10 ETFs You Can’t Afford NOT to Buy

Matt—could you be any more charitable than to mention gold and real estate in your blog this morning? I was right about those; here's what I'm right about for 2008.

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Gold, Bhutto And Money Market Funds

I have been very wrong about gold over the past six months ... something Jim Wiandt, Steven Schoenfeld and many others point out to me on a daily basis.

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Jim Wiandt: The Mother Teresa Of Investing

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Hougan's Whoville

Matt would have us believe that it's all a bunch of happy Whovillians singing Ba Hoo Dory in indexland. And my look at reality makes me the Grinch?

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Your Christmas Wish Is Granted

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Christmas Wishes

That is quite a list of products, Matt, and I'll bet we see half of those at least, launched within 18 months—but I have some different Christmas wishes.

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All I Want For Christmas

In the spirit of the holidays, Jim, I'm not going to reply to your latest taunt. (Chicken Little? Have you looked at the real estate market lately?) Instead, I'm going to go with a more traditional approach: the Wish List.

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Nice One Matt

Heading into vacation, Matt really mailed in that blog yesterday (like the Cavs last night in Madison Square Garden). I've got plenty of time to hurl insults with no reply now. Should be fun.

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Making IndexUniverse.com Even Better

While we're at it, Jim, let's open up the floor to general comments from the field.

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OUR Year In Review

I was looking for something I could attack Hougan for in his blog. Hard to attack encouraging SAVING though. So here's an update on our latest hires and the inner goings-on of Index Publications.

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Hougan's Secret To Successful Investing

Clements' "soda dollar" switcheroo is such genius that Clements should be elected to parenting hall of fame.

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Financial Lessons To Live By For Your Kids

Indexing diehard Jonathan Clements of The Wall Street Journal is a national treasure, and this year he's given parents a special gift in time for the holidays.

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The Best Small Cap International ETF

With last week's launch of an iShares MSCI EAFE Small Cap ETF, investors now have five choices in this hot space. How do you figure out which one is the best?

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The Difference Between Value and FTSE RAFI

Assuming you accept the concept of the small-cap and value premium, and assuming that possibly the effect might even continue, what's the most efficient way to benefit from it?

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Don't Forget About Transaction Costs

Since no one has deigned to respond to my last blog, I'll add some more thoughts on fundamental indexing.

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Jim Calls In The Cavalry

It's good to have you on the blogs, Rob. I'm not surprised that Jim called in the cavalry; things can get out of his league pretty quickly.

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A Fundamental/DFA Comparison

Today we look at the ICI/IRS cartel as well as outline just how alike FTSE/RAFI and DFA really are.

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Taxes And ETNs

The new IRS ruling on taxation for currency ETNs strikes me as hugely important, and not just for ETNs.

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Message From the REAL Rob Arnott

Matt, I'm shocked that you would suggest that I breached your firewall. Telling Jim that he gained 70 pounds and morphed into a guy that the defenders of the status quo love to hate? If I were Jim, I'd never forgive you.

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Maggie's Revenge

That was a biting assault, Matt, and you've hit all the right notes (many of which I've played myself in past debates). So you plagiarize well, but you fail to grasp my key point.

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