Fundsters interested in more news on the ETF pricing moves by the big discount brokerages may want to check out today's
Wall Street Journal. In the "Fund Track" column, Daisy Maxey
reports on
TD Ameritrade's decision to offer more than 100 ETFs commission-free (to those who hold them for at least 30 days).
USA Today broke the news last week (see
The MFWire, 10/8/2010). ETFs from
iShares [
see profile],
Schwab [
see profile],
State Street [
see profile] and
Vanguard [
see profile] are included in the list
Jason Zweig also
covered the news in his "Intelligent Investor" column in the Saturday edition of the WSJ.
Maxey interviewed several sources about TD's move, including: Mark Balasa, co-CEO of RIA Balasa Diverno Foltz and Tom Lydon, president of Global Trends Investments. Balasa described the ETF commission-cutting at the brokerages as "an arms race."
Zweig spoke with:
Noel Archard, head of iShares in the U.S.;
Peter Crawford, head of
Schwab's ETF business; Rick Ferri of Portfolio Solutions; Matt Hougan, managing director at
IndexUniverse.com; William Koehler of ETF Portfolio Partners;
James Ross, managing director at
State Street; and
Gus Sauter, chief investment officer at
Vanguard. Zweig also cites the
GlobalShares FTSE Emerging Markets Fund. 
Edited by:
Neil Anderson, Managing Editor
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