Vanguard's McNabb Profiled

This interesting American Banker article looks at the entrance of F. William McNabb as chief executive of the Vanguard Group as the economy turned into recession.

The story includes comments by the new CEO as well as the head of Vanguard's retail investor group to assess how the company's outperforming the competition these days. But it's hardly a puff piece. Reporter Matt Ackermann talks to a leading independent consultant to ponder the fund giant's future after markets rebound and investors flock back to fund companies.

You can read the entire story here.

Boom In ETFs Waning?

With about 50 exchange-traded funds shuttered so far this year, the Wall Street Journal's Diya Gullapalli points to a significant slowdown in the industry during 2008.

In Friday's article, she notes that besides those closings, only about 210 new ETFs and exchange-traded notes have come to market this year. Using Morningstar data, the story contrasts those numbers with just 21 mutual funds having opened so far in 2008.

You can read the full report here.

Forbes Picks ETFs For 2009

Editors at Forbes.com turn to three advisors to make their picks for exchange-traded funds in the coming year.

The group is remaining heavily diversified, choosing broad index-based ETFs and mutual funds to cover a lot of different ground.

You can read the story here.