Most investors are familiar with equity real estate investment trusts. These companies, which own and operate physical real estate, make up most of the stock market’s real estate sector. But equity REITs aren’t the only REITs investors can buy. Mortgage REITs, or mREITs, are a lesser-known type of real estate investment trust. How do they work and who are they for? Tune in as etf.com Senior Analyst Sumit Roy sits down with Chris Acito, CEO of Gapstow Capital Partners, to discuss. Acito breaks down everything you need to know about investing in mREITs, including the risks and opportunities in the space.

Should investors be concerned about the recent 16-year high in the 10-year Treasury bond yield? And should they be using the recent sell-off in the stock market as a buying opportunity? How about the Fed? Is the central bank finally done hiking interest rates? Those are some of the questions that Nancy Tengler, CEO and chief investment officer for Laffer Tengler Investments, discusses with etf.com's Senior Analyst Sumit Roy. Tune in as Tengler also breaks down the investment case for the Laffer Tengler Equity Income ETF (TGLR), her newest exchange-traded fund focused on high quality stocks and dividend yields. 

What do green infrastructure, semiconductors and cybersecurity all have in common? They are themes tied to exchange-traded funds that DWS Group just launched: the Xtrackers US Green Infrastructure Select Equity ETF (UPGR), the Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (CHPS), and the Xtrackers Cybersecurity Select Equity ETF (PSWD). etf.com's Senior Analyst Sumit Roy sits down with Arne Noack, head of systematic investment solutions for DWS Group, to discuss these new ETFs. Noack talks about why these make compelling ETFs, and how recently passed laws like the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act will benefit the stocks held in their portfolios.

Launching an exchange-traded fund today is much easier than it was in the past. What used to be something that only

massive asset management firms could accomplish is being democratized thanks to services offered by firms like Vident. etf.com’s Senior Analyst Sumit Roy sits down with Amrita Nandakumar, president of Vident Asset Management, to discuss how her company is making life easier for prospective ETF issuers. She also gets into how a subadvisor like Vident differs from white-label exchange-traded fund issuers who offer competing services, and what trends she's seeing in the broader ETF industry. Don't miss this exciting episode.  

It’s been a big year for active ETFs. About $65 billion has flowed into active exchange-traded funds, or about a quarter of all the money that’s gone into U.S.-listed ETFs this year. What’s causing the surge in demand for active funds? etf.com Senior Analyst Sumit Roy sits down with Matt Barry, vice president of product management and head of capital markets at Touchstone Investments, to discuss. Barry also talks about his firm's active philosophy and runs through several of Touchstone's most interesting ETFs, including the Touchstone Securitized Income ETF (TSEC), the Touchstone Ultra Short Income ETF (TUSI) and the Touchstone Climate Transition ETF (HEAT).

Why own many bonds when you can own one? That's the thesis behind the US Benchmark Series, a suite of single-Treasury-bond ETFs co-created by Alex Morris. etf.com's Senior Analyst Sumit Roy recently sat down with Morris to discuss these novel bond ETFs, which now have more than $2 billion in assets under management, including over $1 billion in the US Treasury 3 Month Bill ETF (TBIL) alone. Single-bond ETFs potentially offer more liquidity and precision than their multibond counterparts, and they aren't just for sophisticated investment strategies (though they can certainly be used for those). To learn more, tune in to this exciting episode.

Kristy Akullian, senior iShares investment strategist at BlackRock, sits down with etf.com's Senior Analyst Sumit Roy to discuss her latest outlook for the markets. Akullian suggests that investors position themselves defensively in the stock market, while adding duration to their fixed income portfolios.

Kevin T. Carter, founder and chief investment officer of EMQQ Global, sits down with etf.com's Senior Analyst Sumit Roy to discuss the outlook for emerging markets and why he thinks India and China offer compelling investment opportunities today. 

21Shares, along with ARK Invest, are first in line in the latest batch of eight current applications to get the first spot bitcoin ETF approved in the U.S. In the latest episode of Exchange Traded Fridays, 21Shares’ Ophelia Snyder talks to etf.com's Managing Editor Daria Solovieva about the firm’s experience in Europe and explains why it matters to be the first issuer to offer a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund.

Where are investors putting their money this year, and what are they avoiding? Will a spot bitcoin ETF be approved this year? Those are some of the questions that Bryan Armour, director of passive strategies research for North America at Morningstar Research Services, answers. Tune in as he sits down with etf.com's Senior Analyst Sumit Roy in this wide-ranging discussion.