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Gaining Perspective

Dec 31, 2019

Hotchkis & Wiley is true value investor that has performed well in a growth-dominated equity market.  It also has a large following among advisors. Its Small Cap Diversified Value Fund has strong numbers and a history of outperformance versus its benchmark.  The fund has considerable exposure to micro caps, which has...


Dec 23, 2019

Our topic today is actively managed ETFs. On November 14, the SEC gave contingent approval for new proxy-based, semi-transparent active ETF structures to four fund families: Natixis, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity and the Blue Tractor Group. This overcomes a major impediment to active ETFs – transparency. No longer do those...


Dec 18, 2019

The nearly unbridled growth of the ETF industry in the last 15 years has paralleled one of the greatest bull markets ever.   What are the key themes that are likely to drive the next leg of growth? What do the next 5-10 years look like for ETFs? My guest today leads one of the most prominent ETF providers, and he and I...


Dec 17, 2019

John Gebauer and I discuss the key regulatory issues facing advisors, including RegBI, form CRS, the SEC’s planned changes to its advertising and cash solicitation rules and the Michael Kiitces/XYPN lawsuit against the SEC.


Dec 16, 2019

What are the key issues that female clients face? How can advisors gain the confidence of those clients and ensure that their assets are protected under any scenario? What are the big mistakes that female spouses make when it comes to marital assets?