After 15 years as an analyst at top financial institutions, Dan Victor stepped out on his own in 2018 as an independent investor and market strategist. The result is his increasingly popular Seeking Alpha handle, BOOX Research, where he combines a data-driven, fundamentals-first approach to offer nearly daily stock and ETF ideas, as well as his Seeking Alpha Marketplace service, Conviction Dossier. In today's podcast, we stress test three of his' top ETF picks for 2021: Emerging Markets (IEMG), shorting the long-end of the Treasury yield curve (TBF) and international dividend growth (VIGI).Show Notes2:30 - BOOX Research's back-story3:30 - What does it take for an investor to be sufficiently diversified?8:30 - Process for finding new investing ideas10:00 - Top ETF picks for 2021: 1) iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG)13:30 - After a decade of underperformance, what's the long case of emerging markets right now?16:15 - Why IEMG over other comparable ETFs like (EEM), (VWO) and (SCHE)?24:00 - Top ETF picks for 2021: 2) ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TBF)34:30 - Top ETF picks for 2021: 3) Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIGI)40:00 - Would you recommend the US-focused version of VIGI, (VIG)?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices