ETF Prime

Tidal’s Mike Venuto discusses the latest in ETF innovation, from 351 conversions and the ETF share class structure to options-based strategies and leveraged products. VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang offers a tour around the world of fixed income ETFs, highlighting recent flows, new launches, and under-the-radar success stories.

Alexandra Levis, Founder & CEO of Arro Financial Communications, provides an in-depth look at how ETF issuers should think about approaching marketing. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam breaks down some of the year’s top-performing ETFs, from international plays to precious metals.

Vanguard’s David Sharp marks the firm’s 50th anniversary, explores recent investor behavior, and highlights several new fixed income ETFs. VettaFi’s Stacey Morris analyzes the rollercoaster year for energy ETFs.

Barry Ritholtz, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, breaks down the current market environment and discusses key ideas from his latest book, How Not to Invest.  VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth offers highlights from the 2025 etf.com Awards.

BNY’s Ben Slavin provides an in-depth look at recent ETF trading and flows, and unpacks the latest on the ETF share class structure and product innovation. VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang highlights five noteworthy ETF launches.

VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy looks at several surprising ETF developments from a wild week in the markets. VistaShares CEO Adam Patti highlights the firm’s unique approach to ETFs, which includes the VistaShares Target Berkshire Select Income ETF (OMAH).

MFS, which pioneered the first mutual fund in 1924, recently entered the ETF arena with the launch of five actively managed products. MFS’s Emily Dupre discusses the firm’s decision-making process around launching ETFs, their investment capabilities, and the role active management plays in a portfolio. Plus, VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam assesses the ETF impact of the recent tariffs announcement.

Kristin Myers, Editor-in-Chief at etf.com, offers a preview of their highly anticipated 2025 industry awards ceremony. VettaFi’s Zeno Mercer breaks down the recent surge in gold and international equity ETFs.

ETF Prime Host Nate Geraci is joined by Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas, along with VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy and Todd Rosenbluth, to spotlight the year’s most anticipated ETF event and discuss the industry’s hottest trends.

Industry luminary Tom Lydon provides his unique perspective on the current ETF landscape. VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy highlights five ETF categories that might benefit from the recent market turmoil.

Precidian’s Stuart Thomas spotlights the firm’s innovative ADRhedged ETFs and explains the rationale for removing currency exposure. VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang discusses several recent ETF launches, including offerings from State Street, VistaShares, Quantify Funds, and Roundhill.

Fidelity’s Ryan McKee highlights recent ETF trends, discusses key considerations with active management, and shares insights into advisor portfolio construction. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam weighs in on a groundbreaking private credit ETF, Nvidia’s influence on semiconductor ETFs, and the latest surrounding crypto ETF filings.

ETF expert Dave Nadig offers hot takes on a range of topics, including private equity in ETFs, Truth.Fi entering the space, memecoins, and increasingly exotic ETF launches. VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth discusses an ongoing battle for the ETF throne and presents the latest advisor polling data on fixed income.

Newfound Research’s Corey Hoffstein and Quantify Funds’ David Dziekanski discuss the challenge of combating ETF copycats who repackage unique ideas as their own. VettaFi’s Stacey Morris provides an update on the energy sector and ETFs following President Trump’s arrival in the White House.

Invesco’s Global Head of ETFs, Brian Hartigan, provides a tour through the current financial markets, with a focus on the firm’s ETF lineup. VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy offers hot takes on several recent ETF stories including Vanguard’s fee cuts, Trump Media’s entry into the space, and a rash of crypto ETF filings.

Stone Ridge’s Nate Conrad goes in-depth on the $20+ billion asset manager’s suite of LifeX Longevity Income ETFs. VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang takes an early look at ETF flow trends in 2025.

Calamos’ Matt Kaufman explains the mechanics and rationale behind the Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF – January (CBOJ). VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam examines the best-performing ETFs so far this year and discusses a recent surge of legacy asset managers entering the ETF space.

REX Financial’s Greg King discusses the firm’s recent crypto ETF filings, including those for TRUMP and DOGE, and explores the growth of leveraged single-stock ETFs, such as the T-Rex 2X Long MicroStrategy Daily Target ETF (MSTU). VettaFi’s Zeno Mercer offers a preview of the year ahead for the “Magnificent Seven” stocks and provides a brief tour of the artificial intelligence ETF space.

Aptus’ Brian Jacobs spotlights the firm’s unique lineup of risk-managed ETFs designed to help clients stay invested through the ups and downs of market cycles. VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth discusses the latest Bitwise/VettaFi Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets.

Research Affiliates’ Rob Arnott delves into the strategy of investing in companies recently removed from major market indices and offers perspective on current stock valuations. VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy presents five ETF predictions for 2025.

J.P. Morgan’s Jon Maier highlights the firm’s suite of ETFs and discusses the industry’s accelerating momentum behind active management. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam offers insights into the recent Nasdaq-100 index rebalance and its connection to broader ETF trends.

Morningstar’s Ben Johnson reflects on a record-breaking year for ETFs and highlights key stories to watch in 2025. VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth discusses new polling data on how advisors are viewing financial markets heading into the new year.

BlackRock’s Rachel Aguirre highlights several of the year’s biggest ETF trends and explains how the firm has positioned itself around them. VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy discusses the recently launched FIRE ETFs and LifeX ETFs.

Armada’s Phil Bak discusses wrapping private assets in ETFs and fields rapid-fire questions on some of the industry’s hottest topics. VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang explains “ETFs going Hollywood”, with a growing list of prominent individuals now launching products.

Fairlead’s Katie Stockton highlights the firm’s Tactical Sector ETF (TACK), which leverages technical indicators to identify sector leadership within the U.S. equity market. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam celebrates the 20th anniversary of the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), along with offering insights into bitcoin and uranium ETFs.

Texas Capital’s Carlos Pena highlights an industry first, the Texas Capital Government Money Market ETF (MMKT). VettaFi’s Stacey Morris takes a deep dive into the world of energy ETFs and offers a preview of the energy sector in 2025.

VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth explains how the election could impact specific ETF categories and the industry overall. Baird’s Rich Lee also discusses the election’s implications for ETFs and talks market concentration risk, active ETFs, buffer products, crypto, and what to watch for in 2025.

Cambria’s Meb Faber goes in-depth on ETF taxation, 351 tax-free conversions, and the firm’s innovative Tax Aware ETF (TAX). VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang offers a tour around the world of ETF flows.

Tradr ETFs’ Matt Markiewicz highlights the industry’s first weekly, monthly, and quarterly reset leveraged ETFs, detailing the issues they address and their potential uses in investment portfolios. VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy explores the most interesting trends in this year’s ETF launches.

Galaxy’s Chris Rhine and State Street’s Matt Bartolini discuss their firms’ recent collaboration on three actively managed ETFs focused on digital assets and disruptive technology. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam combs through new ETF filings from BattleShares, Cambria, iShares, Canary, and more.

Hoya Capital’s David Auerbach delves into the recent performance drivers of REIT ETFs and outlines key considerations for investing in the sector. VettaFi’s Zeno Mercer highlights Tesla’s recent “We, Robot” event and offers perspective on the price of bitcoin moving forward.

Palmer Square Founder Chris Long discusses the $32 billion firm’s ETF entrance, spotlighting their Credit Opportunities ETF (PSQO) and CLO Senior Debt ETF (PSQA). VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth offers perspective on Bitwise’s XRP ETF filing, CLO ETFs, and the continued rise of actively managed ETFs.

Ocean Park CIO James St. Aubin discusses the $5+ billion firm’s decision to enter the ETF space and highlights their trend following-based ETF lineup. VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang offers perspective on several recent ETF milestones including the industry eclipsing $10 trillion in assets.

ETF Action’s Mike Akins offers perspective on many of the biggest stories in ETFs and looks ahead to the industry’s future. VettaFi’s Stacey Morris highlights a bright spot within the energy sector and discusses the potential impact of the upcoming election on energy prices.

VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy provides an in-depth look at the recent wave of private credit ETF filings and what may come next. ETF industry veteran Dave Nadig discusses the challenges of packaging private assets within the ETF structure and also offers perspective on the current state of product development overall.

Andrea Eisfeldt, Professor of Finance at UCLA, explains the indices underpinning two Simplify ETFs focused on companies with high levels of intangible capital. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam discusses Tradr ETFs, the Research Affiliates Deletions ETF (NIXT), gold ETF flows, spot ether ETFs, and more.

ERShares Founder Joel Shulman goes in-depth on what’s being called the first ever private-public crossover ETF, the appropriately named Entrepreneur Private-Public Crossover ETF (XOVR). VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth discusses Nvidia from an ETF angle, highlighting products with varying exposure to the high-flying stock.

Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas discusses his top ETF stories, industry “white space”, crypto ETFs, and much more. VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy offers perspective on the future of ARK Invest and Cathie Wood.

Strategas’ Todd Sohn highlights the industry’s chase for record inflows and discusses everything from recent ETF filings to market concentration risk. VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang talks new ETF launches, small caps, REITs, and much more.

Franklin Templeton’s David Mann highlights the firm’s diverse ETF lineup and offers perspective on stocks, bonds, and crypto. VettaFi’s Zeno Mercer goes in-depth on the “Magnificent Seven” stocks.

State Street’s George Milling-Stanley goes in-depth on the current gold market, physical gold ETFs, and crypto. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam explores the world of defined outcome ETFs.

VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth offers key takeaways from State Street’s 2024 ETF Impact survey. Grayscale’s John Hoffman discusses the debut of spot ether ETFs and the firm’s competitive positioning in the crypto ETF market. Macquarie’s Brad Klapmeyer spotlights their Focused Large Growth ETF (LRGG).

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan goes in-depth on the debut of spot ether ETFs, explaining everything from how they work to the investment case for ether. VettaFi’s Lara Crigger also covers the launch of spot ether ETFs and discusses the recent rotation into small cap stocks.

Dimensional’s Kaitlin Hendrix explains the firm’s new unified managed account platform, which enables financial advisors to scale with Dimensional or non-Dimensional ETF model management and customize with Dimensional SMAs. VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy highlights the top 20 active ETFs by inflows in 2024.

Global X’s Rohan Reddy goes in-depth on the investment case for uranium and the Global X Uranium ETF (URA). VettaFi’s Kirsten Chang recaps second quarter ETF flows and looks ahead to the remainder of 2024.

BlackRock’s Dhruv Nagrath discusses the rise of bond ETFs and offers perspective on current fixed income markets. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam explains a massive tech ETF rebalance and previews the expected debut of spot ether ETFs.

Vanguard’s Ryan Barksdale discusses the firm’s decision to reopen the PRIMECAP Fund and PRIMECAP Core Fund to new investors, along with the rise of active ETFs and recipe for successful active management. VettaFi’s Stacey Morris highlights the recent performance of the energy sector and explains the potential impact of artificial intelligence and the upcoming election on the category.

Cboe’s Rob Marrocco goes around the world of ETFs, discussing everything from the potential ETF share class structure to what comes next for the industry. VettaFi’s Lara Crigger highlights year-to-date ETF flows, provides an update on spot ether ETFs, and goes in-depth on the prospective Texas Stock Exchange.

Avantis Chief Investment Strategist Phil McInnis discusses the firm’s impressive growth and then dives into active ETFs covering small cap value and international equities. VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth offers insight into the latest advisor polling data from their recently held Alternatives Symposium.

Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas and Van Buren Capital’s Scott Johnsson discuss the SEC’s apparent pivot on spot ether ETFs and everything that might come next. VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy also touches on the spot ether ETF drama and then dives into the world of alternative ETFs.