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The Long View

Bryan Armour: Is Index Investing’s Superpower Unstoppable?

The Long View

Morningstar

Finance, Dan Lefkovitz, Amy Arnott, Entrepreneurship, Investing Leaders, Jeff Ptak, Investors, Christine Benz, Influential Investors, Careers, Long-term Investing, Financial Services, Business, Investing, Morningstar

4.5775 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A Morningstar researcher discusses rising passive share, bitcoin ETFs, and the future of active management.

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0:00.0

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0:05.5

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that are designed to enable financial professionals and clients to plan a path to financial freedom.

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0:20.5

and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York.

0:23.3

Purchase New York.

0:26.6

Please stay tuned for important disclosure information at the conclusion of this episode.

0:33.3

Hi, and welcome to the Longview.

0:35.0

I'm Dan Lefkowitz, strategist for Morningstar Indexes.

0:38.0

And I'm Christine Ben's director of personal finance and retirement planning for Morning Star.

0:42.6

Our guest this week is our colleague, Brian Armour, who is Director of Passive Investment Strategies

0:47.7

Research, North America for Morning Star Research Services. Brian is also editor of the ETF investor

0:53.3

newsletter. Before joining Morningstar in 2020,

0:56.7

Brian spent seven years working for FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,

1:01.0

conducting trade surveillance and investigations, specializing and exchanged traded funds.

1:05.9

Prior to FINRA, he worked for a proprietary trading firm as an options trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

1:12.1

Brian holds a BA in economics from the University of Illinois and the chartered financial analyst

1:16.6

designation. Before we begin the discussion, I should say that I'm part of Morningstar's index group

1:22.2

and we license to ETF providers, but we will not be discussing any investable products

1:26.7

tracking a Morning Star Index today.

1:28.7

In fact, Brian's team doesn't cover them. Brian, thanks so much for joining us in the Longview.

1:33.6

Thank you both for having me. Absolutely. Well, we wanted to start off with a major milestone

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