Why Your Mutual Fund Advisor Needs a Magic Crystal Ball
Nate Geraci
August 6, 2012
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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
GraniteShares’ Will Rhind on Rise of Options-Based ETFs
Will Rhind, Founder & CEO of GraniteShares, dives into their YieldBOOST lineup of ETFs and offers perspective on the growing demand for options-based ETF strategies overall. Zeno Mercer, Senior Research Analyst at VettaFi, breaks down one of the hottest segments in the market: artificial intelligence ETFs. He covers fund flows, performance trends, and the key drivers behind investor interest.
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
Can You Answer These Key Financial Questions?
Nate Geraci
July 31, 2012
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 some of the findings from a recent special report released by Financial Finesse, a leading provider of financial education programs to corporations. The report highlighted responses by individuals to a variety of questions surrounding personal “financial wellness”. Three key questions in the report included:
- How confident are you that your investments are properly allocated between cash, stocks, and bonds?
- Have you ever done a fee analysis on your investment portfolio?
- Do you know if you’re on track to replace 80% of your income (or whatever your goal is) in retirement?
Remarkably, significantly more individuals responded negatively to these critical financial questions than positively. Listen to our full show here as we explain several ways that you can tackle each of these questions to help ensure your investments are on the right track. Plus, we discuss the upcoming Fed meeting in our weekly market update and delve into one of the most popular ETFs (ticker QQQ) in our weekly ETF Spotlight.
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Can You Answer These Key Financial Questions?
Nate Geraci
July 30, 2012
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ETF Growth Story Continues
Nate Geraci
July 24, 2012
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 the incredible ETF growth story that continues to unfold right before our eyes. Recent ETF data released by ETF Industry Association shows continued strong growth with assets increasing over $75 billion since the beginning of the year and the number of ETF products growing to 1,476 – a 15% increase compared to the same time last year. New cash flowing into ETFs continues to come at the expense of traditional mutual funds as investors become better educated on the potential advantages of ETFs including lower costs, greater tax efficiency, intraday trading, and the ability to access a wide variety of alternative asset classes. Total ETF assets now stand at $1.2 trillion and Cerulli Associates projects the astronomical growth to continue with ETF assets hitting $3.8 trillion by the end of 2016.
Listen to our full show here as we discuss the shifting demographics driving this staggering growth and why we think ETFs are more like the digital music in your iPod while mutual funds resemble something closer to cassette tapes – or even the old 8 tracks. Which would you rather invest in? Plus, we explain the difference between index mutual funds and ETFs and examine a high flying agricultural ETF (ticker RJA) in our weekly ETF Spotlight.
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