Welcome to the ETF Prime Podcast
One of the “most helpful plain-English resources for investors who want to demystify exchange-traded funds” – Bloomberg Businessweek
Latest Episode
Rethinking Sector ETFs & Baron Capital’s ETF Debut
Michael Cohick, Director of Product Management at VanEck, breaks down the firm’s lineup of TruSector ETFs and how they aim to address tracking error caused by regulatory diversification limits – constraints that can force traditional sector funds to underweight the largest companies in their benchmarks. Matt Camuso, Head of ETF Solutions at Baron Capital, discusses the firm’s recent entry into the ETF space and outlines its distinctive approach to actively managed growth equity investing, including the Baron First Principles ETF (RONB).
About the Podcast
ETF Prime is hosted by Nate Geraci. Learn how to make ETFs a part of your investment portfolio as Nate spotlights individual ETFs and interviews experts from across the country. ETF Prime is available on Apple Podcasts, Android, Spotify, and most other major podcasting platforms. Specific guest interviews can be accessed by visiting the ETF Expert Corner.
Recent Episodes
BlackRock’s Dodd Kittsley Talks iShares ETFs & Fund Flows
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YieldShares Founder Magoon on Income Investing & ETFs
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On our most recent radio broadcast, YieldShares Founder and ETF industry veteran Christian Magoon joined us to talk about the YieldShares High Income ETF (ticker YYY) as well as some of the potential benefits of Exchange Traded Funds. Christian is well-versed in the industry, having been involved in the launch of some 50 ETFs. He’s also been recognized by Financial Planning magazine as an “ETF Pioneer” and Institutional Investor has named him one of the “Five People to Watch in The U.S. ETF Industry”. We asked Christian about the roadmap to success for an upstart ETF sponsor such as YieldShares and explained why these new entrants into the ETF market should have investors excited about the future of investing.
We also spent some time on the show reemphasizing the role of international stocks in your portfolio, particularly in light of the recent outperformance of international stocks compared to US stocks. For a variety of reasons, many US-based investors tend to load up on US stocks and significantly underweight (or ignore altogether) international stocks. We explained why developed international and emerging market stocks can be important components of a well-diversified portfolio. For investors who primarily hold US stocks, we would recommend reviewing this wonderful chart from Callan Associates which shows how different asset classes have performed over the past twenty years. You might be surprised to learn that international stocks were the top performer more often than US stocks. There are a number of broad-based, extremely low cost ETFs that offer international stock exposure and we discussed several on the show.
YieldShares Founder Magoon on Income Investing & ETFs
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Why Investment Costs Matter
Listen to The ETF Store Show every Tuesday at 9am on ESPN 1510 as we cover everything you need to know about Exchange Traded Funds and the world of investing.
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If you understand nothing else about your portfolio, you should know this one simple fact: Mutual funds and ETFs both charge you money to invest in them. Period. End of story. This will come as a surprise to some or simply be a small reminder to others. Regardless, the fact remains that you must shell out your hard earned money for the privilege of investing in these products. Now, that’s not necessarily a bad thing – the key is you must understand exactly what you’re paying for and what you’re getting in return. We discussed on our most recent radio broadcast and helped decode confusing investment jargon like “expense ratios”. We also explored why mutual funds are typically much more expensive than ETFs and we tackled a common misperception among investors – that higher priced funds deliver better performance. Most importantly, we explained how investment costs can be the difference between meeting your financial goals and coming up short.
In our weekly market update, we talked jobs report, including why the financial markets viewed the most recent jobs report (which showed the unemployment rate ticking down) as bad news and why the stock market went up in response to this bad news. In our weekly ETF Spotlight segment, we highlighted the United States Oil Fund (ticker USO), which holds futures contracts for light sweet crude oil. With the spot price of oil up sharply over the past several months and tensions flaring in the Middle East, this ETF can be an easy, cost effective way to gain exposure to oil. Learn more about USO by visiting www.etfbuzz.com.