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RonHunt
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RonHunt asked about a year ago in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

What happened to VYM today?

It lost about 1/3 of it's value

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David R Hanson
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Hi Ronhunt,

I'm not sure where you got this impression. A recent chart of this ETF's performance is here:

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=VYM#symbol=VYM;range=3m

As you can see, it has never come close to losing a third of its value on a single day. And in the last few days, it has been rebounding with the rest of the market.

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Dominic Preuss
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You can also see it on our stock quote (shameless plug)

http://www.filife.com/quote/VYM

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