Kirsten

Before joining VettaFi, Kirsten worked at CNBC for more than a decade - most recently as Markets Producer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where she worked closely with Senior Stock Market Correspondent Bob Pisani on daily market coverage and helped kickstart and run CNBC's weekly "ETF Edge" show, podcast and newsletter. Prior to that, she worked on CNBC's morning show "Squawk Box," where she booked and pre-interviewed numerous CEOs, Nobel laureates, and other financial luminaries of the day.

Recent Content By Kirsten Chang
Building Steady Streams: Focus on Dividend ETFs
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Building Steady Streams: Dividend ETFs in Focus

Fears of an impending recession may be fading, but economists are still expecting tepid GDP...

Momentum ETFs Regaining Mojo
Innovative ETFs Channel

Momentum ETFs Regaining Mojo

Markets may be fretting over Federal Reserve policy and economic soft landings, but a handful of...

Enhanced Income ETFs Thrive in a Low-Upside Market
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The Hunt for Yield: Enhanced Income ETFs Thrive in a Low-Upside Market

Coming off stellar gains from last year, many entered 2025 expecting limited upside. But upside...

Latest Flight of Fixed Income Offerings
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Engine of Active ETF Creation: Latest Flight of Fixed Income Offerings

The market narrative appears to change on a dime these days. Stocks may have staged a comeback to...

The Rise of Under-the-Radar Active Bond ETFs
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Hidden Gems: The Rise of Under-the-Radar Active Bond ETFs

Talk about a wild ride for interest rates. Market odds have gone from pricing in three or four...

Market Jitters Spark Skittish Moves
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Fixed Income ETF Flowdown: Market Jitters Spark Skittish Moves

Investors were eager to close the books on April’s tariff-fueled market tantrum, which left both...

Rush to De-Risk: Nervous Exodus From Structured Credit ETFs
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Rush to De-Risk: Nervous Exodus From Structured Credit ETFs

Rising tariff turmoil has sparked a run from credit-sensitive instruments, with escalating trade...

ETF Market Booms
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ETF Market Booms: Record Launches & Sophisticated Strategies

Even with the constant barrage of tariff uncertainty, there’s simply no stopping the engine of...

Tariff Impact: Betting on Single-Country ETFs
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Tariff Impact: Placing Precise Bets on Single-Country ETFs

With trade wars wreaking havoc on the markets, investors and advisors are scrambling to pinpoint...

Active ETFs Steal the Show: Topping $1 Trillion Mark
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Active ETFs Steal the Show: Topping $1 Trillion Mark

Despite the ETF industry’s passive roots, active has stolen the show. Active ETF assets just...

Nearing $1 Trillion: Active ETF Engine Roars On
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Nearing $1 Trillion: Active ETF Engine Roars On

It’s been full steam ahead for active ETFs, with total assets now rapidly approaching the...

New ETFs Aim to Package Legendary Investing Strategies
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New ETFs Aim to Package Legendary Investing Strategies

The advent of ETFs has prompted asset managers to push the boundaries of what’s possible for the...

Markets Play Defense Amid Shifting Tides
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Shifting Tides in Leadership: Markets Play Defense

Talk about a topsy-turvy market. Tuesday’s tariffs sparked more market jitters. Consumer...

Gold: Unloved But Best-Performing Asset Class?
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Gold: The Most Unloved But Best-Performing Asset Class?

Trade war fears and disappointing data have sparked a flood of defensive buying activity in...

Making Strides: The Push to Democratize Private Equity
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Making Strides: The Push to Democratize Private Equity

The tried and trusted 60/40 portfolio allocation model has prevailed time and time again. But...

Money Market ETFs Reach for Yield in 2025
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Money Market ETFs: New Ways to Reach for Yield in 2025

Stocks are holding firm near all-time highs. But Wall Street can’t ignore the record amounts of...

Off to the Races in 2025
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ETF Flowdown: Off to the Races in 2025

One month into 2025, and ETFs are already off to the races, hauling in over $100 billion in net...

Small-Caps: Big Potential in Today’s Market
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Small-Caps: Big Potential in Today’s Market

Little-known China AI startup DeepSeek sent fear rippling throughout the markets this week by...

Big Roster of Tech Results Ahead This Earnings Season
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Earnings Season: Big Roster of Tech Results Ahead

Earnings season is in full swing. This first round right out of the gate may well set the tone...

Another Golden Year Ahead for Active Fixed Income
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Active Fixed Income in 2025: Another Golden Year Ahead

Friday’s rip-roaring jobs report has pushed the betting markets to price in a single rate cut for...

2025 Top Active Equity Strategies
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Chasing Alpha: Top Active Equity Strategies for 2025

Markets are coming off back-to-back gains of more than 20% each. That’s historically rare, and...

The ETF Flowdown: Wrapping Up 2024
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The ETF Flowdown: Wrapping Up 2024

Investors are closing the books on another eventful year — marked by record highs for the major...

Private Credit CLO ETFs Gain Retail Access
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Breaking Barriers: Retail Access to Private Credit CLO ETFs

There has been ample speculation about how ETFs might penetrate the exclusive realm of private...

ETFs Gone Hollywood? Heavyweights Enter the ETF Fray
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ETFs Gone Hollywood? Heavyweights Enter the ETF Fray

The explosive growth of the ETF industry has attracted a full range of new entrants this year —...

Bright Spots: Avoiding Thematic ETFs' Downtrend
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Bright Spots: Bucking Thematic ETFs' Downtrend

Thematic ETFs have had a tough slog – now headed for a third-straight year of losses. Roughly 90...

Beyond the Behemoths: Smaller ETF Successes of 2024
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Beyond the Behemoths: Smaller ETF Standouts of 2024

Markets have weathered a flurry of catalysts in 2024. These include a surprisingly strong U.S....

The Post-Election ETF Movements
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The Post-Election Flood Into ETFs

Following a tense presidential election of historic proportions, equity markets roared to record...

Money Market Substitutes Take Shape
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More Money Market Substitutes Taking Shape

Investors have been married to their money market funds for the better part of the last two...

Concentration Risks Creep Higher
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Desperate to Diversify: Concentration Risks Creep Higher

Earnings season is in full swing, and five of the “Magnificent 7” are reporting...

CLO ETFs: Resilient in the Face of Lower Rates?
Beyond Basic Beta Channel

CLO ETFs: Resilient in the Face of Lower Rates?

Two years ago, the Federal Reserve’s rate-hiking campaign ushered in a wave of interest in CLOs....

Mutual-Fund-to-ETF Migration
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The Great Mutual-Fund-to-ETF Migration

The growth of active ETFs has propelled a wave of mutual fund-to-ETF conversions. Nearly 80% of...

Emerging Market ETFs: Changing the Equation
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Emerging Market ETFs: Changing the Equation

Emerging market ETFs are coming off their best weekly showing in about a year. Both broad-based...

The Q3 2024 ETF Flowdown
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The ETF Flowdown: Q3 2024

Talk about closing out the quarter with a bang. Stocks rode a sizzling summer rally punctuated by...

DoubleLine’s Gundlach on the Fed and Private Credit
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DoubleLine’s Jeffrey Gundlach on the Fed, Gold and Private Credit

Blurring the lines between conference and festival, this year’s Future Proof brought thousands of...

ETFs for a Lower Rate Era Ahead of the Fed
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Positioning Ahead of the Fed: ETFs for a Lower Rate Era

The first cut is the deepest — so they say. As with all complicated relationships, this mantra...

Will ETFs Capture Private Equity Markets?
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Can ETFs Capture Private Equity Markets?

The world’s largest asset managers are scrambling to devise new ways to package private...

Broadening Out Beyond 'Mag 7': Equal-Weight ETFs on a Roll
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Broadening Out Beyond 'Mag 7': Equal-Weight ETFs on a Roll

Persistent fears over market concentration have led many investors to grow wary of sticking with...

Record ETF Launches: Derivatives Storm the Scene
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Record ETF Launches: Derivatives Storm the Scene

The ETF landscape grows ever more saturated, with more than 1,000 new product launches in the...

Retail Detail: Consumers Are Feeling the Squeeze
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Retail Detail: Consumers Feeling the Squeeze

The turmoil on Wall Street early last week reignited talk of the big “R-word.” Recession. Much of...

Is the Great Rotation Just Getting Started?
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The Great Rotation: Just Getting Started?

Friday’s disappointing jobs report has put a huge damper on economic sentiment for the moment....

Performance Perks Up in Real Estate ETFs
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Real Estate ETFs: Performance Perking Up

Real estate stocks have taken a hefty beating this year, with REITs having the sole distinction...

A Deeper Rotation Into Duration?
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Going Longer: Deeper Rotation Into Duration?

Investors took refuge in short-term Treasury bonds throughout 2023, where they reaped the rewards...

Q2 Earnings Season: Financials Are First Up to Bat
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Q2 Earnings Season: Financials First Up to Bat

Earnings season is just around the corner. It could prove critical to justifying the record rally...

BlackRock’s Top Thematic Trends for 2H
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BlackRock’s Top Thematic Trends to Watch in 2H

Halfway through the year, thematic equity ETFs have exhibited wide levels of dispersion but...

The ETF Flowdown: Q2 2024
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The ETF Flowdown: Q2 2024

Markets steadily march on to record highs, as Q2 2024 wraps up. Many patterns that emerged...

Senior Loan ETFs Take the Spotlight With Bonds
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Business of Bonds: Senior Loan ETFs Take the Spotlight

The Federal Reserve continues to hold fast to its highly data-driven, wait-and-see approach on...

AI Is Reviving the Nuclear Renaissance
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AI Reviving the Nuclear Renaissance

The buzz about AI is alive and well this week, with Apple giving Siri an AI upgrade and...

Deep Dive With State Street’s Gold Guru
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Deep Dive With State Street’s Gold Guru

Gold prices have been on a tear, with the precious metal naturally proving a hot topic during...

AI Optimism Bolsters Renewable Energy ETFs
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Renewable Energy ETFs Ride Wave of AI Optimism

Renewable energy ETFs are making a comeback after a dismal showing in the first half of the year....

Golden Age for Active Bond ETFs?
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Golden Age for Active Bond ETFs?

Interest in active fixed income products has swelled in 2024, as credit spreads narrow and the...

China’s Strong, Silent Bull Cycle: Driving Interest?
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China’s Strong, Silent Bull Cycle: Driving Renewed Interest?

Global equity ETFs have seen a steady drumbeat of inflows all year long, but one major player has...

Across the Pond: Global ETF Flows Are Going Strong
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Across the Pond: Global ETF Flows Going Strong

April was a relatively quiet month for ETFs across the board. U.S. equity inflows took a...

Bond ETF Breakdown: High Yield Back in Vogue?
Beyond Basic Beta Channel

Bond ETF Breakdown: High Yield Back in Vogue?

The Federal Reserve just wrapped up another policy meeting, and markets continue to push back...

Bright Spots Beyond the Border for Active ETFs
Active ETF Channel

Active ETFs: Bright Spots Beyond the Border

Active ETF strategies have stormed the scene over the past year and are growing at a dizzying...

Gold ETFs Regain Luster as Gold Hits Record Highs
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Gold ETFs Regain Luster as Gold Hits Record Highs

Gold prices have shot up to historic highs – outshining broader markets and driving up demand for...

The ETF Flowdown: Q1 2024
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The ETF Flowdown: Q1 2024

Talk about a friendly market. Not even an uptick in inflation or lofty stock valuations could...