FocusShares launched a lineup of 15 low-cost domestic equity ETFs in March 2011 and Scottrade (an affiliate of FocusShares) offers these ETFs commission free to retail investors and advisors. Kris Wallace, head of portfolio management and product development, and Erik Liik, president and CEO, recently took time out of their schedules to discuss what makes FocusShares ETFs unique, tracking errors in ETFs, and potential for growth of the ETF industry [see also Ten New Year’s Resolutions For ETF Investors]. [click to continue…]
Adam Patti is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of IndexIQ, a New York-based ETF issuer behind several of the most innovative ETF products to hit the market in recent years including several hedge fund replication ETFs. A few weeks ago, we spoke with Adam Patti to get his thoughts on the current real estate market, [...]
Ed Kuczma is a member of the Investment Team at Van Eck Global, a firm that has a number of ETFs targeting various corners of the market both in equities and in bonds. Currently, Ed specializes in the EMEA region, doing analysis on the various markets that make up these emerging regions. One of the [...]
One of the more popular corners of the actively-managed ETF landscape has been in the bond category where several new funds have managed to amass a great deal of assets in a short period of time. Investors have likely embraced active management in this slice of the market thanks to perception that bonds are still [...]
Actively-managed ETFs have been all the rage so far this year as a number of issuers have thrown their hats into the increasingly competitive ring. One person who offered up some insight on this rapidly changing market was Tom Graves, CFA, who is an Equity Analyst at Standard & Poor’s. Tom wrote a piece on [...]
Recently, we hosted Stuart Rosenthal, CEO and Co-Founder of Factor Advisors, the company behind the FactorShares ETF lineup, here at the ETF Database headquarters. In our wide ranging conversation, we discussed how Stuart got started in the ETF business, what factor investing entails, as well as the potential benefits of using the ETF structure to [...]
A little while ago, we spoke with David Garff, the President of Accuvest Global Advisors. David’s responsibilities include oversight of the firm’s asset allocation process, CST investment strategy, country selection model and hedge fund of funds portfolios. He began his investment career in 1992 with Merrill Lynch, and then spent 10 years as a consultant with [...]
Dan Weiskopf, a Principal at Global ETF Strategies, manages ETF portfolios for clients and has been doing so since 2004. Recently we sat down with him in order to get his thoughts on inflation and some of the best ways to fight this phenomenon with Exchange-Traded Funds. This is part two of our interview with [...]
Dan Weiskopf, along with his partner Daniel Faucetta, are Principals of Global ETF Strategies (GES) an Asset Management firm which has been managing ETF portfolios since 2004. Prior to that time, Dan managed a hedge fund for 8 years which gives him a unique perspective as an ETF Strategist and Portfolio Manager. Dan also writes [...]
Recently we sat spoke with Sal Gilbertie President of Teucrium to discuss the market for commodity ETPs and how these investments could make for an interesting component of a portfolio. Additionally, we delve into the company’s flagship product, the CORN fund to find out why investors should take a closer look at this important commodity. [...]
Recently, we sat down with Tony Davidow the Managing Director-Portfolio Strategist at Rydex SGI at our headquarters here in Chicago. In Tony’s current role, he has helped to spread the word on ‘alternative’ weighting methodologies beyond the traditional market-cap weighted system that most benchmarks use today. In this interview, we discuss why market cap weighting [...]
