Ed Lopez, Head of ETF Product at VanEck, joins Let's Talk ETFs for a special end-of-year episode - our final one of 2019. One of the ETF industry's brightest lights, Ed walks listeners through VanEck's unique innovation process - and how the firm has managed to continually innovate over the years. We take a deep dive into many of VanEck's best performing funds - from gold miners (GDX) (GDXJ) to unique fixed income (ANGL), sector (ESPO) and thematic (MOAT) (MOTI) strategies.Show Notes:2:15 - What is it about the culture at VanEck that has allowed the firm to remain at the forefront of innovation?7:45 - Process for deciding what/when to launch a new ETF12:45 - Genesis of funds where similar types of funds already existed (OUNZ) (RTH) (ISRA) 19:45 - Why hasn't VanEck jumped on the smart beta bandwagon?26:30 - Was self indexing just about cost cutting? How do you decide when to self index and when to go with an outside firm?29:30 - Naming process of ticker symbols30:30 - What's the case for the gold miners to continue to outperform in the coming year? (GDX) (GDXJ)34:00 - What is it about the "Fallen Angles" bond strategy that has proved so successful over time? (ANGL)38:15 - A deep-dive into the Morningstar wide moat index (MOAT) (MOTI)43:00 - One new fund (ESPO)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices