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As markets roil, ETFs take an active tack

As the market for index ETFs gets more crowded, fund companies have started launching actively managed alternatives - adding 15 funds since April 2008 in a roller coaster market. As the market for index ETFs gets more crowded, fund companies have started launching actively managed alternatives - adding 15 funds since April 2008 in a roller coaster market. (Spencer Platt/ Getty Images)
By Mark Jewell
June 21, 2009

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If there’s any wisdom to the maxim “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’’ you might not know it from looking at what the exchange-traded fund industry has been up to lately. (Full article: 975 words)

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