CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Graham Day, CIO of Innovator ETFs – along with Todd Sohn, ETF and Technical Strategist at Strategas Securities, a Baird company. As investors look to navigate the choppy market landscape in the new month, the gang delved into so-called “buffer ETFs"– or ETFs specifically designed to cushion the blow against downside in the broader markets, while also capping potential gains. It’s become an increasingly popular strategy and they broke it all down with the man who help...
Apr 10, 2023•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Chris Concannon, CEO of MarketAxess – along with Alex Morris, President and CEO of f/m Investments, and Tom Lydon, Vice Chairman of VettaFi. They discussed the top ETF trends to look forward to in the second quarter. Will the tidal wave of money pouring into Treasury ETFs continue? Markets are already undergoing some important sectoral shifts bubbling below the surface, so will technology plays take more of a backseat in favor of consumer- and cyclical-focused ETFs, ...
Apr 03, 2023•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store, and D.J. Tierney, Director and Senior Investment Portfolio Strategist at Schwab Asset Management. Following a wild first quarter for the markets, they discussed the flowdown – breaking down the biggest winners and losers as ETF investors look ahead to April. Even though stock and bond ETFs have on the whole seen inflows, money poured in at a much slower pace than they did the same time a year ago. What can investors expect in ...
Mar 27, 2023•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Dave Mazza, Chief Strategy Officer at Roundhill Investments, Greg Bassuk, CEO of AXS Investments and Todd Rosenbluth, Head of Research at VettaFi. Markets are still grappling with banking contagion fears and weighing the impact of the latest merger between UBS and Credit Suisse. But already new ETFs are springing forth to capitalize on the banking crisis and help investors navigate the confusion. Our panel broke down the benefits of concentrated sector bets and discu...
Mar 20, 2023•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Dan Draper, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices – along with John Davi, Founder & CEO of Astoria Portfolio Advisors. While markets are still suffering in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s big blowup they drilled down into the impact the collapse is having on the broader banking business and regional bank ETFs – as well as what it could mean for the future of Fed rate hikes. They also broke down the results of the latest SPIVA survey and talk active versus passive with the m...
Mar 13, 2023•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast : CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Joanna Gallegos, Co-Founder of BondBloxx – along with Kim Arthur, President and CEO of Main Management. They broke down the resurgence in bond ETFs, as investors continue to clamor for yield . Our panel broke down the biggest trends they’re seeing in terms of bond flows, gave us the lowdown on single-bond Treasury ETFs and explained why perhaps high-yield products shouldn’t be written off just yet. In the “Markets 102” portion, Bob continued the conversation with K...
Mar 06, 2023•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Alex Morris, President and CIO of F/m Investments, and Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist at VettaFi. They took a good, long look at stocks versus bonds and the core asset allocation debate. With yields on the rise, bonds are looking more and more attractive by the day – particularly as the 2-year Treasury note yield hovers around 5%. The gang broke down various ways in which ETF investors could gain exposure to the roster of single-bond Treasury ETFs that are sporting t...
Feb 27, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Art Amador, Co-Founder and COO of EquBot, which runs the AI Powered Equity ETF (A-I-E-Q) in partnership with ETFMG – along with Bill Studebaker, President and CIO of ROBO Global. They delved intothe AI craze and the role artificial intelligence can play in the world of investing. Chat GPT has become all the rage these days, but what about using AI to pick stocks that could potentially beat the market? Our panel of experts weighed in on the debate.In the “Markets 102”...
Feb 22, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Mike Santoli spoke with Todd Rosenbluth, Head of Research at VettaFi, Jerome Schneider, Head of Short & Low Duration Portfolio Strategies at PIMCO and James McNerny, Portfolio Manager at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. They discussed the rally on bonds – digging deeper beneath the surface and honing in on the bright spots for investors' portfolios in 2023. Where are the flows going in the fixed income space and what does that say about investor sentiment? Plus, they weighed in on the age-ol...
Feb 13, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Tony Rochte, Global Head of ETFs at Morgan Stanley, Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist at Vetta-Fi and Vance Barse, Founder of Your Dedicated Fiduciary. After a disastrous 2022 for both stocks and bonds, they dove into the hot topics being talked about at this year’s Exchange ETF conference – everything from fixed income and dividends to thematic tech, buffered products and the raging debates over global vs. domestic and active vs. passive. Plus, Morgan Stanley is finall...
Feb 06, 2023•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Jon Maier, CIO of Global X ETFs, and Kevin Simpson, Founder and CIO of Capital Wealth Planning. After a dismal year in 2022, thematic tech is back in a big way – especially with the rise of new technology like ChatGPT. They discussed the thematic tech trade and got to the crux of what’s driving these gains – digging into whether investors are seeing any signs of a bottom in technology stocks and ETFs just yet.
Jan 30, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Rory Tobin, Head of the Global SPDR ETF Business at State Street Global Advisors, and Todd Rosenbluth, Head of Research at VettaFi. They celebrated the 30th anniversary of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust – the largest, most heavily traded ETF in the world. They discussed why indexing has challenged active management and why ETFs have been such a successful wrapper for indexing – to the point of actively challenging mutual funds as the investment vehicle of choice.
Jan 23, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Simeon Hyman, Global Investment Strategist at ProShares, and Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store. They tackled bitcoin’s wild ride over the past two years and the impact on bitcoin futures trading. They also discussed what the heaviest-volume tech ETFs out there are telling us about investors’ willingness to bet on big tech this year – and delved deep into ProShares’ hugely successful dividend ETF strategy.
Jan 17, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Hamilton Reiner, Head of U.S. Equity Derivatives at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist at Vetta-Fi. They discussed what sector plays worked well in 2022 and what investors should consider betting on in 2023. Plus, the man who runs one of the most successful active funds out there – the J-P Morgan Equity Premium Income ETF (ticker JEPI) – offers his take on whether actively managed funds can still shine in the year ahead.
Jan 09, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Katie Stockton, Founder of Fairlead Strategies, and Ben Lavine, CIO of 3-D-L Capital Asset Management. With the fundamental picture next year looking cloudier by the minute, many investors are turning to technical analysis to determine where to put their money to work next. Today on the show they laid out some key asset sector rotation and asset allocation strategies to help ETF investors wade through the murky economic environment. In the Markets ‘102’ portion of th...
Dec 14, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Dominic Chu spoke with Tom Lydon, Vice Chairman at VettaFi, and Will Rhind, Founder and CEO of GraniteShares. They discussed some of the heavy-volume ETF bright spots hidden beneath the veneer of lighter holiday trading volumes. Plus, single-stock ETFs have gained traction as investors dig around for alpha. GraniteShares is set to launch three new leveraged single-stock ETFs on Tuesday, allowing investors to place amplified bets on Meta, Alibaba and Nvidia. The team also tried to make sen...
Dec 12, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with D.J. Tierney, Senior Investment Portfolio Strategist at Schwab Asset Management – along with Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist at VettaFi. They dove deeper into how investors can make use of ETF to get in the game of tax-loss harvesting – selling securities at a loss to offset those losses against capital gains taxes on other securities. They also broke down Schwab’s top picks when it comes to playing defense and owning dividend darlings to fend off inflation and rising...
Dec 05, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Brendan Ahern, CIO of KraneShares – along with Ben Slavin, Global Head of ETFs at BNY Mellon, and Matt Bartolini, Head of SPDR Americas Research at State Street Global Advisors. They discussed the fallout from Covid-19 unrest in China as rare protests break out across the nation. What does this all mean for China’s reopening story? Plus, it’s been a rough year and a lot of investors have had losses, particularly in technology stocks and funds. The gang explored the i...
Nov 28, 2022•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Seema Mody spoke with Todd Rosenbluth, Head of Research at VettaFi, and Brian Giere, Senior Vice President at Amplify ETFs. They discussed popular alternative sources of income, as investors look to navigate a rocky landscape for equities and a volatile bond market – with a special focus on dividend growth ETFs. Plus, they dove into the holiday shopping season and debated over what the road ahead for online retail looks like in the face of high inflation.
Nov 21, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Deborah Fuhr, Founder and Managing Partner of ETFGI – along with Simeon Hyman, Global Investment Strategist at ProShares. They dove headfirst into last week’s crypto chaos – including the fallout from the collapse of embattled crypto exchange FTX and the titanic trading volume in bitcoin futures ETFs as a result. With crypto facing a true crisis of confidence, how can investors hope to weather the storm and regain faith in digital currencies after a massive blow-up l...
Nov 14, 2022•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Andrew Beer, founder of Dynamic Beta Investments and co-portfolio manager of DBMF – along with Andrew McOrmond, Managing Director at WallachBeth Capital. They took a look at one of the best-performing ETFs of 2022 – delving into alternative asset plays and offering ETF investors exposure to key commodity-tracking hedge funds that specialize in trading futures contracts. The fund has been on fire all year long – they break down what’s fueling the gains. In the Markets...
Nov 07, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Bryon Lake, Global Head of ETF Solutions at J-P Morgan Asset Management, and Tom Lydon, Vice Chairman at VettaFi. As investors continue clamoring for yield, they discussed more ways to get exposure with higher-yield products, including the largest actively managed ETF in the world – the J-P Morgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST). The fund has been on fire, with more than $22 billion in assets under management – while its sister fund, the J-P Morgan Equity Premium Incom...
Oct 31, 2022•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Anna Paglia, Global Head of ETFs and Indexed Strategies, and Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist at VettaFi. They did a deep dive into fruitful yields and the future of growth stocks. Invesco offers a suite of products that track senior loans issued by banks to corporations, as well as the largest tech-oriented ETF out there, the Invesco QQQ. They discussed what the flows are saying about investors’ appetite for growth and for risk – and how to best handle the market’s ma...
Oct 24, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Alex Morris, President and CIO of F-M Investments, and John Davi, founder and CIO of Astoria Portfolio Advisors. They took a closer look at the ripple effects of Europe’s energy crisis and fluctuating demand in China. They discussed the advent of single-bond ETFs. As investors clamor for heftier yields and move from thinking “there is no alternative” to “there are reasonable alternatives,” more and more market participants are clamoring for exposure to targeted Treas...
Oct 17, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Jan van Eck, CEO of VanEck Associates, Chris Hempstead, Director of ETF Trading at Mirae Asset Securities, and Fiona Boal, Global Head of Commodities and Real Assets at S&P Dow Jones Indices. They took a closer look at the ripple effects of Europe’s energy crisis and fluctuating demand in China. They also discussed key alternatives to crude and broke down potential ways to help investors get the edge when it comes to getting in on the energy game for the rest of 20-2...
Oct 10, 2022•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Todd Rosenbluth, Head of Research at Vetta-Fi – along with Vivek Ramaswamy, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Strive Asset Management and Arne Noack, Head of Systematic Investment Solutions for the Americas at DWS Group. They dove into the big ESG debate – pitting the bulls against the bears to lay out all the arguments for and against ESG investing. Some are even calling it a ‘sham’ – so what’s the verdict? And what steps can ESG advocates take to improve visibil...
Oct 03, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Tom Lydon, Vice Chairman at Vetta-Fi, and Anu Ganti, Senior Director of Index Investment Strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices. They delved into the age-old debate of active versus passive management. With market volatility on the rise, many active fund managers claim this is their time to shine – and according to the latest SPIVA survey out from S&P Dow Jones Indices, actively managed funds are enjoying their best performance against their benchmarks in over a decade. B...
Sep 26, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Nick Colas, Co-founder of DataTrek Research, and Charley Ellis, author of Winning the Loser’s Game – now out with two new books on investing, Figuring It Out and Inside Vanguard. In the midst of the September swoon, they discussed how to wade through the market volatility and recent turbulence – honing in on the most popular ETF trends du jour to help investors make sense of it all. In the Markets ‘102’ portion of the podcast, Bob continues the conversation with Nick...
Sep 19, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise Investments – along with Ric Edelman, founder of Edelman Financial Services as well as the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals from the Future Proof Conference in Huntington Beach, California. They dove into the crypto craze – including challenges facing the crypto community this summer, what could drive a possible crypto comeback and whether there is any hope for approval of a spot bitcoin ETF in light of recent SEC scrutiny...
Sep 12, 2022•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Arne Noack, Head of Systemic Investment Solutions, Americas, at DWS Group and Todd Rosenbluth, Head of Research at VettaFi – along with Mona Naqvi, Global Head of ESG Capital Markets Strategy at S&P Global Sustainable1. They discussed the politics behind energy – which are heating up as states like Florida and Texas are taking aim at ESG funds. Our panel of experts delved into the impact on ESG ETFs and how the industry, including major issuers like BlackRock, is res...
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