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Recent Content By Jane Edmondson
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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Top ETF Themes Through Q3 2024

As we face the last quarter of 2024, interest rates are finally heading down, kicked off by a 50...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Intangible Assets

There is a strong argument to be made that modern accounting standards have failed to keep up...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: ETF Underdogs

It is always fun to root for the underdog. Who doesn’t like a good Cinderella story? In the case...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Themes for a Lower Rate Environment

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has telegraphed that a lower interest rate cut is on the table for...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Playing Defense

When markets correct, it is a good time to revisit which equity market sectors are “defensive”...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Where’s The Juice?

The “juice” in the article title does not refer to orange juice futures like in the classic film...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: The Rise of Active Thematic ETFs

This year has been a big year for active ETFs! According to Morningstar, even though actively...

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What Makes That Ticker Tick: Tuning in for MUSQIX

Music has become a compelling and disruptive investment theme thanks to growth in music...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Nearshoring

The pandemic was a wake-up call for many companies, highlighting the fragility of their supply...

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Top Themes in the First Half of 2024: Crypto, Chips, Ships & Silver

After a torrid risk-on run in the first quarter of 2024, markets cooled off a bit but ended the...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage

Ultimately, climate change solutions will need cooperation from all parties, especially in...

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Disruptive Tech Theme of the Week – Rare Earths & Critical Materials

Critical materials are essential for clean energy applications and technologies like electric...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Flying Cars

I have been dreaming about flying cars since I was a child, watching the cartoon “The...

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Disruptive Theme of the Week: Defense Technology

A confluence of factors have combined to make defense technology a compelling ETF investment...

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A New Index Play on the Diet Drug Revolution

A new poll recently published by health policy research firm KFF revealed that roughly 12% of...

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YTD Thematic Winners Reflect Change in Market Leadership

Looking at the ETFs with the highest returns YTD, a few thematic standouts have emerged. As a...

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Thematic ETF Winners of the Q1 2024 Earnings Season

Digging into the first quarter’s earnings season allows us to uncover the winning themes of the...

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A Surprise YTD Rally in Copper ETFs

One of this year’s thematic surprises has been the outperformance of copper and copper-themed...

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Thematic ETF Plays on the Growing Digital Economy

In its latest report released last December, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates that...

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ETF Themes That Dominated in Q1 2024

As the first quarter comes to a close, clearly, there have been some thematic winners in terms of...

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‘Funflation’ & Technology Driving Music Industry Resurgence

It is earnings season in music land, and some exciting growth trends are emerging among companies...

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A Detour on the Road to the Clean Energy Transition

Investors who piled into clean energy themes the last few years are experiencing some performance...

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Understanding Cannabis ETFs’ Wacky Divergence

One of the top-performing thematic segments this year is cannabis. A major catalyst has been the...

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Bringing Big Thematic Ideas to ETF Exchange

As VettaFi’s Head of Thematic Strategy, I am excited to be moderating an afternoon panel session...

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HIPS: High Alternative Income in a Diversified Wrapper

The acronym “HIPS” stands for high-income pass-through securities. These are securities that must...