ari: re ETFC, shedlock sounds like a negative spin doctor to the extreme .... he didn't even mention the SIPC insurance of $500k per account ! I think the analyst views I posted yesterday are more on target - <a href="http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=24489557&txt2find=etfc" target="_blank">http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=24489557&txt2find=etfc</a>