Monday, May 7, 2007

Personal Finance - Index funds compared to ETFs

After that long winded entry, here is an attempt to a short and to the point post.

Wall Street Journal's Monday, May 7, 2007 edition has the article...
A Close Race, a Surprising Finish
By IAN SALISBURY

The article does a great job of analyzing the comparison between Index and ETF funds of similar type (Morningstar actually did the leg work) and you should check it out.

No surprise that Vanguard and Fidelity take up a prominent position in the article which is nice to see. Generally speaking the article suggests that Index funds have performed better then ETFs, but the real interesting take away for me was the focus on expense as being a significant factor.

OK, I'm confirming my own thoughts here but there you have it.

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