How to Cash in on the ETF Craze
Jim Woods, July 16, 2009
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Like the Cambrian Explosion
To say that there's been an expansion in the number of ETFs that have come to market during the past several years is the height of understatement. A better way to get a sense of the growth in the ETF market is to liken it to the Cambrian explosion, the period dating about 500 million years ago where scientists discovered the seemingly rapid appearance of most major groups of complex animal life on earth.
According to my latest tally, there are more than 800 ETFs (including their cousins, exchange-traded notes or ETNs) trading in the market today.
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