Innovator Equity Managed Floor ETF

SFLR

Börsenwert 2,24 Mrd. $

Concentration risk is a growing pain point for portfolios globally. A recent Morningstar study shows that this trend is driven by the unprecedented scale of capital expenditures on artificial intelligence (AI) by tech leaders.

In major ETF industry news last week, Goldman Sachs Asset Management completed its acquisition of Innovator Capital Management. Innovator has contributed immensely to ETF product development, with the firm notable for its defined outcome options ETFs.

The ETF marketplace underwent a seismic shift at the end of last year with Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) acquiring Innovator Capital Management.

Kathmere Capital CIO Nick Ryder and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Third Party Wealth co-head Bryon Lake join CNBC's Dominic Chu on “ETF Edge” to break down Goldman's Innovator acquisition and how defined outcome ETFs can help investors seek income and downside protection.

Bryon Lake, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Third Party Wealth co-head, joins Dominic Chu on 'Halftime Report' to discuss what buying Innovator Capital Management means for the firm, the opportunity in defined-outcome ETFs and more.

Every new year brings with it a new opportunity to stop for a moment, take stock of where we currently sit, revisit resolutions, and refresh outlooks.

Tim Urbanowicz of Innovation ETFs expects Big Tech to continue its upside trend into 2025, with caution in mind. He says any disruption to the market narrative can unwind momentum due to elevated P/E ratios.

Managing downside risk in portfolios has been a big theme this year as we navigate uncertainty in the face of a presidential election, the expectation of rate cuts as Federal Reserve monetary policy shifts, and geopolitical tensions across the globe. Buffer ETFs, as a category, have risen to that challenge.

Investors don't always notice when regimes shift. Even as interest rates rose at an almost unprecedented speed and are back to levels not seen in more than a decade, investors have in many ways stuck to what worked in a low rate regime.

Today, Innovator launched the Innovator Nasdaq-100 Managed Floor ETF (NYSE Arca: QFLR), which looks to offer exposure to the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index while limiting losses to 10% within a 12 month period.