ETF Black Magic: What's Really in the Hat?

The first ETF debuted back in 1993. ETFs have displaced regular mutual funds as the investment of choice: The amount of money ETFs hold has skyrocketed more than 2,000% - compared with a paltry 120% for regular funds. ETFs trade all day like stocks - making them "better" than mutual funds. ETFs are modern-day magical trading tools. But if you know anything about magic, you know there are times where the trick goes awry... Tags: black Monday , ETF , ETF investing , ETFs Article , exchange-traded funds , stock market correction. , stock market crash , Stock-Market sell-off To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2015 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post ETF Black Magic: What's Really in the Hat? appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .