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
The UFO ETF, SpaceX, and AI Infrastructure Plays
Andrew Chanin, CEO of ProcureAM, discusses skyrocketing investor demand for the Procure Space ETF (UFO), the highly anticipated SpaceX IPO, the government’s recent release of UFO files, and growing competition within the space-themed ETF category. Paul Baiocchi, Head of Fund Sales and Strategy at SS&C ALPS Advisors, explains how the AI capex boom is driving opportunities across traditional sectors like utilities, materials, energy, and industrials – and highlights ETFs positioned to benefit from the trend.
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
Mutual Funds’ Dirty Little Secret
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We Talk Gold with Juan Carlos Artigas from The World Gold Council
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 talked gold with Juan Carlos Artigas, Global Head of Investment Research at The World Gold Council, discussing what’s currently driving gold demand and the investment case for holding gold in a portfolio. The World Gold Council is the global authority on gold and they work to provide investors with up-to-date information to help them better understand the gold market. In a wide-ranging interview, Juan Carlos touched on central bank purchases of gold, consumer gold demand in China and India, and the role gold can play as a diversifier in an investment portfolio.
We also discussed gold ETFs such as the iShares Gold Trust (ticker IAU) and the SPDR Gold Shares (ticker GLD) and explained why holding a physically backed gold ETF might be a better option for investors than actually holding physical gold bars or coins. Plus, in our weekly market update, we examined some of the longer-term market factors to consider as you determine your portfolio’s allocation – including how gold and other alternative assets fit into your asset allocation strategy. Finally, we delved into an interesting gold miner ETF (ticker GDX) in our ETF Spotlight segment and explained why gold mining shares may perform differently than physical gold. Listen to the full show here.
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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