Advisor Success Series

On this episode, Ben Lavine sits down with Brendan Ahern to discuss specific investment themes tied to China's growing economy. Brendan also shares some counterpoints to some bear market arguments concerning China's sensitivity to a slowdown in global trade activity and China's ability to manage its significant debt levels.

On this episode, Ben Lavine sits down with Phil to discuss his perspectives on some of the hot issues facing the markets as well as how an independent ETF provider can remain competitive in a sea of big box providers.

On this episode, Matt Shute is once again joined by Phil Lubinski from IncomeConductor. Phil has been a life-long financial advisor and a true pioneer in retirement income planning using time-segmentation. Besides retirement income planning, they discuss the changing landscape for advisors, the importance of succession planning, and technology. To learn more about IncomeConductor, visit- https://www.incomeconductor.com/

We are pleased to be joined by Larry McDonald, New York Times bestselling author and CNBC contributor. Larry is the founder of 'The Bear Traps Report', an investment newsletter focused on Political and Systemic Risk with actionable trade ideas and Macro perspective. We discuss with Larry some of the hot macro investment topics covering China, Brazil, Brexit, the U.S. Federal Reserve, reflation versus recession, and the state of the fixed income markets. Larry also reveals where he believes the next bear market will likely emerge from. https://www.thebeartrapsreport.com/

On this episode, Matt Shute is joined by Mike Lecours the co-founder of fpPathfinder. fpPathfinder creates checklists and flowcharts to help advisors be more diligent in the planning process. He is also a financial advisor and planner. Check him out here: https://www.fppathfinder.com/ As an added bonus, Mike sent over a couple of samples Here and Here.

We are, once again, joined by Matt Bartolini, Head of SPDR Americas Research at State Street Global Advisors. Matt shared with us some new research into sector-based investing from their business cycle analysis, using the Conference Board's Leading Economic Indicators (LEI).

For this episode of the Advisor Success Series Podcast, Matt Shute is joined by Matt Eilers of USA Financial. Matt is the Chief Business Development Officer at USA Financial, and head of the Coaching & Consulting division. This episode dives into advisory best-practices for a wide arrange of topics including seminar marketing, introductions, and many more. Be sure to check out Matt's podcast called the Advisor Elevation Podcast here: https://advisorelevation.com/podcast/

Part 2 of our series at the Inside ETFs Conference includes: [0:48] Ed Rosenberg and Rene Casis, responsible for ETF Offerings at American Century, discuss their outlook for Federal Reserve rate hikes in 2019 and why investors should emphasize 'quality' when positioning their portfolios. [6:27] Lukas Smart, Portfolio Manager at Dimensional Funds and Manager of the John Hancock Multifactor ETFs, discusses some of the differences on how Dimensional's strategies are implemented between the Dimensional mutual funds and John Hancock ETFs. [11:07] Gene Podkaminer, Head of Research Strategies at Franklin Templeton, provides his macro outlook for a global GDP convergence between the U.S. and the rest of the world as well as his views on multi-factor construction. [23:47] Luke Oliver, Head of Capital Markets at DWS, sees slowing global growth but opportunities within emerging markets, particularly China, and high yield fixed income as well as trends in ETF product development. [31:28] Matt Bartolini, Head of SPDR Americas Research at State Street Global Advisors, shares with our audience some new research into sector-based investing using business cycle analysis. [35:30] Alisa Maute, Head of Distribution, and Jeremy Schwartz, Global Head of Research at WisdomTree Investments, update our audience with their innovation of "modern alpha" and their development of advisor tools. Disclosures: -WisdomTree Investments, Inc. ("WisdomTree Investments") is the sole owner of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc., a registered investment adviser, and is a substantial minority owner of AdvisorEngine Inc. ("AdvisorEngine"), a digital wealth management platform. WisdomTree and/or its affiliates has a financial interest in AdvisorEngine and its business. -The opinions expressed are those of American Century Investments (or the fund manager) and are no guarantee of the future performance of any American Century Investments fund. This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended as investment advice. The third parties listed are independent companies and are not affiliated with American Century Investments. Listing them does not suggest a recommendation or endorsement by American Century Investments.

3D attended the February 2019 Inside ETF Conference down in Hollywood, FL, and took the opportunity to interview some of the attendees for our Advisor Success Series podcast. Part 1 includes interviews with the following: [00:00] Matt Hougan, Global Head of Research, Bitwise Asset Management, discussing the current state of crypto-currency. [11:56] Jay Jacobs, Head of Research & Strategy, Global X Funds, discussing the latest trends in thematic-based investing. [18:48] Phil Bak, CEO, & Charles Ragauss, Managing Director, Exponential ETFs, on how smaller ETF providers can compete for investor shelf space. [25:10] William Rhind, Founder and CEO, Graniteshares, on the state of the commodity markets. [35:09] Nick Kalivas, Senior Equity ETF Strategist, Invesco, shares his thoughts on the current market environment and how ETF marketing will shift from products to implementation

Once again, we have the pleasure of hosting Tom Psarofagis, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst covering the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Industry. In kicking off Season 2 of our investment-focused podcasts, Tom will share with us the an update on the latest developments within the ETF industry as well as key trends to be mindful of as we start the new year