Ranked #1
A Conversation With ETF Issuer Jan Van Eck
A Conversation With ETF Issuer Jan Van Eck
When you are an ETF issuer, you typically have some products doing well — and other ones doing less well. No better exam... Read more
16 Apr 2020
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23mins
Ranked #2
The Jealousy List, ETF Edition
The Jealousy List, ETF Edition
Covering ETFs this year was like trying to hit a constantly moving target. Businessweek's annual “Jealousy List” -- stor... Read more
24 Dec 2020
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33mins
Ranked #3
Halftime Report: A Roundtable Discussion
Halftime Report: A Roundtable Discussion
The first six months of 2020 has felt more like five years, at least in ETF terms. So much has happened: the lockdown, t... Read more
25 Jun 2020
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32mins
Ranked #4
Is Direct Indexing Coming for the ETF?
Is Direct Indexing Coming for the ETF?
ETFs compete with just about everything, including mutual funds, options, derivatives, and even single security investin... Read more
14 Nov 2019
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38mins
Ranked #5
Hot Takes: The Outlook for ETFs in 2020
Hot Takes: The Outlook for ETFs in 2020
There’s rarely a dull moment covering ETFs. And this year, as well as the past decade, was no exception. The industry ha... Read more
26 Dec 2019
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44mins
Ranked #6
Welcome to the World of VIX ETPs
Welcome to the World of VIX ETPs
Despite -99% returns, burning through billions, and the occasional controversy, exchange-traded products (ETPs) that tra... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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34mins
Ranked #7
Biotech ETFs Vs. The Coronavirus
Biotech ETFs Vs. The Coronavirus
While much of the stock market has suffered over the past few weeks thanks to fear of the new coronavirus and its global... Read more
5 Mar 2020
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25mins
Ranked #8
Goldman's Hit ETF Looks Like the Future of Active Investing
Goldman's Hit ETF Looks Like the Future of Active Investing
In the ETF Terrordome, nothing comes easy for issuers -- even if your name is Goldman Sachs. The asset management arm of... Read more
17 Sep 2020
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35mins
Ranked #9
Disruption as an Investment Thesis
Disruption as an Investment Thesis
Cathie Wood, founder of ARK Invest, is a successful stock picker in the era of passive. Her actively managed ETFs, which... Read more
11 Jul 2019
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46mins
Ranked #10
ETF Tank
ETF Tank
The market for exchange-traded funds is getting nasty. Especially for new ETFs. Carving out a niche for one is becoming ... Read more
4 Apr 2019
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52mins
Ranked #11
Tell Us Something We Don’t Know About QQQ
Tell Us Something We Don’t Know About QQQ
If ETFs had a Mount Rushmore, QQQ (aka 'The Qs') would definitely be on it. This $72 billion legend of an ETF just turne... Read more
16 May 2019
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22mins
Ranked #12
Are Multi-Factor ETFs the New Active Mutual Fund?
Are Multi-Factor ETFs the New Active Mutual Fund?
Multi-factor ETFs are one of the fastest growing ETF categories. But what exactly do they do? Is the sum more than all t... Read more
5 Sep 2019
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29mins
Ranked #13
The Heartbeat Trade
The Heartbeat Trade
ETFs provide unique tax capabilities. And according to a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek, some of those unique ... Read more
18 Apr 2019
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26mins
Ranked #14
The Secretive Committee Behind the S&P 500
The Secretive Committee Behind the S&P 500
Few organizations in finance are as mysterious as the committee that oversees the S&P 500 — a group that recently de... Read more
1 Oct 2020
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40mins
Ranked #15
The Unsung Art of Managing the First (Almost) Trillion Dollar Fund
The Unsung Art of Managing the First (Almost) Trillion Dollar Fund
Most passive investors take for granted that their fund “tracks an index.” Well, that’s actually something of a feat bec... Read more
20 Aug 2020
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39mins
Ranked #16
Half of America Doesn't Own Stocks. Here’s Three Ways to Change That.
Half of America Doesn't Own Stocks. Here’s Three Ways to Change That.
ETFs have democratized investing -- everything under the sun is available with the click of a button, and for cheap. Yet... Read more
9 Jan 2020
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32mins
Ranked #17
The 2019 ETF Halftime Report
The 2019 ETF Halftime Report
As the second quarter comes to a close, Trillions reflects on some of the interesting trends and takeaways that have eme... Read more
27 Jun 2019
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33mins
Ranked #18
Welcome to 2021 With Barry Ritholtz
Welcome to 2021 With Barry Ritholtz
It’s a new year, and maybe a new you. There’s also a completely new political landscape in Washington DC and probably an... Read more
21 Jan 2021
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38mins
Ranked #19
Is ARK the New Janus Twenty?
Is ARK the New Janus Twenty?
Cathie Wood of ARK is not the first highly concentrated active manager to shoot the lights out for half a decade while s... Read more
7 Jan 2021
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41mins
Ranked #20
How to Invest in All These New Public Companies
How to Invest in All These New Public Companies
A number of high-profile companies have gone public this year -- Lyft, Uber, Beyond Meat, Slack, and Zoom, to name just ... Read more
25 Jul 2019
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29mins