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
We Talk Gold with Juan Carlos Artigas from The World Gold Council
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Mutual Fund Companies See Writing on the Wall
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 how John Hancock, one of the more popular mutual fund companies, recently announced that they’re making the jump into Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). This comes on the heels of mutual fund behemoth Fidelity announcing an aggressive move into the ETF space with a lineup of actively managed ETFs. Large, traditional mutual fund providers like Vanguard and PIMCO have already made big moves into ETFs. Vanguard is one of the largest ETF providers and PIMCO just launched an ETF in March, the PIMCO Total Return ETF (ticker BOND), that has already gathered well over $2 billion in assets. We explained how the largest players in the mutual fund space are now seeing the writing on the wall – investors are shunning expensive mutual funds and moving to lower cost ETFs. Consider that developed market equity mutual funds have lost $52 billion in assets so far in 2012 after $491 billion in redemptions the previous four years! Meanwhile, ETFs continue to see record inflows.
Listen to the full show here and also catch our weekly market update and ETF Spotlight (ticker DEM).
Mutual Fund Companies See Writing on the Wall
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Why Your Mutual Fund Advisor Needs a Magic Crystal Ball
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 underperformance of actively managed mutual funds and how fund fees play a major role in why mutual funds tend to come up short. A recent article from InvestorPlace provided yet another in a long line of analyses showing how passively managed ETFs tend to outperform actively managed mutual funds over time. The article adeptly pointed out that several iShares ETFs had outperformed mutual funds in six out of seven equity categories over the past ten years and three out of three fixed income categories over the past five years. We explained why we think ETFs are the best way to go for investors and why advisors pushing mutual funds should invest in magic crystal balls.
Plus, we answered your questions on investing and ETFs including the ProShares UltraShort Euro ETF (EUO) and several dividend paying ETFs such as the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG). Listen to the full show here and also catch our weekly market update and ETF Spotlight (ticker DEM).
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Why Your Mutual Fund Advisor Needs a Magic Crystal Ball
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