Fresh Strategies for Challenging Markets: BlackSwan, Discounted CEFs & Cannabis – Amplify ETFs – 9.16.19

Summary:

Now On Demand.

Money market assets are at a 10-year high. Interest rates are near all-time lows. Stock markets are regularly moving on tweets.Today’s markets are creating new investment challenges for advisors as they build core, income and growth allocations for clients.

Attend our webcast to learn about three very unique investment strategies seeking to tackle several of today’s investment challenges:

CORE: Equity exposure with a buffer against the possibility of significant market declines (BlackSwan ETF – SWAN)

INCOME: High current income potential from a mix of discounted closed-end funds (CEFs) (YYY ETF)

GROWTH: The capital appreciation potential of the growing cannabis industry (CNBS ETF)

In this fast-paced webcast you will:

• Hear from a $2.5 billion RIA on how they are successfully addressing equity market volatility using a rules based strategy utilizing stocks and U.S. Treasuries.
• Discover an index based approach to take advantage of the income-producing potential of CEFs trading at above average discounts to net asset value.
• Hear from an experienced early-stage cannabis investor on why the sector represents a compelling opportunity in the face of recent negative earnings and performance.

Speakers:

As Director of Investments at ARGI, Dan’s responsibilities include portfolio management, research and general supervision of the Investment Department. Furthermore, Dan is also a key member of the ARGI Investment Committee, which actively oversees the ARGI managed investment strategies. He also acts as portfolio manager for the Value, Defensive Equity, Dividend Select, and BlackSwan strategies. He has been featured in Barron’s and FA Magazine.

Tim Seymour is the portfolio manager for the Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF – CNBS. Tim has over 20 years of investment experience as a portfolio manager, allocator, and capital markets professional across multiple asset classes. He has been an early stage investor in the cannabis industry and serves as a board member or in an advisory role for several private cannabis companies. In addition, Tim is a frequent and long-time contributor on CNBC, including over a decade as co-host on the show “Fast Money.” Tim is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Seymour Asset Management (“SAM”).

An ETF veteran, Christian has launched over 60 ETFs in the United States to date. He has helped drive the adoption of ETFs by U.S. investors through numerous educational efforts highlighting the efficiency, transparency and flexibility of the ETF vehicle. Christian has been behind many innovative ETFs, including cybersecurity, online retail, frontier markets, spinoff, solar energy, multi-asset income, data sharing technology, and battery metals. Prior to founding Amplify, Christian served as President of U.S.-based asset manager Claymore Securities. Amplify ETFs, sponsored by Amplify Investments, has over $755 million in assets across ten ETFs for which it is Adviser or Sub-Adviser (as of 8/31/2019).