I wrote a post a month or so ago on the risks from ETFs, in particular how ETFs on less liquid markets -- with high yield bonds being my poster child -- could cause problems for the market generally. Basically that there is a fundamental flaw when people think an instrument based on a illiquid market is capable of intraday liquidity. And that if the ETFs in such a market have a severe problem, ETFs generally might be considered tainted by a range of retail investors, leading to an outflow from even the more liquid ETFs.
Here is an article that points toward the potential for problems with high yield bond ETFs:
Investors Playing ETF Rout Pushed Junk Bonds to Brink of Chaos.
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More on ETFs -- A Little Craziness in High Yield Bond ETFs
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