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- PAAutocallable ETFs Are Here. The Structured-Note Strategy Coming to Every Advisor’s Portfolio
Autocallable ETFs Are Here. The Structured-Note Strategy Coming to Every Advisor’s Portfolio
I wanted two things: a plain-English account of what sits inside these funds, and an honest answer about where they belong in a real client portfolio. Rosenfeld delivered both.
Douglas Heikkinen
- PAWhen Bonds Started Ticking: TCW's Bet on the Active ETF Wrapper
When Bonds Started Ticking: TCW's Bet on the Active ETF Wrapper
What followed was a plainspoken look at why bond managers are racing into this wrapper, why one strategy at TCW is pulling in millions of dollars a day, and what advisors still get wrong about how these things trade intraday.
Douglas Heikkinen
- PAFrom Complexity to Accessibility: Democratizing Autocallable Yield Notes Through ETF Innovation
From Complexity to Accessibility: Democratizing Autocallable Yield Notes Through ETF Innovation
The Calamos Autocallable Income ETF (CAIE) is the first laddered ETF to democratize autocallables
Calamos
- PAThis New ETF Is Betting the S&P 500 Hits 10,000 by 2030. Here’s the Catch
This New ETF Is Betting the S&P 500 Hits 10,000 by 2030. Here’s the Catch
So this is the bet prospective investors are making with this ETF: the S&P 500 will gain at least 30.4% from today through January 10, 2030.
Todd Shriber
- PAQQI Is Bringing the QQQ Playbook to International Growth Stocks
QQI Is Bringing the QQQ Playbook to International Growth Stocks
Said differently, QQI may be a timely rookie ETF, particularly for advisors and investors seeking efficient access to international large- and mega-cap growth equities.
Todd Shriber
- PACalamos Converts Famed SMID Mutual Fund to ETF Wrapper
Calamos Converts Famed SMID Mutual Fund to ETF Wrapper
CTAG could prove to be a well-time addition to the active ETF fray because, broadly speaking, both mid- and small-cap stocks are performing admirably this year.
Todd Shriber
- PAHow DXJ Ranked #1 over the Last 10 Years
How DXJ Ranked #1 over the Last 10 Years
Japan's recovery is being led by exactly the industries, technology, defense and global export champions, that give it structural rather than merely cyclical credibility.
WisdomTree
- PAProtected Bitcoin: Improving Portfolios Utilizing a Stable Risk Framework
Protected Bitcoin: Improving Portfolios Utilizing a Stable Risk Framework
Conventional portfolio sizing approaches are fundamentally limited, typically suggesting a modest allocation (1-2%) to avoid material increases in overall portfolio risk.
Calamos
- PAWith This Vanguard ETF, Focus on the Long Term
With This Vanguard ETF, Focus on the Long Term
What’s troubling some advisors and investors is that over the past five years, the S&P 500 is up 81.32% while VIG is higher by “just” 61.77%.
Todd Shriber
- PASmall-Cap Value vs Growth: Get Both With This ETF
Small-Cap Value vs Growth: Get Both With This ETF
It’s all a lot to take in, but at the small-cap value vs. growth party, advisors and investors don’t have to pick one or the other because thanks to the Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF (XSMO).
Todd Shriber
- PAIt’s a Good Time to Consider CBOL
It’s a Good Time to Consider CBOL
The Calamos fund is appropriate for clients that want to be engaged with Bitcoin over the long haul while commanding some income and protection from the digital currency’s often steep pullbacks.
Todd Shriber
- PASpaceX as Platform: What a Value Investor Found When He Did the Engineering Work
SpaceX as Platform: What a Value Investor Found When He Did the Engineering Work
What Begg found, once he had satisfied himself on the engineering, was not simply a better rocket company. He saw something more fundamental.
WisdomTree
- PAGreat News for Investors: A Proven SMID Growth Discipline Is Now an ETF
Great News for Investors: A Proven SMID Growth Discipline Is Now an ETF
Ready to fill the small- to mid-cap gap in client portfolios. The Calamos Timpani Active SMID Growth ETF (CTAG) , converted from the open-end Calamos Timpani SMID Growth Fund, offers access to a time-tested strategy
Calamos
- PAAdvisors Love Active ETFs and They’re Willing to Ditch Mutual Funds to Show That Affection
Advisors Love Active ETFs and They’re Willing to Ditch Mutual Funds to Show That Affection
Don’t worry. That’s not conjecture. Advisors’ affinity for active management in the ETF wrapper is easy to quantify.
Todd Shriber
- PAThe Right Way to Deal with Bonds
The Right Way to Deal with Bonds
So yes, there’s very much as case for the union of active management and fixed income today – one that ETFs make easier and more cost-effective to embrace.
Todd Shriber
- PAStill Built for Any Market: How Blending Growth and Value Creates a Stronger Core
Still Built for Any Market: How Blending Growth and Value Creates a Stronger Core
Then, during much of June 2026, it appeared that the U.S. growth side of the ledger came back to earth.
WisdomTree
- PAThis ETF Set the Record for AUM at Time of Launch
This ETF Set the Record for AUM at Time of Launch
UC Investments can easily afford the $2.5 billion allocated to the new ETF because it manages $236 billion, including retirement, endowment, and cash assets
Todd Shriber
- PAGoldman: ETFs Will Haul in $2 Trillion This Year
Goldman: ETFs Will Haul in $2 Trillion This Year
Fun facts aside, it’s worth noting that ETFs’ undaunted pace of asset accumulation comes amid myriad issues that are, arguably, headwinds, including a record amount of cash in money market funds
Todd Shriber
- PAWith the S&P 500’s Dividend Yield at Historic Lows, Consider This ETF
With the S&P 500’s Dividend Yield at Historic Lows, Consider This ETF
The newly minted Amplify S&P 500 Dividend Drivers ETF (DRVR) should be part of that discussion. Let’s explore why that’s the case.
Todd Shriber
- PAJapan’s Biggest Opportunity in Decades? Why AI, Buybacks and Reform Are Powering a New Bull Market
Japan’s Biggest Opportunity in Decades? Why AI, Buybacks and Reform Are Powering a New Bull Market
It is about what sustained, stable inflation changes at the behavioral level, whether for companies, for households, or for the policy apparatus that surrounds them.
WisdomTree





