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The price isn’t always right

Mutual fund investors expect to beat an index, or at least not to lose money. Many have been disappointed on both counts over the past decade. Still, a country’s economic prospects should feed into its stock prices. Some companies will be high-flyers; others disappointments. But taken together, their performance will average out and reflect growth […]

By Scot Blythe |November 14, 2012

9 min read

ETFs and capital gains

Not all funds are equally tax-efficient

By Lisa MacColl |November 14, 2012

5 min read

Additional uncertainty

Embedded-strategy ETFs have added risk, but it can be managed

By Ioulia Tretiakova |November 14, 2012

3 min read

Challenging yet rewarding

Volatility ETFs are funds providing the ability to trade or invest in volatility as if it were an asset class. They do so by purchasing (long exposure) or selling (short exposure) futures contracts on volatility, since spot (cash volatility) isn’t readily accessible. This can be difficult, since volatility isn’t easily predictable, except when it’s at […]

By Yves Rebetez |November 14, 2012

4 min read