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Digital Assets

Your Link to the Blockchain

Companies at the forefront of the digital assets transformation
Diversified exposure to digital asset exchanges, miners, and other infrastructure companies
Access to companies that have the potential of getting 50% of revenue from digital assets

Speaker(s):

Ed Lopez

Head of ETF Product
John Patrick Lee, CFA

Product Manager

26 April 2021

11:00 AM US ET

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Gold in a Post Pandemic World

Joe Foster

The macroeconomic landscape for gold
Our gold price outlook for 2021 and beyond
Gold miner valuations

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Bitcoin Mining and ESG

Gabor Gurbacs

Jason Les

What bitcoin mining entails
The current landscape of bitcoin mining
Using clean and renewable energy sources for environmentally friendly mining

Emerging Markets Equity

2021 Recovery, Inflation and Value – How Are These Impacting EM?

David Semple

Many aspects of economic activity in emerging markets have returned to a semblance of normality, despite varying Covid-19 experiences. Where do they stand right now?
As demand picks up, what inflationary issues should be expected? What is the market impact?
The largest move to “value” since 2016 – after many false starts, is this the real deal?

Value Moves Pay Off for Moat Investing

Brandon Rakszawski

Andrew Lane

Recent impact of the 2020 shift to value
Current Morningstar^®Wide Moat Focus Index^SMpositioning
Index performance and company highlights

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Investment Outlook

Seeing the Markets Through the Eyes of Industry Leaders

Jan van Eck

Cathie Wood

Kevin O’Leary

Laura Morrison

How the new U.S. administration has impacted the market what may be ahead
Post-pandemic market outlook
Next generation technology, the rise of retail, Crypto Currency Trading and more

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Coinbase and the New Financial Juggernauts

Gabor Gurbacs

Charles Hayter

Larry Cermak

How the bitcoin rally drove market share to top-tier exchanges
What these changing crypto exchange dynamics mean for investors
Bitcoin market and infrastructure developments to watch

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26 January 2021

Thematic Investing

Video Gaming: Key Growth Drivers for 2021

Ed Lopez

John Patrick Lee, CFA

How mobile revenues are now the largest source of revenues for the industry
Why recurrent consumer spending is boosting revenues for publishers
How allocating can provide the potential for alpha generation

20 January 2021

Gold in 2021: Can We Expect More Of The Same?

Joe Foster

Review of 2020 performance
Current macroeonomic landscape and outlook for gold and gold miners
Potential risks to gold prices in 2021

14 January 2021

How Low Will Bitcoin Go? A Market Update with Mike McGlone

Gabor Gurbacs

Mike McGlone

Analysis of the recent bitcoin rally and correction
How low can bitcoin go?
Bitcoin market and infrastructure developments to watch

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12 January 2021

Income Investing

NYSE Education Series: The Income Potential of BDCs

Ed Lopez

Brandon Rakszawski

VanEck joins the NYSE, and a guest speaker from a BDC (FS/KKR) to discuss BDCs
Learn more about the BDC marketplace, how to access them
What 2021 will hold for BDC portfolios

17 November 2020

Investment Outlook

Navigating the Markets: The Election and the Broken 40% Allocation

Jan van Eck

Natalia Gurushina

John Faso

An informed analysis of the U.S. Election
The pace of global growth and what it means for interest rates
Whether a 40% fixed income allocation still makes sense today
Potential investment opportunities in 2021

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11 November 2020

History of Finance

Class 5 | FDR and the U.S.’s Biggest Debt Default

Jan van Eck

Sebastian Edwards

The U.S. today has a large amount of debt. Has it ever defaulted? (Spoiler: yes, it has.)
What did the Supreme Court decide?
What did FDR say about whether he’d honor its decision if it went against him (it did)?
How should we think about today’s high debt levels?

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04 November 2020

History of Finance

Class 4 | The Depression, FDR’s Bank Act and Financial Regulation

Jan van Eck

Richard Sylla

The banking system was shut down when FDR took office. What did he do?
Most of the financial reforms enacted then are largely intact today. What were the theories behind them?
How do those theories explain why no one was jailed after the global financial crisis of 2008-2009?

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28 October 2020

History of Finance

Class 3 | Canals, Railroads and Chicago

Jan van Eck

Andrew Robertson

This era is arguably when the U.S. became an economic juggernaut and created the basic features of today’s economy—a national market
How did Chicago affect the region, the country and the world economy?

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21 October 2020

History of Finance

Class 2 | Cotton, the South and Slavery

Jan van Eck

Steven Mintz

What technology developments along the chain of the textile industry drove an explosion in cotton demand which was met by the South?
How did cotton affect slavery and we revisit the consequences of slavery and racism today, how was finance involved in slavery?

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14 October 2020

History of Finance

Class 1 | The U.S. Government as a Financial Actor: Who Is Alexander Hamilton?

Jan van Eck

David Cowen

How was enough power centralized in the U.S. Government, through the Constitution?
How was a financial system created that could foster economic growth?