David Dierking, CFA, is a freelance financial writer with nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, including 15 years covering ETFs. He has contributed to TheStreet, Investor’s Business Daily, Yahoo Finance, Investopedia, Seeking Alpha, ETF.com, and ETFdb.com. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Michigan State University and has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2004. Dierking is co-author of the award-winning paper “Actively Using Passive Sectors to Generate Alpha Using the VIX” (2020 NAAIM Founder’s Award). He also appears on podcasts and speaks at investor conferences, including MoneyShow.