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, Eric Pollackov, Director of ETF Capital Markets at Charles Schwab, joined us to discuss Schwab’s recent ETF fee cuts, their lineup of broad based ETFs, and his thoughts on why ETFs have become so popular with investors. Schwab launched their first ETF in 2009 and has quickly grown assets to nearly $7.5 billion by positioning themselves as a low cost provider of many of the core building blocks of a well-diversified portfolio. Schwab also offers commission-free trading of their proprietary ETFs through the Schwab platform. In addition to our conversation with Eric, we also examined the wider industry implications of Schwab’s fee cuts and explained how investors are the clear winners in the blossoming ETF price war.
In our weekly market update, we delved into last week’s key economic data including GDP, durable goods, and jobless claims. We also debated whether now is the right time to start getting more aggressive in your investment portfolio. Finally, in our ETF Spotlight segment, given our focus on Schwab ETFs this week, we discussed the Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (ticker: SCHE) and how it compares to some of the other high profile emerging market equity ETFs available to investors. Listen to the full show here.
