MI Rewind: The Democratization of Finance w/ Seamus Scaring and Carlos Pelaez

Clay Finck chats with Seamus Scaring and Carlos Pelaez about the surge in retail demand in the financial markets, whether the surge in retail demand is here to stay or not, ETFs, options, and much, much more! Seamus is a senior index options analyst with Nasdaq. He's focused on building and managing Nasdaq's index options product suite, including Nasdaq-100 index options. Carlos is a senior manager of ETF listings at Nasdaq as well. Carlos primarily works with asset managers to help them navigate the ETF listings process and life cycle.  IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 04:01 - What has led to the surge in retail investors gaining access to financial markets? 13:10 - What ETFs are, and why we’ve seen increased interest in ETFs from retail investors. 15:03 - The benefits that ETFs bring relative to other investment products. 25:25 - A brief history of the options market. 30:12 - The benefits of utilizing options in your portfolio. 35:28 - What market benchmarks investors are using in their portfolios. And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Related Episode: Listen to MI079: Should YOU Trade Options w/ Tom Sosnoff, or watch the video. Related Episode: Listen to MI053: Building Wealth, Staying Wealthy, and Retiring Early w/ Jeremy Scheider, or watch the video. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle’s favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Range Rover Airbnb NetSuite Public Connect with Clay: Twitter Connect with Nasdaq: Website HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm