ETF Prime

This year’s Super Bowl offers several great lessons for investors.  We explain what you can learn from Sunday’s big game.  Buck French, CEO & Co-Founder of Fantex , also discusses how you can invest in stock linked to the earnings of professional athletes.

We discuss investment risk and how to best manage that risk in your portfolio.  Also, John Reese, Founder of Validea Capital Management, spotlights the new Validea Market Legends ETF.

John Reese, Founder of Validea Capital Management , spotlights the recently launched Validea Market Legends ETF (ticker VALX) which seeks to replicate the stock selection strategies of legendary investors.

Mike Strain , Resident Scholar and Deputy Director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute , discusses the most recent jobs report and explains what to watch for from the U.S. economy in 2015.

We offer six investing New Year’s resolutions to help you make 2015 a success.

To close out 2014, we replay some of our favorite guest interviews from the second half of the year including Dave Nadig – ETF.com’s Chief Investment Officer, Dave Mazza – StateStreet’s Head of Research, and Wes Gray – Executive Managing Member at Alpha Architect.

We recap the financial markets in 2014 and tell you what we’ll be watching for in 2015.  John Hyland, Chief Investment Officer at United States Commodity Funds , also spotlights the  United States Oil ETF (USO) and offers his perspective on the recent decline in the price of oil.

John Hyland, Chief Investment Officer at United States Commodity Funds , spotlights the  United States Oil ETF (USO) and offers his perspective on the recent decline in the price of oil.

We discuss the basics of investing in emerging markets and examine several emerging market ETFs.  Kevin Carter, Founder of Big Tree Capital, spotlights an Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (ticker EMQQ).

Kevin Carter, Founder of Big Tree Capital LLC , explains the unique index behind the newly launched  EMQQ – The Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (ticker EMQQ) .

Matt Tucker, Head of Fixed Income Strategy at  iShares , offers his perspective on bonds in 2014 and looks ahead to 2015.

Matt Tucker, Head of Fixed Income Strategy at iShares , offers his perspective on bonds in 2014 and looks ahead to 2015.  Nate and Jason also discuss the difficulty in predicting short-term interest rate moves and provide some tips for building your bond portfolio.

Dan Haake, CPA and Partner at Hutchins & Haake LLC , joins us in studio to discuss important year-end tax planning tips.

We explain the basics of growth and value investing.  Also, Wes Gray, Executive Managing Member at Alpha Architect, spotlights the ValueShares US Quantitative Value ETF.

Wes Gray, Executive Managing Member at Alpha Architect , spotlights the ValueShares US Quantitative Value ETF (ticker QVAL) and explains the merits of value investing.

Christian Magoon, Founder of YieldShares and CEO of Magoon Capital , offers his ETF “State of the Union” and spotlights the YieldShares High Income ETF (YYY) .  Christian, who has been involved in the launch of more than 50 ETFs, also discusses the recently launched  PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (HACK) .

Dave Mazza, Head of Research at StateStreet, talks financial markets, potential impact of midterm congressional elections, and 2014 SPDR ETF flows.  StateStreet is the world’s second largest ETF provider, offering nearly 150 ETFs .

Joe Barrato, CEO and Director of Investment Strategies at Arrow Investment Advisors , spotlights the  Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF (ticker: GYLD) and the  Arrow DWA Tactical ETF (ticker: DWAT) .

Mike McGlone, U.S. Director of Research at ETF Securities, discusses precious metals and what they may be telling us about the health of the global economy.

Vanguard Investment Analyst Andrew Patterson joined us in studio to talk investment costs, indexing, Vanguard ETFs , and the current financial markets.