ETF Prime

You likely are no longer settling for listening to music on cassette tapes, instead enjoying the vast benefits of digital music.  Are you settling by investing in mutual funds instead of ETFs?  Nate & Jason explain.  Also, MarketGrader’s Carlos Diez and Brady Lipp spotlight the Barron’s 400 ETF.

Buy and hold?  Traditional active management?  A rules-based approach?  Nate, Conor, & Jason explain the pros and cons of three popular investment strategies and offer important keys to success regardless of your approach.

Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg, discusses his new book “The Institutional ETF Toolbox“, which seeks to help all investors better understand and utilize ETFs.  Nate & Jason also offer some perspective on the U.S. stock bull market turning seven years old.

Brad Loncar, Head of Loncar Investments, joins us in studio to spotlight the index behind the Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF (CNCR) and discuss the innovation occurring in cancer treatment.  Nate and Conor also explain why ETFs can be an excellent way to access the biotech space in general.

Ben Fulton, ETF industry pioneer & CEO of Elkhorn Investments, talks about the early days of ETFs and the continued innovation since.  Ben also spotlights the Elkhorn S&P 500 Capital Expenditures ETF (CAPX) and the Elkhorn FTSE RAFI U.S. Equity Income ETF (ELKU).  Nate & Conor explain how you can get paid to own ETFs.

Investment costs are one of the few things you can control in investing.  We examine new research from Morningstar on the relationship between the cost and performance of the funds you invest in.  Tadas Viskanta, Founder & Editor of Abnormal Returns, offers his perspective on the importance of investor behavior and the proliferation of ETFs.

In a world with negative interest rates, how do you begin to make sense of the investment landscape?  Nate & Conor explore the concept of negative rates and offer some takeaways for investors.  Kevin DiSano, Chief Portfolio Strategist at IndexIQ, also discusses negative rates and highlights several ETFs to consider in this environment.

Institutional investors continue to increase their use of ETFs.  We explain the reasons why and what you can learn from these professional investors.  Also, PureFunds CEO Andrew Chanin spotlights ETFs covering cyber security, mobile payment technologies, and big data.

Dave Mazza, Head of Research for SPDR ETFs at StateStreet Global Advisors, spotlights the recently launched SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF (XITK).  Nate and Conor also discuss the latest buzz coming out of ETF.com’s Inside ETFs conference, the industry’s largest event.

When market turmoil hits, some investors naturally begin reevaluating their investment advisor.  We discuss five key questions to ask before hiring a new advisor, as outlined in the Kansas City Business Journal.  We also answer our listener question of the month and explain the merits of a momentum-based risk management strategy.