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features
Your Money & Your Brain
by Jason Zweig .......................... 10
Why you’re no good at predicting anything.
How Neuroeconomics Can
Make You A Better Investor
an interview with Jason Zweig .............. 16
The journey from neuroscience to brainier investing.
Behavioral Finance Roundtable.. . . . . . . . . 20
Seven experts on emotion, indexing and investing.
The Frontier From Different Views
by Craig Israelsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Assessing the frontier by size and style.
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ETFs, Spreads and Liquidity
by Matt Hougan ......................... 30
A hard look at the data on ETF spreads.
Why ETFs And 401(k)s Will Never Match
by David Blanchett and Gregory Kasten ...... 34
ETFs may never gain traction in retirement plans.
Index Strategies And ETF Costs
by Richard Ferri ......................... 42
Why complex can be costly in the ETF arena.
Inside The Home Price Indices
by David Blitzer ......................... 46
Behind the scenes of the home price plunge.
The Curmudgeon
by Brad Zigler ........................... 64
Breaking behavioral finance into its component parts.
news
Bear Stearns Rolls Out First U.S. Active ETF ......... 48
Home Prices Tumble ........................... 48
Barclays Launches First All-World Stock ETF . . . . . . . . 49
Vanguard Files For All-World Fund ................ 49
Northern Trust Enters ETF Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Indexing Developments ........................ 49
Around The World Of ETFs ...................... 51
Into The Futures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
On The Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
data
Selected Major Indexes .........................59
Returns Of Largest U.S. Index Mutual Funds .........60
U.S. Market Overview In Style ....................61
U.S. Economic Sector Review. ....................62
Exchange-Traded Funds Corner ...................63
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