ETF Working Lunch Podcast

The oil market this year has left many investors shocked in its wake. Gold hasn't been smooth sailing either. Investing in commodities isn’t like investing in any other asset class. Jodie Gunzberg, Chief Investment Strategist at Greystone Consulting and a commodities expert, reminds us there's so much more to consider.

Perth Tolle, founder of Life + Liberty Indexes, believes freedom is an important metric in finding success in emerging market investing. As the index provider behind the first-of-a-kind freedom-weighted 100 Emerging Market ETF (FRDM), she tells us why freedom in these economies matters, and how it impacts portfolio composition.

Environmental, social, governance (ESG) investing is taking hold in the ETF market. Linda Zhang has been at the forefront of this effort as CEO and founder of Purview Investments, a New York-based RIA focused on active ETF strategies and ESG investing. Zhang, who’s also a founding member of Women in ETFs, helps us navigate this burgeoning ETF segment.

We explore the new semitransparent and nontransparent ETF frontier with Cleo Chang, head of Investment Solutions at American Century Investments, and Women in ETFs' board member Kristine Delano. From lessons learned from NextShares, to innovation ActiveShares and other wrapper offers, we shine a light on this opaque structure.

Joining us for our first episode is Jillian DelSignore, board member of Women in ETFs. We catch up on everything from the importance of bringing women in this business together, to the growing ETF distribution challenge, to the big themes in ETF investing this year. It’s what we call a power lunch!