ETF Prime Podcast

Listen to The ETF Store Show every Saturday at 4pm on KCMO Talk Radio 710AM as we cover everything you need to know about Exchange Traded Funds and the world of investing.

On our most recent radio show, we walked through an eye opening illustration that really reinforced why the mutual fund industry is fighting so hard to keep you invested in expensive mutual funds.  This nice little calculation concluded that if the remaining mutual fund investors were to convert to ETFs, the mutual fund industry would stand to lose approximately $40 billion.  And where would that $40 billion dollars go?  Into your pockets!  This $40 billion is real money that investors would be saving annually.  So, as you can see, the mutual fund companies have 40 billion reasons to make sure you keep investing in their pricey mutual funds instead of ETFs.

We also discussed a few other interesting ETF industry observations as well as answered some timely ETF questions from listeners on such things as international bond ETFs and taking advantage of the Facebook IPO through an ETF.

Listen to the full show here.

Listen to The ETF Store Show every Saturday at 4pm on KCMO Talk Radio 710AM as we cover everything you need to know about Exchange Traded Funds and the world of investing.

On our most recent radio show, we discussed the latest actions taken by the Federal Reserve and more importantly, how those actions can impact your investment portfolio.  In many ways, the Fed is making it harder than ever on investors by creating two real problems that can be difficult to combat.  The first problem is that the Fed’s low interest rate policy penalizes savers and people who depend upon income from their portfolios to live.  The second issue is that the types of actions the Fed is currently undertaking have historically led to inflation.  So, the real question is how do you position your portfolio in this type of environment?

The good news is that ETFs can help you solve these issues.  There are a number of excellent ETF options that can help you generate income in your portfolio, protect against the devastating impact of inflation, or in some cases – do both.

Listen to the full show here to learn about some of the ETF options that can help you protect your portfolio from the Fed’s policies.

Listen to The ETF Store Show every Saturday at 4pm on KCMO Talk Radio 710AM as we cover everything you need to know about Exchange Traded Funds and the world of investing.

On our most recent radio show, we spent some time discussing some of the more popular emerging markets ETFs including VWO, EEM, and SCHE.  While emerging markets were down nearly 20% in 2011, they’re off to a strong start in 2012 and we explained why having a material allocation to emerging markets in your portfolio is still important over the next decade.

Listen to the full show here.

Listen to The ETF Store Show every Saturday at 4pm on KCMO Talk Radio 710AM as we cover everything you need to know about Exchange Traded Funds and the world of investing.

On our most recent radio show, we explained the common mistakes or shortcomings that we tend to see in people’s investment portfolios including:

Overpaying for investments

Using a cookie-cutter allocation with no disciplined investment strategy

Failing to use alternative asset classes

Overlapping mutual funds

Investing in individual stocks and/or bonds

Underperformance

We discussed each of these issues in detail and more importantly, explained how you can fix each of these issues by using ETFs.

Listen to the full show here.

Listen to The ETF Store Show every Saturday at 4pm on KCMO Talk Radio 710AM as we cover everything you need to know about Exchange Traded Funds and the world of investing.

On our most recent radio broadcast, we took a look back at the financial markets in 2011 and also previewed what to look for in 2012.  As with 2011, the European debt crisis and the slow U.S. economic recovery remain front and center in 2012.

In addition, to begin the New Year, we offered several investing-related New Year’s resolutions that you may want to consider adopting as your own.  Every year, there are a lot of New Year’s resolutions that get bandied about – exercise more, eat better, quit smoking.  However, we have some New Year’s resolutions that just might be easier to implement, easier to stick to, and best of all, they very well may put your portfolio in a much better position for many years to come.

Listen to the full show here.