The Globe and Mail

Here's a look at some of our best coverage of exchange traded funds, or ETFs, in recent weeks.

June:

• ETFs after the flash-crash
• ETFs under the microscope
• Tired of high mutual fund fees?

May:

• How to protect yourself from ETF pain
• Building a solid portfolio foundation to survive a market slide
• Here's how to use U.S. stocks to diversify
• Why fund managers are embracing ETFs
• Capitalizing on a global outlook

April:

• Preferred-share ETFs feel interest-rate pressure
• ETF picks for your portfolio
• Do your homework before dumping mutual funds for ETFs
• How ETFs fared in the first quarter
• ETFs for a recovering economy
• The basics of ETF portfolio building
• How the bond ETFs measure up
• Why are ETFs smoking hot?
• ETF providers have cluttered a pristine landscape
• Five ETFs that take advantage of dollar parity
• ETFs that took the lead in the first quarter
• A dividend ETF to make Buffett proud
• The unequivocal Mr. Bogle

March:

• Which gold ETF is for you?
• Looking for better returns from your funds? Try an ETF
• ETFs: How do they actually work?
• ETFs: What could go wrong
• A rough ride for resource, emerging market ETFs
• Investor Clinic: What's an MER and why should you care?
• Active ETFs add a new spin to a low-cost product
• So many ETFs, so little time
• Looking for better returns from your funds? Try an ETF

February:

• ETF picks for your RRSP portfolio
• Actively managed ETFs: Look before you leap
• Bears may have the upper hand over the gold bugs
• Remember the true meaning of fixed income
• Junk bonds ETFs: not for grandma
• The ETF building blocks for a solid portfolio
• Don't suffer the high cost of investing
• ETFs for the couch-potato investor
• ETFs for go-getters
• ETFs can fall short when it comes to small-cap stocks

January:

• In Number Cruncher, Rob Carrick cracks open various ETFs
• Platinum and palladium ETFs make their debut
• Will the worst ETFs of 2009 be the best of 2010?

December

• Battle heats up between mutual funds, ETFs: Shirley Won examines the rivalry between stock pickers and index chasers
• A stash for cash, or investment vehicle? Use an ETF to diversify your TFSA
• Having 'the talk' with today's youth: A look at unbiased, useful investor education websites
• Five ETFs to watch this week from TheStreet.com
• Five silver and gold bull ETFs: If you believe precious metals are rising, here are five ETFs to keep in mind
• First Christian ETFs start trading: Is nothing sacred? Denomination-based ETFs
• Three ETFs to guide you through next year:Think exotic: copper in Chile and coal in China. And think boring: consumer staples, just in case

November

• Skot Kortje suggests investors Buy the consumer staples SPDR ETF
• The bad boys of the ETF world - Rob Carrick points out the characteristics that you don't want to see in an ETF
• Three ETFs to guide you into the new year
• The hottest ETFs in Toronto - Number cruncher reveals the top performing ETFs so far this year
• Divide and prosper - Fabrice Taylor points out that the asset classes you choose matter a lot. The stocks: hardly at all
• ETFs for Wall St. survivors prosper - The financial sectors has shored up many ETFs. Here's a look at some of them
• ETF investing: Two strategies - Plus: Two important tips on using these tactics
• A mutual fund taking ETFs to the masses - Finally, something useful for investors out of the ETF v. mutual fund rivalry

October

• Investor Clinic: ETFs pay dividends without single-stock risk - John Heinzl compared two dividend ETFs
• Rating the top Canadian ETFs - Rob Carrick picks his favourite 10
• The low-fee fund that leads the pack - Pioneering iShares XIU has given Barclays the tool it needs to dominate exchange-traded funds
• To invest in China, just know the letters FXI - Learning Chinese as an investor is as simple as remembering the letters FXI
• Make money on 'innocent bystander' ETFs - Introducing Singapore
• An ETF Bet for Brazil's Olympics - Consider adding exposure to this growing marketplace
• Fabrice Taylor's three favorite ETFs
• ETFs: easy, tax-efficient funds - Gail Bebee's introduction to ETFs for beginners

September

• The five best ETFs out there - TheStreet.com's picks
• Hard-asset ETF boom - How to play commodities
• Actively managed ETFs: The new mutual funds? - From Investopedia.com
• ETF firms warn tax plan could cripple industry - Steve Ladurantaye looks at the Canadian landscape
• The all-in-one investment solution that could be for you - Gail Bebee's suggestions for simple investing
• Let clueless investors be your signal for opportunity - Avner Mandelman on the dangers of leveraged ETFs
• Sector ETFs rise to the top of the list - We dig into the year-to-date returns for ETFs listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
• How to invest in gold, silver ETFs - There are compelling reasons to gain exposure to gold

August

• Couch Potato, and proud of it - Larry MacDonald profiles a passive investor
• Pimco TIPS the competition - TheStreet.com looks at bond ETFs
• Claymore preferred share ETF gains strength from banks - Skot Kortje highlights this ETF using technical analysis
• Cut your investing expenses, not returns - Canadian Capitalist blogger Ram Balakrishnan discusses passive investing with our readers
• In defence of mutual funds - Why Lou Schizas prefers active management for his funds

Videos

• Natural gas ETF versus the real thing
• Best performing ETFs
• China sneezes, ETFs catch cold
• Are ETFs your cup of tea?
• ETFs 101: What are they and why you should buy them
• Beware these pricey investing products
• Hedged gold ETF for TSX
• BMO's Canada-focused ETFs
• An ETF for the broad-based investor
• ETF specializes in real estate