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Tony Dong
Lead ETF Analyst,
ETF Central
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Tony Dong is a Vancouver-based freelance financial writer with extensive expertise in the field of investing and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). As the lead ETF analyst for ETF Central, a NYSE x Trackinsight partnership, Mr. Dong contributes to a variety of prominent platforms including US News & World Report, USA Today, TheStreet, Moneysense, Kiplinger, and The Motley Fool. Recognized in the industry, his work has been featured several times in Business Insider.
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The iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF (IDEF) is a relatively new ETF. By comparison, the iShares US Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is a much more established option. For those considering either fund, here’s how IDEF stacks up against ITA in a head-to-head look, notes Tony Dong, lead ETF analyst at ETF Central.
The idea behind my “Cockroach Portfolio” is straightforward: Build something that can survive just about anything the market throws at it. Not by trying to predict the next crisis, but by combining exposures that historically behave differently across economic environments, says Tony Dong, lead ETF analyst at ETF Central.
When most investors hear “swaps in ETFs,” they immediately think of leveraged products. But firms like Calamos Investments are using swaps in ways that have little to do with leverage, writes Tony Dong, lead ETF analyst at ETF Central.
If you look at a typical emerging markets ETF, such as the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), you will usually find one country dominating the portfolio: China. That backdrop has driven the rise of emerging markets ex-China ETFs. The largest example is the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC), says Tony Dong, lead ETF analyst at ETF Central.