In today’s episode, Bryan Armour, director of passive strategies research for North America at Morningstar Research Services, talks about how SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust—or SPY—revolutionized investing.
00:06 Introduction
00:38 Meta’s earnings beat expectations
01:53 Amazon tightens its belt
03:05 Pfizer posts record revenue for 2022
03:59 McDonald’s strong customer traffic offsets margins
05:07 SPY ETF celebrates 30th anniversary
05:36 What is an ETF?
06:18 How did index funds’ popularity help ETFs?
07:31 How has the ETF market evolved to include active ETFs?
08:38 Where does the ETF market stand today?
09:49 What's made SPY in particular so successful since its debut?
12:23 What do you think the future holds for SPY?
13:45 SPY holds the title as the world's largest ETF, but it's not the world's first, right?
14:36 3 Dividend Stocks for February 2023
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