The popularity of exchange-traded funds is soaring, but tracking errors for the funds are also on the rise | <i>IN exclusive</I> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130331/CHART02/130329933&issuedate=20130331&sid=ETF0331>The closest-tracking ETFs</a> | <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130331/CHART02/130329945&issuedate=20130331&sid=ETF0331>The 50 best-performing ETFs</a>
An ETF that deviates too far from its underlying index may have a management problem
As ETFs gain recognition, they're trying to cut better deals with index providers
Labor Department disclosures encourage more consideration of "cheap' ETFs in plans
View this interactive timeline of events to see how ETFs began and where they are now.
Accounts have seen white-hot growth in past few years; cheaper asset allocation
Will offer twice as many commission-free program with iShares
Some say "easy sell' is just clever marketing
Expected lower expense ratios would give stock pickers a leg up on index funds
Exchange-traded funds' liquidity could be a double-edged sword
Investors have pulled approximately $1 billion from the two largest junk bond ETFs year-to-date
Market movements help determine when to move in and out of the funds
Investors in mutual fund companies doing better than fund shareholders.
Investors pulled $5.3 billion in 2012; better than the $36.3 billion yanked in 2011.
The firm announced today it will launch the Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund during the second quarter.
The Teucrium Agricultural Fund holds an equal weighting of exchange-traded funds that invest in corn, sugar, soybean and wheat futures and is the first ETF to combine the four major agriculture commodities in a single fund.
