TrueShares ETFs

What does it take to build a career in finance - and eventually build ETFs of your own?

In this interview, TrueShares CEO Mike Loukas sits down with Mike Schiemer CETF CBDA to talk about his journey into finance, entrepreneurship, the ETF industry, navigating market volatility, and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

A candid conversation on markets, investing, and what it takes to build a business in the financial industry.

Watch the full interview:

Mike Schiemer Interviews TrueShares ETFs CEO Mike Loukas About Their Funds And The Stock Market TrueShares Issuer Page: https://www.dividendvision.com/assets/issue...

Yield is only half the story. For income-focused investors, the real test is whether a strategy can continue supporting cash flow when markets become challenging.
Read more to learn about:
• Cash flow interruption risk
• Child tranche reset mechanics
• Two-layer downside protection
• Why advisors should evaluate income durability, not just distribution rates
Read more: https://hubs.li/Q04t6sd20

Many investors focus on a closed-end fund's yield. Advisors often look one layer deeper.

✅ Is the fund trading at a discount or premium?
✅ How much embedded leverage increases portfolio exposure?
✅ How could changes in interest rates influence NAV, discount levels, and borrowing costs?

Closed-end funds offer a unique structure that can create potential opportunities beyond income alone. Our latest article breaks down the key concepts we believe every advisor should understand when evaluating CEF allocations.

Beyond Yield: Understanding the Opportunities and Risks of Closed-End Funds - TrueShares Insights Closed-end funds (CEFs) have long been a part of income-oriented portfolios, yet we believe they remain one of the most misunderstood segments of the investment landscape. While many investors focus primarily on a CEF's distribution rate, advisors who dig deeper often develop a more nuanced understa...

AI capex is surging - but the buildout has limits.

Morgan Stanley expects hyperscaler spending to hit $1.47T in 2027, up ~60%, before growth slows to 12% in 2028 as power, chips and other infrastructure constraints take hold.

AI demand is accelerating. Infrastructure investment may need to keep pace.

Read this week’s Weekly AI Update for more: https://hubs.li/Q04xx0CD0

ONEH could help hedge what we see as one of the biggest behavioral finance problems that plagues the portfolios of long-term investors: how to stay invested and profit during a meaningful market drop. A perpetual downside hedge seeks to monetize drawdowns while a dynamic reallocation function uses a portion of those gains to participate in potential upside recoveries.

Learn More: https://hubs.li/Q047ZXwG0

When evaluating income strategies, don't just ask: "What's the yield?"
Ask: "What features exist to help support that income during difficult markets?"

Learn how the child tranche structure within PAYH and PAYM seeks to preserve coupon-paying potential while a two-layer hedge framework helps manage downside risk.
https://hubs.li/Q04t6syF0

OpenAI’s new model is the company’s first to reach its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold, discovering and using two previously unknown software vulnerabilities during testing.

At the same time, Astra completes computer-use tasks about 47% faster than GPT-5.6 Sol and shows improved alignment and lower hallucination rates.

The frontier is advancing – but so are the security implications of increasingly capable AI.

Read the Weekly AI Update for more: https://hubs.li/Q04w-QRt0

ONEZ offers single ticker access to a diversified portfolio of uncapped buffered ETF investments laddered across all twelve months, accentuated by tail risk mitigation, seeking upside magnification, and downside monetization strategies.

Learn More: https://hubs.li/Q04tJ9Mm0

Happy Labor Day from all of us at TrueShares!