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Welcome to the Parachute Podcast, where host Tom Lydon discusses the experience, wit and wisdom of people of influence in the area of finance and investing.

You’ve landed at a place where advisors and investors are looking to learn from others.

A financial parachute offers you safety over time. But your parachute is different from everyone else’s. It’s made from experiences, time, people you know and your own individual interests.

How much time and effort you put into building your parachute will determine how safely you will land.

But first, you need the guts to jump.

Apr 29, 2021

ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (COM) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife Show.

COM seeks to provide total returns that exceed that of the Auspice Broad Commodity Index over a complete market...


Apr 22, 2021

ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRW) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife Show.

DGRW tracks the performance of an index that invests in large- and midcap dividend-paying US common stocks with...


Apr 15, 2021

ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF (USVM) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife Show.

Seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the MSCI USA Small Cap...


Apr 8, 2021

ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the NetLease Corporate Real Estate ETF (NETL) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife Show.

NETL seeks to track the performance before fees and expenses of the Fundamental Income Net Lease Real Estate Index (NETLXT). NETL seeks to provide...


Apr 1, 2021

ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife Show.

BDRY provides long exposure to the dry bulk shipping market through a portfolio of near-dated freight futures contracts on dry bulk indices. It's the...