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ETFR: Will WisdomTree Survive?

February 2008
ETFR Cover Story

Will WisdomTree Survive?

by Matt Hougan

One question I get asked a lot is if I think there is a bubble in the ETF market. A large number of new ETF companies launched last year, and there is a feeling that some of them won't make it. People are waiting … some of them eagerly … for the first one to go bust.
ETFR Features

The Best Small-Cap International ETF

by Matt Hougan

Investors are increasingly frustrated with the growing correlation between large-cap U.S. and large-cap international stocks, and they're turning to small-cap international for help. The theory is that small-cap companies will be more closely tied to local economic conditions, and as a result, will offer more of a diversification benefit than large-caps. A recent study by Steven Schoenfeld and Stefanie Jaron in the Journal of Indexes ("International Equities," Jan/Feb 2008) supported this idea with hard data.

Cap Gains Hit ETFs For 2007

by Murray Coleman

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are marketed at least in part for their tax efficiency. ETFs are more tax-efficient than traditional mutual funds, we're told, because of the way new ETF shares are created and redeemed.