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17-03-2015, 18:03
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGr6zli2zpt2gloLPiJcJpfV0qrKw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778773564189&ei=c2wIVYiINInYigb9l4CABQ&url=http://business.financialpost.com/2015/03/17/is-dumb-money-going-into-smart-beta-funds-run-by-robots-now-account-for-400-billion/"><img src="//t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFjWfqxabpyrQ3-aMfwLq-Irqhh3RMFiaRxUhJwqGw_3uhlpN0ZwsOSzBDVQxW2kkZ_iG_7D gi" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Financial Post</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGr6zli2zpt2gloLPiJcJpfV0qrKw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778773564189&ei=c2wIVYiINInYigb9l4CABQ&url=http://business.financialpost.com/2015/03/17/is-dumb-money-going-into-smart-beta-funds-run-by-robots-now-account-for-400-billion/"><b>Is dumb money going into smart beta? Funds run by robots now account for <b>...</b></b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Financial Post</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Many smart-beta funds encode even-more-complex rules into their operating systems. ProShares Large Cap Core Plus, for instance, makes the WisdomTree fund look as clunky as a <b>Commodore 64</b>. ProShares Core Plus uses borrowed money—leverage—to&nbsp;...</font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dBukOb5ZhaD32WM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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