The ETF Story
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Revolution
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
SPY wasn’t just a hit product, it was an inspiration for an entire industry to take off. But it didn’t happen overnight. It took about 10 years fo...
The Sleeper
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SPDR S&P 500, or SPY, is the world’s largest ETF today with about $240 billion in assets, but it wasn’t much to look at when it debuted in 199...
The Competition
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Just as Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak weren’t the only two geeks in a garage working on a computer in the 1970s, the AMEX wasn’t the only exchange ...
The Approval
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When the SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) was submitted to the SEC in 1988, George Michael’s "Faith" was the No. 1 song and Magic Johnson led the Lakers...
The Report
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Government reports are known more for curing insomnia than providing inspiration for revolutionary products. The October 1987 Market Break Report migh...
The Crash
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Exactly 31 years ago today, the stock market fell 23 percent, the worst day ever for stocks two times over. It was in the aftermath of that crash that...
Coming Soon: The ETF Story
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The creation story of the first exchange-traded fund is actually the best way to understand how they work. And it's not just educational, it's enterta...