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Agencies pull US LevLoan guidance - what’s next?

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By Dan Mika Verified, Tom Quinn, Will Schmitt Verified
| 9fin
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Sevita to pause loan deal, looks to add bond

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By Dan Mika Verified
| 9fin
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Bill Ackman dials up banks for Howard Hughes insurance plan

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By Will Caiger-Smith, Dan Mika Verified
| 9fin
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What happened to the summer slowdown?

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By William Hoffman Verified, David Westenhaver Verified, Dan Mika Verified
| 9fin
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How Crypto ATMs in the U.S. Became A Favorite Tool for Scammers

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By Dan Mika Verified, Kevin Hall Verified, Emma Wright
| Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Verified
Dan Mika (OCCRP), Kevin G. Hall (OCCRP), Emma Wright (OCCRP), and Grethel Aguila (Miami Herald) When Anne received an urgent email from an apparent Federal Trade Commission agent alleging there was a demand for payment and a warrant out for her arrest over fraudulent purchases, she nervously shared her phone number with the sender. The 77-year-old followed instructions she received by text message to pay $9,000 in cash into an ATM at a gas station near her home in Chicago.
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US LevFin Wrap - Convergint’s docs flag rare portability clause, DuPont spin-off biz plans debt sale (9fin)

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By Sasha Padbidri Verified, Dan Mika Verified, Yiwen Lu Verified
| 9fin
NYC wasn’t the only thing running hot this week — deals are percolating in the pipeline, which means that the summer is quickly shaping up to be a busy one. 9fin got the scoop on several transactions this week that may launch for syndication as soon as July, including as much as $4bn of debt backing electronics materials provider Qnity’s spin off from parent company DuPont via JP Morgan.
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Repricing, dividend recap supply to make a comeback while new money is limited

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By Yiwen Lu Verified, Dan Mika Verified, William Hoffman Verified
| 9fin
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Banks commit to new deals despite volatility and hung debt risk

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By Yiwen Lu Verified, Dan Mika Verified, William Hoffman Verified
| 9fin
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Banks sound out private credit as auto tariffs cloud ABC Technologies syndication

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By Dan Mika Verified, Shubham Saharan Verified
| 9fin
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Q&A: What Happens When More Treasurys Stay in the U.S.? Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
American households are expected to hold a larger proportion of the U.S. Treasury’s debt issuance in the coming years. This could introduce cyclical volatility into the markets, according to a new analysis from MetLife Investment Management. How should investors position their fixed income exposure, which is traditionally a more stable part of portfolios? VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with MetLife IM macroeconomist and director Tani Fukui to learn more.
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Morgan Stanley on What to Look for in Active Management

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Asset managers and established Wall Street players expect new market paradigms to drive more investors to consider active management. But what should investors and advisors look for when diversifying away from major indexes? VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Brian Weinstein, Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s head of global markets, about how the firm thinks investors should dip their toes into active management. The following interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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Q&A: S&P Dow Jones on Using Sectors to Beat the Market

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
The volatility of individual stocks? Too hot! Following the entire market? Too cold! For investors looking for alpha, what strategies are just right? S&P Dow Jones Indices’ Joseph Nelesen and Tim Edwards analyzed more than 20 years of returns to determine how bets on sectors and industries can outperform major market indexes that blend industries. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Nelesen about his latest research. The following interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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Q&A: Ned Davis Research on the End of the Vibecession Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
American consumers don’t feel great, despite stocks near record highs and a job market that’s powered the U.S. economy past recession calls. However, according to Ned Davis Research, the market is starting to get used to economic data beating dour predictions in the last few months. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Ed Clissold, chief U.S. strategist at the firm, about what a stock market that’s less reactive to economic data beats means for investors.
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Q&A: NDVR Explains the Downsides of Direct Indexing

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
At what point is it smart to use direct indexing for a client’s portfolio versus holding ETFs? According to new analysis from Dr. Stephanie Lo, chief research officer at fintech startup NDVR, there are only a few scenarios where direct indexing provides better after-tax returns for long-term portfolios. Lo spoke with VettaFi contributor Dan Mika about her research. Additionally, Lo discussed how advisors can apply it in their practices with direct indexing-curious clients.
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Fed Cuts Won't Be a Panacea for Weak Businesses Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Featured After months of obsession, financial markets are all but certain that the Federal Reserve will start cutting rates from its multidecade highs as early as September. However, in a new note, MFS Investment Management’s Robert Almeida says that obsession isn’t going to serve investors over the long term. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Almeida the day after the Fed’s July meeting to find out more. This conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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Q&A: Invesco on Bank Loans in a Changing-Rate Environment

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Innovative ETFs Channel Invesco strategist Ashley Oerth believes bank loans may be a good asset for investors who think growth will continue and interest rates won’t tumble. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika reached out to her to find out more about how bank loans can fit into investors’ fixed-income strategies. Dan Mika, VettaFi: Please explain the macroeconomic conditions that back up Invesco’s belief in bank loan exposure.
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Q&A: BlackRock’s Jay Jacobs on Electricity Demand & AI Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
AI is driving the stock market rally this year. To meet the electricity demand of power-hungry data centers, strategists expect to see major investments in the electrical grid, as well as demand shocks for critical metals. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika recently spoke with Jay Jacobs, U.S. head of thematic and active ETFs at BlackRock. Jacobs discussed the opportunities at play amid growing power demand due to larger efforts to decarbonize the global economy.
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Q&A: Vanguard Provides Insight on the Potential Impact of AI Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
AI has the potential to unlock a new wave of productivity that replaces an aging workforce. Alternatively, it could fail to reach the lofty expectations, potentially leaving the U.S. economy in a fiscal drag. Those are the two most likely outcomes for the U.S. economy that Vanguard researchers expect through 2040, according to new research from the asset manager.
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State Street: Active, Retail, Inheritances to Drive Next $10T in ETF Assets

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi Advisor Perspectives Verified
SSGA Chief Business Officer Anna Paglia, Chief Investment Strategist Michael Arone, and Citigroup ETF strategist Scott Chronert expect the rise of active management, highly targeted funds, and a new macroeconomic regime to significantly change how the ETF industry will add another $10 trillion in global assets in the coming years. On Wednesday, the trio spoke with reporters in an event previewing SSGA’s upcoming 2024 ETF Impact Survey, which is due for release on Monday.
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Active, Retail, Inheritances to Drive Next $10T in ETF Assets Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
SSGA Chief Business Officer Anna Paglia, Chief Investment Strategist Michael Arone, and Citigroup ETF strategist Scott Chronert expect the rise of active management, highly targeted funds, and a new macroeconomic regime to significantly change how the ETF industry will add another $10 trillion in global assets in the coming years. On Wednesday, the trio spoke with reporters in an event previewing SSGA’s upcoming 2024 ETF Impact Survey, which is due for release on Monday.
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How ATMs that exchange cash into cryptocurrency have become a favored tool for scammers Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| Miami Herald Verified
When Anne received an urgent email from an apparent Federal Trade Commission agent claiming there was a demand for payment and a warrant out for her arrest over fraudulent purchases, she nervously shared her phone number with the sender. The 77-year-old woman followed instructions she received by text message to pay $9,000 in cash into an ATM at a gas station near her home in Chicago.
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Rent Renewals Pricing Could Delay Rate Cuts

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Recent data from the Cleveland Fed showed that people moving to new homes are barely facing price increases compared to renewing their existing leases. Analysts at Janus Henderson say the situation with rent renewals may be the key to overcoming a stubborn bout of inflation that’s giving the Federal Reserve pause over starting a rate cutting cycle. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Danny Greenberger for more details.
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SignCraft Magazine

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By Dan Mika Verified
| signcraft.com
A ribbon or banner is one way to add the illusion of depth to an otherwise flat composition. It’s been a favorite tool of sign designers for years. You’ll see it in many situations, but it’s natural when a feeling of nostalgia is called for. Some words, like Classic, Anniversary, Old Fashioned or Antique seem right at home on a ribbon. You can design your own or look for them in clip art packages (key words: ribbons, banners). Hand drawn ribbons can be scanned for cutting or digital reproduction.
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How Index Providers Are Slowing the ETF Fee War Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
A new study is shedding light on just how much power index providers have in the ETF space, in part suggesting that as much as 60% of what ETF issuers pay to them are markups. It also estimates that about a third of what investors pay in expense ratios go back to the index provider. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Yu An, a finance professor at Johns Hopkins University and co-author on the study, about what his findings mean for investors and financial advisors.
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BlackRock’s Jacobs: Healthcare the Next Big Investment Theme

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
BlackRock is betting that artificial intelligence, new weight loss drugs, and an aging American population will fundamentally change the investment landscape for healthcare as an industry. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Jay Jacobs, BlackRock’s U.S. head of thematics and active equity ETFs, about how the world’s largest asset manager is viewing the future of healthcare in its latest thematic outlook. The following transcript has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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PGIM's Edwin Wilches on CLOs' Moment Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Treasury yields haven’t been this tasty in decades. That said, collateralized debt obligations (CLOs) are offering yields higher than 6%. Those yields are largely the result of a higher federal funds target rate and resilient consumer spending. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Edwin Wilches, co-head of securitized products at PGIM Fixed Income and portfolio manager for the PGIM AAA CLO ETF (PAAA), on the state of the asset class. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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After losing $112 million, Boone Health declines to release financial records

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By Dan Mika Verified, Quinn Coffman Verified, Andrea Merritt Verified
| Columbia Missourian Verified
Boone Health has lost more than $112 million since becoming an independent community hospital in 2021. Now, both the hospital’s elected officials and its administrators say the hospital is on track to stabilize its future finances. But Boone County residents will have to take their word for it. For more than two months, the Missourian has sought to understand Boone Health’s financial condition at a critical moment in the institution’s 102-year history.
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After losing $112 million, Boone Health declines to release financial records

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By Dan Mika Verified, Quinn Coffman Verified, Andrea Merritt Verified
| KOMU-TV (Columbia, MO) Verified
COLUMBIA — Boone Health has lost more than $112 million since becoming an independent community hospital in 2021. Now, both the hospital’s elected officials and its administrators say the hospital is on track to stabilize its future finances. But Boone County residents will have to take their word for it. For more than two months, the Missourian has sought to understand Boone Health’s financial condition at a critical moment in the institution’s 102-year history.
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Boone Health to cut 26 jobs, shutter home care and hospice divisions

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By Anna Sago, Dan Mika Verified, Gordon Dickson, Katie Taranto Verified
| Columbia Missourian Verified
Boone Health will close its home and hospice care divisions, it announced Thursday in a news release. The divisions are no longer accepting new patients. In the release, the hospital cited "ongoing challenges with staffing and reimbursement" as factors in the decision to close the divisions. Gene Meyer, Boone Health interim president and CEO, declined to specify how much cost savings will come from the closures.
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Greg Steinhoff resigns from Boone Hospital Board of Trustees

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By Dan Mika Verified, Emmaline Luetkemeyer
| Columbia Missourian Verified
The Boone County Commission is seeking applicants to replace Greg Steinhoff, a 12-year veteran of the Boone Hospital Board of Trustees, who is stepping down with five months left in his term. Steinhoff’s resignation is effective Nov. 1, according to a statement from the Boone County Commission. His replacement will be appointed by the commission to serve out the rest of his term, which runs through the April 2024 municipal election.
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3D/L Co-CIO on the New Normal for Fixed Income

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Bond yields have been anything but boring in 2023. The Federal Reserve’s hiking campaign against stubborn inflation and resilient consumer spending, turmoil in Congress, and a bout of banking panic have kept fixed income analysts busy this year. But what does all this mean for advisors and longer-term investors? VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Ben Lavine, chief investment officer at 3D/L Capital. The following interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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Business Brief: High crypto fees in low-income communities

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By Sigi Ris, Chelsi Peter, Noah Zahn Verified, Dan Mika Verified
| Missouri Business Alert Verified
This week's episode of the Business Brief podcast looks at the rise of cryptocurrency ATMs in Missouri, and some of the issues they present. The show also features a story of how refugee communities navigate the challenges of transportation in a new home — and what that can mean for economic opportunity. Business Brief is a podcast covering business news and issues shaping the state. Find more Business Brief on our website or wherever you get podcasts.
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Why it's so hard to cash out

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By Dan Mika Verified
| Startland News Verified
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Kansas City Beacon, a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and Missouri Business Alert. Click here to read the original story from The Kansas City Beacon, an online news outlet focused on local, in-depth journalism in the public interest.
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Kansas City has over 100 high-fee crypto ATMs, mostly in low-income neighborhoods

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By Dan Mika Verified
| The Pitch (Kansas City) Verified
Finance professor Jocelyn Evans first encountered a cryptocurrency ATM on the way to talk about financial education with students last fall. Evans stopped at a gas station on her way to Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. She came across the machine with the word “BITCOIN” on the screen. Store staffers weren’t familiar with the machine, which didn’t provide much explanation about how cryptocurrencies work.
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Kansas City has over 100 high-fee crypto ATMs, mostly in low-income neighborhoods Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| Missouri Independent
Finance professor Jocelyn Evans first encountered a cryptocurrency ATM on the way to talk about financial education with students last fall. Evans stopped at a gas station on her way to Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. She came across the machine with the word “BITCOIN” on the screen. Store staffers weren’t familiar with the machine, which didn’t provide much explanation about how cryptocurrencies work.
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Kansas City has over 100 high-fee crypto ATMs — mostly in low-income neighborhoods

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By Dan Mika Verified
| KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) Verified
Finance professor Jocelyn Evans first encountered a cryptocurrency ATM on the way to talk about financial education with students last fall. Evans stopped at a gas station on her way to Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. She came across the machine with the word “BITCOIN” on the screen. Store staffers weren’t familiar with the machine, which didn’t provide much explanation about how cryptocurrencies work.
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High-fee crypto ATMs center around low-income parts of Kansas City

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By Dan Mika Verified
| The Kansas City Beacon Verified
Finance professor Jocelyn Evans first encountered a cryptocurrency ATM on the way to talk about financial education with students last fall. Evans stopped at a gas station on her way to Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. She came across the machine with the word “BITCOIN” on the screen. Store staffers weren’t familiar with the machine, which didn’t provide much explanation about how cryptocurrencies work.
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Vanguard’s Kinniry on Rebalancing and Discipline

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Vanguard’s latest market risk Speedometer suggests that advisors took a risk-off approach to allocation in the past six to 12 months despite the S&P 500 being on the cusp of a bull market this year. Fran Kinniry thinks that’s a prudent play. Kinniry, the head of Vanguard’s Investment Advisory Research Center, recently spoke with VettaFi contributor Dan Mika. They discussed the shift in recent fund flow trends that suggests rebalancing, not performance-chasing, is the trend.
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10 Best Financials ETFs by 2023 Performance

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By Lisa Barr Verified, Dan Mika Verified, Debbie Carlson Verified, Kent Thune Verified
| etf.com Verified
What are financials ETFs, and what are the different types? How do interest rates impact financial sector stocks? We answer all of your questions about the financial sector and highlight the best financials ETFs by performance in 2023. What Is a Financials ETF? A financials ETF is an exchange-traded fund that primarily invests in the financial sector of the stock market.
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U.S. Stocks: A Decade of Dominance Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
U.S. stocks have managed to flip one of the main tenets of economics on its head in the wake of the Great Financial Crisis. The U.S. stock market produced a world-leading annualized return of 12% from 2010 through the end of 2022 while maintaining a small deviation from the volatility of the global equity market as a whole, according to a new report from Morningstar. In other words: U.S. stocks produced outsized returns with less risk compared to the rest of the world.
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KraneShares’ Ahern on Yellen Visit to China Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen capped off a weekend visit to Beijing, China, by saying the two nations will continue to engage in economic dialogue despite rising tensions over national security. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Brendan Ahern, chief investment officer of KraneShares, on his optimistic view of the summit. The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Mika: What were your top-line takeaways from Yellen’s visit to China over the weekend?
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Survey: Gold Investors Planning More Allocation

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Investors who already have allocation to gold in their portfolios are planning to increase their allocations to the metal through 2023, according to a survey released recently by State Street Global Advisors. The study includes more than 1,000 investors with at least $250,000 in investable assets. It showed a fifth of those own some type of gold exposure at an average of 14% of their portfolio.
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Q&A: ETF Costs Beyond the Expense Ratio

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
The expense ratio is the sticker price of an ETF, but there’s more costs than meet the eye when trading. Vanguard recently published an analysis of the importance of low expense ratios within the context of an ETF’s total cost. VettaFi contributor Dan Mika spoke with Bill Coleman, head of U.S. ETF Capital Markets at Vanguard, for a deeper look at where additional trading fees can come up to bite advisors and clients over time. The following interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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AXS’s Greg Bassuk On The Long Inflation Game Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
The inflation rate has tumbled in 11 months. Still, the consensus is growing that prices will keep rising above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target for reasons more resistant to easing supply chain pressures and rising rates. So what does that mean for forward-looking inflation investment strategies?
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Q&A: Why Insurance Firms Sold 25% of ETF AUM in 2022 Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Insurance companies sold off $11.2 billion in ETF assets during 2022’s bear market, amounting to nearly a quarter of ETF assets held by the industry. While that amounts to a sliver of the $7.9 trillion of assets held by insurance companies, the trends suggest conflicting positions among one corner of the financial industry. To learn more, VettaFi’s Dan Mika spoke with Raghu Ramachandran, S&P Dow Jones’ head of the insurance asset channel and the author of a recent report on the subject.
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Risk-Managed ETFs Didn't Meet 2022 Challenges

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
According to a recent study, more than half of the risk-managed strategies that underlie ETFs designed to manage losses during market turbulence failed to fare better than equities in 2022, including several strategies marketed as hedges against black swan-type events. The study by consulting firm Global Finesse sampled a group of ETFs deemed to have “downside mitigation” strategies meant to limit losses in a market downturn in exchange for fewer gains when the equity market is positive.
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What Does Default Do to Treasury ETFs? Original

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
A U.S. default would likely spur volatility in the Treasury and Treasury ETF markets, experts say. However, it likely wouldn’t cause a value crash for a cornerstone of the global financial system. To be clear, a U.S. default has far larger consequences to the economy than volatility in the bond ETF markets.
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Sweeney Bride's Mark McGrath on the Challenges of Retirement

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By Dan Mika Verified
| VettaFi ETF Trends Verified
Mark McGrath knows how difficult it can be to arrange for retirement. Almost ten years ago, he saw his father struggle with losing his identity as a business owner after selling his store and retiring. It culminated in tragedy. McGrath, a certified financial planner with Sweeney Bride in Squamish, Canada, wrote about his father’s passing on Twitter weeks ago, with the thread garnering more than five million views.
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Business Brief: Breaking down a banking breakdown

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By Sigi Ris, Teddy Maiorca, Dan Mika Verified, Emily Hood
| Missouri Business Alert Verified
The latest episode of the Business Brief podcast digs into the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and what those collapses might mean in Missouri. Then, the podcast features a conversation with Columbia entrepreneur Kelsey Raymond about the keys to success pitching a business.
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Startups, investors on 'red alert’ as Silicon Valley Bank collapse ripples into new tech downturn fears

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By Dan Mika Verified
| Startland News Verified
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Missouri Business Alert, a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and The Kansas City Beacon. Click here to read the original story. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in rapid fashion on Friday to become the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, leaving some in Missouri’s startup community to fear a downturn in the tech industry.
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