Clay Finck chats with Seamus Scaring and Carlos Palaez about the surge in retail demand in the financial markets, what ETFs are and why we’ve seen an increased interest in them, the benefits of utilizing options in your portfolio, what market benchmarks investors are using, whether the surge in retail demand is here to stay or not, and much, much more! Seamus Scaring serves as a Senior Index Options Analyst focused on building and managing Nasdaq’s index options product suite, including Nasdaq 100® Index Options - NDX, NQX, and XND. Tasked with leading Nasdaq’s retail and advisor businesses, he is responsible for conducting customer research, managing partner relations, and utilizing data analytics to help bring new products to market. Carlos Pelaez serves as a Senior Manager of ETF Listings, focused on business development and managing ETF Issuer and Market Maker relationships. Primarily working with asset managers to navigate the ETF Listings process and lifecycle, as well as managing and building impactful liquidity program solutions for ETF market makers. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:39 - Surge in retail investors gaining access to financial markets 07:03 - Education tools that retail investors are using 09:21 - Nasdaq’s role in providing financial products and education tools to retail investors 12:50 - ETFs and why we’ve seen increased interest in ETFs from retail investors 14:58 - The benefits that ETFs bring relative to other investment products 20:49 - Structures currently being utilized by ETFs 22:09 - A brief history of the options market 27:23 - The benefits of utilizing options in your portfolio 29:26 - How retail investors approach options trading 33:16 - Market benchmarks investors are using in their portfolios 36:21 - Alternative investments that have emerged 40:21 - Whether the surge in retail demand is here to stay or not ✔️ Subscribe to Millennial Investing podcast show: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dnn22EWyo6MLsPaR492BM 🖊️ Access our free show notes and transcript here: https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/millennial-investing/democratization-of-finance ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ LISTEN 🎧 TO OTHER SHOWS FROM OUR NETWORK: ₿ If you're interested in Bitcoin, checkout our Bitcoin Fundamentals podcast show: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_xlkwLDH1F8wOLjjwNCM5B1qFdrtTdTZ 📚 Dive into value investing and learn more about billionaires with our We Study Billionaires podcast show: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_xlkwLDH1F9dDPFYGAHRbrWoToCe2uoU 🏘 Learn the ins and outs of real estate investing with our Real Estate 101 podcast show: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_xlkwLDH1F8Yw_8xO2nk-RD7fhb3yktn 💸 Get introduced to the world of investing with our Millennial Investing podcast show: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_xlkwLDH1F_p00VYv3psJ8rhDAGOvR5W ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA📱: 💻 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theinvestorspodcast/ 👔 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-investor's-podcast/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIP_Network ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ 📥 Download Stig & Preston's 1-page checklist for finding great stock picks: https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/form-youtube-checklist/ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ ❗ DISCLAIMER: This show is for entertainment purposes only. Before making any decisions consult a professional. This show is copyrighted by The Investor’s Podcast Network. Written permission must be granted before syndication or rebroadcasting.