Inside the ACDC ETF: A Deep Dive with Kanish Chugh
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What is the ACDC ETF and its significance in the battery technology market?
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How has the battery technology industry evolved over time?
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Kanishka, thanks for joining me on the podcast again. No, thanks for having me, Owen. It's always a pleasure to come on and talk ETFs with you, to talk investing. This time we're talking a mega trend, which is battery supply. And in particular, we're going to call out the ACDC ETF, which is one of the ETFs from the range of ETF securities, ETFs that you manage. I think a really good way to set the scene for ACDC is to just maybe we can start at the beginning. People may have come across the ticket code. It's got a bit of a fun ticket code. But maybe I'll just hand it over to you to give us a bit of background into, you know, I guess, renewable energy and battery storage in particular and how that market has evolved.
What are the differences between lithium, nickel, and cobalt in battery production?
And then we'll talk about some of the, I guess, the more intricacies of what's actually inside the ETF.
Yeah, definitely. So it's funny. I think what you mentioned earlier, We've had this ETF now out since August 2018 and is covering the broader spectrum of the megatrend of battery technology and also lithium as well. So people will run into that in a bit more detail later, but people need to be aware that it's not just the technology side, it's also the resource aspect as well. But taking a step back, you know, batteries and of what batteries is, I was actually looking at some research and the oldest found battery was called the Baghdad battery. It was found from 2,000 years ago. It was basically a ceramic pot battery. There's still not much known specifically around, you know, what it was used for, but did that
the time that the term battery was first used was actually Benjamin Franklin used in 1749 when he was doing experiments with electricity. And the first true battery was in 1800 by an Italian physicist, Alessandro Volta. So it was only until 1980 that you actually had this American physicist by the name of Professor John Goodenough, and he invented a new type of lithium battery. And, you know, obviously we'll talk about why lithium is really now the future of battery technology.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What is the ACDC ETF and its significance in the battery technology market?
0:00–1:25
2
How has the battery technology industry evolved over time?
1:25–2:46
3
What are the differences between lithium, nickel, and cobalt in battery production?
2:46–4:07
4
Who are the major players in lithium production and battery technology?
4:07–5:26
5
What is the methodology behind selecting companies for the ACDC ETF?
5:26–7:11
6
How has the ACDC ETF performed since its inception?
7:11–8:57
7
What are the risks associated with investing in the ACDC ETF?
8:57–10:33
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How can investors participate in the ACDC ETF?
10:33–41:28
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