Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become a powerful force in the world of investing. These baskets of stocks, bonds and other assets have surged in popularity and now contain nearly $2 trillion worth of both retail and institutional investor assets. Overall, ETFs are great building blocks for portfolios. But happens when the music stops? Some analysts and regulators have questioned ETFs’ ability to thrive in a world of low volume and zero liquidity. Here’s Aleph Blog’s David Merkel with more on the liquidity side of the .
Financial Times (Tracy Alloway and Arash Massoudi): With ETFs, it’s all about that bid/ask spread and .
The Wall Street Journal’s Money Beat (Pat Minczeski and Alen Mattich): More on that lack of volume: You can almost hear the crickets .
ETF.com (Dave Nadig): Despite these concerns, ETFs have been an amazingly .
Asbury Park Press (John Waggoner): The high-yield space has been especially kind to investors. But it’s time to sell your .
The Wall Street Journal (Jonathan Clements): Here’s how to build that ETF portfolio right.
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Investing Caffeine (Wade W. Slome): How to adjust after the first half of the year’s various “surprises.” .
The Big Picture Blog/WaPo (Barry Ritholtz): Here’s exactly where you shouldn’t put your money. .
Economic Times (Reuters Staff): It’s getting heavy here on “Merger Monday.” A massive global cement deal is .
Quartz (Michael Silverberg): Heroin bags as an objet d’art. .
