The ETF Investor - Episode 62 - Do AMETFs make Investing Easy or More Complex?
Release Date: 12/13/2024
The ETF Investor - Episode 65 - How to Invest in Gold Miners using ETFs
The ETF Investor
You can trade your view on the gold price with physically-backed gold ETFs, but what about gold miners, gold mining companies? What are the options available to ETF investors? The Satrix RESI ETF, tracking the FTSE/JSE Capped RESI10 Index offers an intriguing opportunity.
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The ETF Investor - Episode 64 - The Investment Case for Physical Gold
The ETF Investor
After a strong performance in 2024, the demand for gold has accelerated year-to-date, breaking records along the way, and flirting with the $3,000/oz level. What is driving this demand? As an investor in a gold ETF, where is my gold held? And how is its value determined?
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The ETF Investor - Episode 63 – A Review of 2024, to Help us get Ready for 2025
The ETF Investor
2024 has been a stellar year for the ETP industry in South Africa. What stood out for us at ETFSA? Leading into another year of Trump, will it be a bump, or a dump? As ETF investors, we take insights from the past as we strive to thrive in 2025.
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The ETF Investor - Episode 62 - Do AMETFs make Investing Easy or More Complex?
The ETF Investor
EasyETFs, new kid on the block as an ETF issuer, have joined the growing list of actively-managed ETFs on the JSE, but does this make things more complex, or “Easy” for investors? We also revisit its roots in Cloud Atlas and the closure of that chapter.
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The ETF Investor - Episode 61 - Bridging the CIS-ETF Divide
The ETF Investor
When one of the largest active fund managers in South Africa join the ETF industry, people take notice, and others ask questions. What’s behind the Coronation strategy, and what’s inside their range of AMETFs?
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The ETF Investor - Episode 60 - Actively Managing a Balanced Fund, a Foundational Investment Solution
The ETF Investor
Traditional index-tracking ETFs require an index to track. So what if there is no index, like in the case of balanced funds, or multi-asset portfolios? The construct of an actively-managed ETF provides an ideal solution for simple, straightforward, strategic, static asset allocation strategies in a cost-effective, rules-based, transparent investment option, suitable for all investor types.
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The ETF Investor - Episode 59 – Actively Managing Global Property Investments
The ETF Investor
With the top of the global interest rate cycle in focus, we turn our attention to the outlook for listed property companies and REITs, and the range of exchange-traded product options available on the JSE. There is more to consider than just the interest rate cycle, and we investigate how active management can be applied in global property ETF investments.
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The ETF Investor - Episode 58 - Actively Managing Factor and Style Investments
The ETF Investor
Just when you thought factor-based investments have passed their sell-by date, a new South African ETF issuer has burst onto the scene with a multi-factor, style-based, risk-managed, actively-managed domestic equity ETF.
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The ETF Investor - Episode 57 - Actively Managing Index-Tracking Funds
The ETF Investor
For many investors the term ETF is synonymous with index-tracking, or so-called “passive” investments, and the concept of an actively-managed ETF therefore represents a contradiction in terms. But the term “active management” does not necessarily mean lots of activity or significant tracking differences to the reference index, and it offers opportunities to manage index-referenced investments more efficiently.
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The ETF Investor - Episode 56 - Choosing between different ETFs tracking the same index
The ETF Investor
FNB recently listed three new offshore ETFs, but the underlyings are very familiar to us – MSCI World, MSCI Emerging Markets and S&P 500. How do you choose between multiple ETF options when they offer the same – or very similar – underlying investment exposure?
info_outlineEasyETFs, new kid on the block as an ETF issuer, have joined the growing list of actively-managed ETFs on the JSE, but does this make things more complex, or “Easy” for investors? We also revisit its roots in Cloud Atlas and the closure of that chapter.