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Investing isnt as difficult or as expensive as most people think. Most of us just don't do it well. Here's what we do wrong -- and how to start doing it right.

The McDonald's of ETFs
Barclay's iShares family, the burgeoning industry's 800-pound gorilla, didn't get big by accident.

How to pick the right dividend ETF
Does iShares or PowerShares offer the best way to snag a slice of high-yielding stocks?

Cheaper today pays off tomorrow
You can save tens of thousands of dollars over the long run by investing in exchange-traded funds rather than mutual funds. Those higher fees add up.

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ETFs: The cheap, the dear, and the fairly valued
Funds our stock analysts would and wouldn't buy in the current market.

PowerShares powers up
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A new ETF player worth watching
Upstart PowerShares has just four funds so far, but big plans -- and its ETFs don't just aim for the usual benchmark indexes, but to beat them.

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