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One of the “most helpful plain-English resources for investors who want to demystify exchange-traded funds” – Bloomberg Businessweek
Latest Episode
Q1 ETF Flow Trends & Next Evolution Options Strategies (NEOS)
Cinthia Murphy, Investment Strategist at VettaFi, examines key trends in first-quarter ETF flows and looks ahead to the remainder of the year. Troy Cates, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of NEOS Investments, offers a tour of one of the industry’s fastest-growing ETF lineups and discusses key considerations for investors evaluating options-based ETF strategies.
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
Emotional Investing Leads to Underperformance
Blackrock recently conducted a very interesting study whereby they examined 20-year investment returns for the average investor. The results were not good. Over a 20-year period from 1992 – 2011, the average investor underperformed every single major asset class. Here are the numbers:
The primary reason for this disastrous performance by individual investors is reacting emotionally to volatility in the financial markets. Financial markets have always been, and will always be, volatile. This chart underscores the importance of having a financial advisor. A financial advisor can help you develop a long-term investment plan and provide that objective, unemotional voice of reason during those periods of volatility to help you avoid the common pitfalls that befall the average investor. At The ETF Store, we’re here to help implement the right investment plan for you and our disciplined strategies can take the emotion out of investing. Don’t be an average investor.
We Talk SPDR ETFs with SSgA’s David Mazza
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5 Investing New Year’s Resolutions
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On our most recent radio broadcast, we offered five investing New Year’s resolutions to help get your investment portfolio on track. While many people resolve to do things like exercise more or quit smoking, we here at The ETF Store believe that you also have to make a few investing-related resolutions to best position yourself for long-term investment success. After all, one popular definition of insanity is to keep doing the same things over and over again and expect different results. This certainly applies whether you’re talking about physical fitness or the health of your investment portfolio. If you haven’t been satisfied with your investment performance, perhaps it may be time to try a different approach. It’s our belief that if you can implement and keep these five investing New Year’s resolutions, you will be well on your way towards reaching your financial goals:
1) Focus on Asset Allocation
2) Have a Disciplined Investment Plan in Place
3) Understand Exactly What I’m Paying For My Investments and Minimize Investment Costs
4) Learn More About Exchange Traded Funds
5) Conduct an In-Depth Review of My Investment Portfolio
In our weekly market update, we looked back at the performance of various asset classes in 2012 – in particular, global equities. With the steady stream of negative headlines last year – from Europe’s sovereign debt crisis to the so-called “fiscal cliff” – some investors may be surprised to learn that global equity markets approached 20% returns. We explained the disconnect and also discussed what impact the recent fiscal cliff deal may have on the markets in 2013. In our ETF spotlight segment, we examined a sector ETF that was up over 28% last year (ticker XLF) and debated the role an ETF such as this may have in a portfolio.
5 Investing New Year’s Resolutions
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