This Week in ETFs: From February 17-21

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The ‘Broadening Out’ Theme Is in Motion: Heading into 2025, many investors anticipated a broadening out of momentum away from the ‘Magnificent 7’ stocks — and to an extent, we’ve seen this theme play out so far, with Technology and Discretionary underperforming relative to other sectors. What’s next? In our latest Sector Report, ETF Strategist Bipan Rai provides his insights on potential headwinds for Communications and shares the three sectors to keep an eye on this month. Read Report

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Date	Topic	Host
Wednesday, February 26	The next generation of Target Maturity ETFs	Matt Montemurro, Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income & Equity Index ETFs, Exchange Traded Funds

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