19.11.2008 - Investors trading the heck out of ETFs in crisis

From Marketwatch.com: Exchange-traded funds are seeing massive volume during the financial storm as trading levels spiked to all-time highs during October’s market meltdown. In October, ETFs represented almost 40% of all equity trading volume in the U.S., according to research from Barclays Global Investors. That’s an amazing figure considering the first U.S.-listed ETF was introduced in 1993 and the products are relative newcomers on the financial scene..... Full Article: Source

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