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
Obstacles to Capturing Investment Returns
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.
On our most recent radio broadcast, ETF Store Investment Advisor Kit Barnes joined us to discuss four major obstacles that most investors face to capturing returns in their portfolios and how he has worked with clients to reduce or overcome these obstacles. While the S&P 500 Index has returned 7.8% from 1992 – 2011, many investors have failed to capture anywhere near that return. Investment fees, poor investment decisions, inflation, and taxes have all conspired against investor portfolios to eat away at market returns. On the show, we explained how investors can tackle each of these obstacles by using exchange traded funds and having a sound investment plan in place. Below is a quick summary of our tips and recommendations from the broadcast:
| Obstacle | Actions to Improve Control | |
| #1 | Investment Fees |
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| #2 | Investor Behavior |
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| #3 | Inflation |
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| #4 | Taxes |
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Obstacles to Capturing Investment Returns
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“10 Things That Mutual Fund Companies Won’t Say”
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.
On our most recent radio broadcast, we discussed an article from the Wall Street Journal by Ian Salisbury titled “10 Things that Mutual Fund Companies Won’t Say”. As the title suggests, this excellent piece lays out ten key points that the author believes mutual fund companies won’t tell investors about their products. On the show, we walked through each of these points and more importantly, explained how Exchange Traded Funds, or ETFs, avoid many of the issues highlighted in the article. If you’re still investing in actively managed mutual funds, this article will no doubt have you rethinking your position and taking a hard look at switching to low cost, index-based investments such as ETFs.
In our weekly market update, we provided the latest on the looming “fiscal cliff” and discussed how the financial markets could react if lawmakers fail to reach some form of a productive deal. In our ETF spotlight segment, we examined a dividend focused ETF (ticker SDY) and explained how in this historically low interest rate environment, high dividend paying equities can be an excellent way to generate income in a portfolio. We also discussed the impact that the dividend tax rate increase might have on this type of ETF. Listen to the full show here.
“10 Things That Mutual Fund Companies Won’t Say”
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