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How to use ETFs (Exchange-Traded Fund) to invest

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40 segments

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Give me a summation of the book.

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>> So, the book is about how you can use

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ETFs to invest what we're seeing in the

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markets through the lens of ETFs. ETFs

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are a great measurement of investor

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behavior, right? I can see flows,

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volumes, and product launches every

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single day.

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And they are becoming more and more

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ingrained in the market. On an average

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day, an ETF will do about 30% of volume.

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>> Say that again.

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>> ETFs will do about 30% of US exchange

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volume on a given [clears throat] day.

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>> So, in other words, total trading volume

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stocks and ETFs is basically the

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summation of all the all the trading

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volume. On a daily basis, ETFs are 30%

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of the total.

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>> Yes. And stocks are the remaining 70%.

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>> growing.

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And then during more stressful

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environment, when everyone's freaking

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out, they'll go up to 40 to 45% cuz

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people are adjusting exposures.

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>> I see.

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>> So, they're this great tool.

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>> They're selling tech and they're buying

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staples, whatever.

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>> they're doing. Could be used for

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hedging, shorting, whatever it might be.

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So,

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along with building charts, I handle all

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of our ETF research at Strategas as

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well. And so, I want to tell folks how

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they can There's 5,000 of them, right?

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How can we

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>> ETFs.

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>> 5,000 ETFs. How many stocks are there?

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Less than that.

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