what they own
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-stock- ... 1580486424
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Re: Understand how ETFs Work (Zweig, WSJ)

Post by boglerdude » Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:27 am

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic ... t-not-both

Levine's take, I think. My takeaway is buy the market to reduce front-running
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Post by dualstow » Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:05 am

Owning the total market will make us immune to problems like that with the dividend ETF detailed in your link and mine. At least, that kind of problem would be minimized, I would think.
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