Income ETFs to Monetize Volatility and Capture Rising Dividends – Nasdaq – 4.4.23

Overview:

Title: Income ETFs to Monetize Volatility and Capture Rising Dividends
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

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Volatile markets often create opportunities. For income-oriented investors, Target Income ETFs® may provide an intriguing opportunity to monetize volatility—turning higher volatility into attractive current income potential—while also maintaining equity market exposure. Additionally, strategies targeting companies with rising dividends may help hedge inflation. Join us as representatives from First Trust and Nasdaq discuss Target Income Funds and dividend strategies to capture rising dividends.

Topics covered will include:

  • The ins and outs of how Target Income Funds implement options strategies to seek to provide attractive levels of income
  • How rising dividend ETFs may help hedge inflation
  • How these ETF strategies are being implemented by financial professionals

Speakers:

Rufus Rankin, DBA Rufus Rankin, DBA Director, Head of Empirical Index Research Nasdaq Investment Intelligence

Rufus Rankin recently joined Nasdaq Investment Intelligence as Director and Head of Empirical Index Research.

Prior to joining Nasdaq, Rufus was a co-founder and Managing Director of Research at Ampersand Investment Management, where he advised on the construction and management of multi-asset and derivative portfolios for institutional clients. Previously Rufus was part of the senior management team at Equinox Funds, a pioneer in the liquid alternatives space.

Rufus earned a research doctorate in finance from Grenoble Ecole de Management and is an adjunct faculty member in the finance department at Drexel University.

Andrew Hull Andrew Hull Vice President, ETF Strategist First Trust

Andrew Hull is a Vice President and Exchange-Traded Fund Strategist with First Trust. As an ETF Strategist, Andrew provides in-depth analysis and commentary related to ETF investing, including tracking industry trends and communicating ETF strategies to financial professionals. Andrew also contributes to the First Trust Investment Insights blog and helps author the quarterly Inside First Trust ETFs newsletter.

Previously, Andrew was an Economic Analyst for First Trust, where he was responsible for analyzing economic indicators and providing economic commentary and research.

Andrew holds a BA in Business Economics from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL.