17.06.2015 - Investors warned not to engage in ETF performance chasing
While the exchange traded funds (ETF) market may be booming investors are being warned to not chase market performance as international ETFs have received significant inflows off the back of recent performance. In a market report, compiled by automated investment adviser and fund manager Stockspot, international share ETFs have overtaken Australian share ETFs as the largest sector in the exchange traded space adding 13 of the 17 new ETFs released in the past year. At the same time the international share ETFs sector has grown by 95 per cent for the year to $6.9 billion of funds under management, compared with $5.09 billion for Australian share ETFs, with the average international ETF return up 28 per cent over the past 12 months...............................................Full Article: Source
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