{"id":87482,"date":"2023-11-22T09:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/investing\/this-is-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-etfs\/"},"modified":"2023-11-22T09:52:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:52:01","slug":"this-is-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=87482","title":{"rendered":"This is the worst thing to happen to ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article__body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0002746267\">\n<div class=\"snippet__body\">\n<p>ETFs were a great invention until they fell into the hands of retail investors and advisers.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the tongue-in-cheek lesson I am drawing from two recent research studies into the real-world performance of ETFs and portfolios of ETFs. 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