Defiance ETFs Rings the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell
Defiance ETFs (Nasdaq: MSTX), Daily Target 2X MSTR ETF, visits the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.
In honor of the occasion, Sylvia Jablonski, CEO & CIO, and Jacob Ingram, President, ring the Opening Bell.
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08:57Well, good morning, everyone.
09:00My name's Mike Skel and I manage NASDAQ's Market Intelligence desk,
09:03and it's my great pleasure to welcome to NASDAQ Sylvia Jablonski,
09:06Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer,
09:09and Jacob Ingram, president of Defiance Investments.
09:13I'd also like to welcome the entire Defiance Investments team,
09:16as well as their distinguished guest to NASDAQ.
09:19We're so excited you could ring
09:20today's opening bell with us in the Heart of Time Square, New York.
09:24I think that deserves a huge round of applause.
09:26I think you guys should give yourself a big round applause to start itself. What you say?
09:33So we're here today to celebrate the launch of
09:36the Defiance Daily Target two times long MSTR ETF,
09:41ticker MSTX which trades on NASDAQ.
09:44Defiance Investments is a leading ETF issuer focused on income and thematic investing.
09:49Their innovative ETFs target disruptive sectors like AI,
09:53machine learning, quantum computing,
09:55five G, and hydrogen energy.
09:57Today, we celebrate the launch of the Defiance Daily target two times long MSTR ETF.
10:03This fund seeks to deliver two times the daily percentage change of MicroStrategy stock.
10:08As a daily levered ETF,
10:10it carries higher risk than
10:11non leveraged funds and is designed for short term performance.
10:14NASDAQ is thrilled to be
10:16Defiance Investments Exchange Listings partner for
10:18MSTX and we are so excited to support your growth.
10:22And now, everyone, please join me in welcoming
10:23Defiance Investments Sylvia Jablonski and Jacob Ingram to the podium.
10:30Good morning, everybody. Thanks for being here today.
10:37Thank you to NASDAQ for hosting this awesome event.
10:40On behalf of our chairman,
10:42Matt Belski and the rest of the defiance team,
10:44we thank you so much for joining us today.
10:46MSTX is one of our greatest success stories.
10:50It's $1,000,000,000 plus ETF that was one of the most popular ETFs last year.
10:55I was here about a year ago or more,
10:57and we were talking about, you know,
10:58getting through the 2022 tech rack and how we hit about $1,000,000,000 or so in assets.
11:04And here we are almost four times that just shy of $4 billion with,
11:08you know, 1.4 billion dollar ETF that we're celebrating today.
11:11And that couldn't have happened without you all.
11:13So thank you to our friends,
11:15our family, our investors.
11:16Thank you for your unwavering support and being,
11:19you know, with us through these hard years.
11:21Thank you to Leyla in particular.
11:22You've been unwavering in your support.
11:24You've been mentors and just an awesome support system for us.
11:28And finally, to title, like minded,
11:31passionate partners that work around the clock with us to build what we hope will be,
11:35you know, an absolute empire.
11:36Thank you for the good ideas and your partnership and the relationship.
11:40And with that, I'd like to introduce my colleague here, Jacob Ingram.
11:44He is the definition of innovation and disruption in marketing.
11:47He's been, you know, one of the best assets we had at
11:50the firm for the last couple of years getting us to where we are today.
11:54Trillion dollar asset managers are trying to steal him and steal his ideas,
11:58and we're so glad to have him as
12:00our newly appointed president of the United States Defiance CTFs.
12:04Oh.
12:09Thank you, Sylvia. When our chairman Matthew Bilski gave me
12:15the opportunity to invest in defiance
12:17seven years ago and then wanted to have me come work at defiance,
12:21I didn't really understand the gravity of
12:23the opportunity and the responsibility of what it meant
12:26to help all of our investors that have been here
12:29to support us and believed in us to grow the business to where it is today.
12:32We've ridden many waves COVID,
12:35different crashes, multiple products launched.
12:37And finally, we have a suite that I think
12:40is diversified enough to handle almost all market conditions.
12:44And I'm looking forward to launching many more first mover innovative products.
12:49And all of this wouldn't have been possible without the team at defiance,
12:54as well as the investors.
12:55So Sylvia, Matt, David,
12:57Aisha, Larry, Michelle, Jessie, Ezra,
13:02everyone at the team really has been able to support each other,
13:06and we work together as best as possible, and thank you all.
13:10Really, really appreciate the opportunity and the responsibility. Thank you.
13:18Well, you guys sure have a lot going on,
13:20and I can see exciting times ahead, but for today,
13:23I would like to present you with the NASDAQ opening bell
13:25Crystal in recognition of today's opening bell. Thank you.
13:28Sk forward.