77: Analyzing BlackRock’s Favorite Investment Themes (2024)

In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz and joined by Jay Jacobs -- Head of Active and Thematic ETFs at BlackRock. Jay recently published his mid-year report for 2024, and you're not going to want to miss it. Here's a link to the report in case you haven't read it yet. In his report, Jay details two major investment themes -- AI and manufacturing. The purpose of this episode is for our listeners to learn about investment opportunities surrounding these themes straight from the horse's mouth!---👉 Register for our free angel investing / pre-IPO investing webinar, ⁠⁠⁠Click Here! ⁠⁠⁠---👉 Join over 44,000+ other investors who read the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rich Habits Newsletter!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're growing by +150 subscribers every day and can't wait for you to join us :)---👉 In our opinion, income-focused ETFs, like the ones developed by NEOS Investments, are a great way to offset volatility in your portfolio. SPYI, QQQI, and IWMI for indices + CSHI and BNDI for cash and bonds. ---👉 See exactly what Robert is invested into using the social investing app, Blossom!---⭐ Download our FREE Budgeting Template – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⭐ Earn 5.1% on your savings with a High-Yield Cash Account – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⭐ Trade stocks, options, music royalties and crypto on Public – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⭐ Get a $35 bonus when you start saving & investing with Acorns – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⭐ Automatically buy stock where you shop with Grifin – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⭐ Protect your family with term life insurance from Suriance – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⭐ Use code “Spotify” for 15% off our 4-module video course – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⭐ Optimize your portfolio with Seeking Alpha – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---👤 Explore everything Austin does – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👤 Explore everything Robert does – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠❓ Ask us questions for our Q&A episodes – @richhabitspodcast on Instagram📬 Inquire about working together – [email protected] Group LLC has an existing business relationship with NEOS Investment Management LLC. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and the author owns several NEOS ETFs.