Joseph L. Shaefer: “History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes” The above quote, attributed to Mark Twain, has been used and misused to explain many things that did or did not occur and did or did not unfold according to historical precedent. A current favorite is to point out the similarities noted, thus Read more…

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A mere 15 years ago, selecting the right exchange-traded fund (ETF) was no big challenge. That’s because the first ETF wasn’t introduced until 1993, and the second didn’t follow until 1995. Read more…

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Ken Leon, Standard & Poor’s equity analyst, spent some time with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC last friday to discuss the S&P ETF rating system. S&P rates each etf on a scale from “overweight” to “underweight” Read more…

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