{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Tom Lydon \u2013 ETF Trends (Capital Allocators, EP.56)","description":"Tom Lydon is one of the leading experts in the ETF and mutual fund industries. He is the founder and CEO of ETF Trends, a business he created in 2004 whose website, etftrends.com, is filled with news, analysis, and webcasts about the world of ETFs. Before creating ETF Trends, Tom ran a financial advisory and publication business that followed the mutual fund industry. Our conversation covers the evolution of mutual funds in the 80s and 90s and the rise of ETFs in the 2000s. We discuss the composition of the ETF marketplace, structure and tax advantages of ETFs, passive, factor and actively managed funds, characteristics of a superior manager, leveraged ETFs, VIX blowup, potential future problems in high yield and emerging market ETFs, and coming trends in the space.   Learn More Discuss the show and Read the transcript Join Ted's mailing list at CapitalAllocatorsPodcast.com Write a review on iTunes Follow Ted on twitter at @tseides For more episodes go to CapitalAllocatorsPodcast.com\/Podcast   Show Notes 2:01  \u2013 A look at Tom\u2019s early career 4:52 \u2013 What drove people to buy or sell a mutual fund in those early days 5:33 \u2013 How did Tom's sell signal just before Black Monday impact the business 6:21 \u2013 What were the right funds to invest with 6:56 \u2013 What were the key trends during the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s 8:25 \u2013 Layers of cost for mutual funds in the early days 9:04 \u2013 Average active management fee back then 10:56 \u2013 Evolution of ETF\u2019s 13:49 \u2013 Some numbers on the ETF landscape today 15:40 - Why did the last downturn foster more growth in ETFs 18:08 \u2013 The institutional presence in the ETF market 18:55 \u2013 Fees in the ETF space 19:50 \u2013 Distribution of ETFs 21:29 \u2013 Actively managed ETF\u2019s 23:35 \u2013 Tax efficiency of ETF\u2019s 26:42 \u2013 Judging ETF managers 31:26 \u2013 Do levered ETFs add any value             34:00 \u2013 Ted paper against levered ETFs 35:18 \u2013 Potential landmines in ETFs 38:49 \u2013 Risks in the ETF space today 42:11\u2013 How do ETFs impact pricing distortions 46:16 \u2013 What\u2019s happening in active fixed income ETFs 47:43 \u2013 Will fund flows chase hot managers? 48:35 \u2013 The big trends on the horizon 49:52 \u2013 What happens with liquid alternatives 51:08\u2013 What are businesses have thrived in the ETF space 53:56 \u2013 A deep dive into Tom\u2019s business ETF Trends 55:41 \u2013 Closing questions     ","author_name":"Capital Allocators \u2013 Inside the Institutional Investment Industry","author_url":"https:\/\/capitalallocators.com","html":"