ETFs: Evolution and Emerging Trends

What You Will Learn

• The history and development of the exchange-traded fund (ETF) as well as its basic characteristics.
• ETF features
• Current developments
• ETFs compared other managed investments
• ETF legal structures
• The different formats of ETFs, as well as their individual mechanics.
• Explain portfolio construction and the creation/redemption process
• The key details that must be considered to get the most from investment in ETFs.
• ETF alternatives
• International investing
• The regulatory environment
• Gatekeeper responsibilities of the dealer member
• Due diligence responsibilities regarding ETF client suitability
• Sales practice responsibilities regarding leveraged and inverse ETFs
• ETF trading strategies
• Impact of ETF portfolio construction strategies on taxable distributions
• The impact of index volatility on leveraged ETFs returns
• The uses of market and order limits and how time of day of transactions affects various ETF types

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