ETF Face-Off: EEM vs. VWO

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With over 1,000 ETFs now making up the universe, there is bound to be some redundancy. If you cut down this large ETF pile and select only those with high average daily volume figures, which I define over $10 million, you end up with less than 100. Even in that much smaller pile there are duplications, which are necessary for …

ETFs Pop On Merger News—SPY Gains 1.55%

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Who cared about global hotspots and disasters? Yesterday, it was all about merger mania and excitement over AT&T’s intention to buy T-Mobile U.S.A. for $39 billion. The markets jumped right out of the gate, as the chart above (courtesy of marketwatch.com) shows. The ETF equivalent of the S&P 500, SPY, added +1.55%, slightly more than its underlying index, while small …