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Business Wire
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
onWater Fish App Launches Next-Gen Tools to Power the Future of Angling
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- onWater Fish, the leading app for anglers and water-based exploration, today launched their Summer 2025 update with a suite of next-gen tools designed to help users better understand their fishing patterns, make more informed decisions on the water, and support conservation efforts. The trio of enhancements include a smart Journal, a patented AI Trout Measuring Tool, and a MyWaters feature for personalized insights that include notifications when conditions align with past fishing success. These new and improved features are part of onWater's growing suite of tools built to power the future of fishing. With a new 'MyWaters' tool, anglers can monitor their favorite spots. The app delivers personalized alerts when conditions in those waters align with those of past successes, without compromising your spots through public sharing. Share 'The way anglers connect with nature is evolving,' said Alex Maier, CMO and Head of Product at onWater. 'Our goal is to give users access and insights in the form of real-time environmental data, AI analysis, and personal performance tracking so they can become smarter and more environmentally conscious anglers.' A Smarter Fishing Journal onWater's enhanced Journal feature will give anglers a deeper look into their fishing habits and outcomes. With the updated Journal, anglers can now: Journal smarter: Log catches and trips with no catches for a complete fishing history, and to better understand how, when, and why success happened. Auto-record key conditions: River flow, weather, time of day, body of water, moon phase and more are tracked automatically. Spot success patterns: Advanced insights displayed on a personalized dashboard help anglers understand what works and when. 'Imagine opening your dashboard and instantly seeing the best river flows, the perfect fly pattern for the day, and the ideal time to cast,' said Maier. 'You'll have access to everything you need, dialed by data, so all that's left is the thrill of the catch.' AI Fish Measuring That Protects the Catch onWater's patented AI Trout Measuring Tool, launching in beta, gives anglers an accurate, hands-off way to log their catches. The new tool protects fish health while improving data collection with: No reference object required: Unlike other tools, onWater's AI model doesn't need a ruler, ball, or hand in frame to calculate measurements. Fast, accurate results: The tool identifies a catch from among 107 species of fish and captures length with increasingly high precision. Less handling, more conservation: With this tool, which was developed to supplement the needs of state and federal fisheries management agencies, fish spend less time out of water, reducing stress and improving survival rates. A more data-rich fishing history: Anglers may track whether fish were kept or released, aiding conservation organizations and resource managers. Angling with Insight, Not Guesswork Unlike other fishing apps that contribute to spot burning, onWater is built to help individual anglers fish smarter. Instead of revealing exact catch locations to all users, it empowers each fisher to understand the why behind their great days on the water. With a new 'MyWaters' tool, anglers can monitor their favorite spots. The app delivers personalized alerts when conditions in those waters align with those of past successes, helping you know the right where, when, and how to fish, without compromising your spots through public sharing. Leveraging scientific data such as fish metabolic rates and water temperatures across every body of water in the United States, MyWaters works alongside the enhanced Journal to increase your chances of success. The more you fish, the more insights you gain. Discovery Tools and Public Access In addition to its journal and insights capabilities, onWater offers a robust discovery experience with detailed data on more than 430,000 U.S. water bodies, including: Species profiles and behavior by season Fishing regulations and fishing reports on most bodies of water across the US Access points and route planning tools Recommendations for spin, fly, drift, bank, float, and wade fishing Lake depth data (bathymetry) in select states today (rolling out more each month) Integrated booking for private land through onWater's partnership with Land Trust Nearby amenities including campgrounds, restrooms, fishing and tackle shops, parking lots, boat ramps, etc. onWater sees angler empowerment and conservation as two sides of the same coin. With high engagement across both free and paid users, the platform is built to modernize the angling experience while also promoting responsible recreation and environmental stewardship. About onWater onWater is a modern fishing app that helps anglers discover and access fishing waters, log their trips, and gain powerful insights from their activity. Built by anglers, for anglers, onWater combines cutting-edge technology with a commitment to conservation and education. Download onWater in the App Store or head to to learn more.
Global News
6 days ago
- Sport
- Global News
Former Calgary quarterbacks Maier, Stevens get new lease on CFL careers with Roughriders
After years of matching up against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, quarterback Jake Maier is now wearing the colours of one of his biggest rivals. He was traded in the off-season in exchange for a conditional draft pick to Saskatchewan following a less-than-ideal end to his four-year tenure with the Calgary Stampeders. 'There's a lot of humility that comes with that,' Maier said. 'Really turning the page and starting over. I consider this a bit of a reset for my career and I like it that way, though, because I get to start over and really prove myself to a team and an organization.' Maier is turning the next page in his career after the only CFL team he's known moved on from him after he ended his 2024 season with 3,841 yards passing, 22 touchdowns and 14 interceptions on a Stampeders team that finished last in the league with a 5-12-1 record. Story continues below advertisement Starting under centre for Calgary over the last three seasons, the California product makes up half of the Stampeders' quarterback duo now sporting green and white in Regina. The Roughriders were also able to ink fellow Calgary pivot Tommy Stevens in the off-season, someone Maier has grown close with over the years, sharing a love of football and wrestling. 'We're pretty close to brothers as you can get,' Maier said. 'We've developed a pretty close bond over the years. That (wrestling fandom) is just playful stuff on Twitter, we like watching WWE.' Backing up Maier over the last three years, Stevens said it's been a fresh start with a new crop of teammates and a few familiar faces like Maier taking the field at Roughriders training camp this month. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'It's awesome to have him alongside,' Stevens said. 'Another familiar face that I'm able to have a connection with, it's great. I'm glad he's here and I'm also excited just to meet a brand new group of guys.' Carving out a reputation as one of the CFL's top short-yardage quarterbacks since 2021, Stevens has rushed for 685 yards and 25 touchdowns in 54 games. 2:06 Saskatchewan Roughriders shine spotlight on fans for 2025 Green & White Day While that's been the Indianapolis native's bread and butter since moving north of the border, Stevens said he is more than ready to prove his arm is just as effective as his legs. Story continues below advertisement 'Every quarterback that does short yardage in our league is still learning the offence as if they're the starter,' Stevens said. 'And vice-versa, every starting quarterback is in the meetings when we're talking about short yardage too. 'We're all learning the same information, we're all being taught the same way and it's really just about trying to execute it to the best of your ability.' The addition of the former Stampeders has built a Saskatchewan quarterback room that is bursting with CFL experience. Maier and Stevens are learning behind 13-year veteran Trevor Harris, who is entering his third season as Roughriders starting pivot, along with depth quarterback Jack Coan, who got into a game against Calgary last fall. 'We have a really smart room, probably one of the smartest rooms I've ever been around, to be honest,' Maier said. 'So that's a big plus for us.' Having carried a trio of quarterbacks on the roster last year in Harris, Coan and Shea Patterson, head coach Corey Mace said it's one of their deepest QB groups in years. 'The four guys that are here are all excellent,' Mace said. 'We think so freakin' highly of all of these guys, man. Each have a little bit of different leadership skills, each have a little bit of a different skill set, but all of which I think helps us.' Story continues below advertisement With Week 1 quickly approaching, the friendship between Maier and Stevens has been put slightly in the background, with competition for Harris's backup ramping up in the coming weeks. Knowing they'll have to make the most of the remainder of training camp, Stevens said it's about rising to the moment and putting his best effort forward. 'Learning, even when it's not your rep, and just controlling the things you can control is really the best way I think to go about this,' Stevens said. 'Whenever your number is called, you got to make the most of it.' In Saskatchewan's first pre-season game on Saturday, Maier completed eight of 13 throws with one interception in a 15-9 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, while Stevens was 2-for-3 with 21 yards passing and 15 yards on the ground. For Maier, first impressions have been his focus over the past month and he believes that will translate to results in his new CFL home. 'My goal here is to earn the respect of my teammates and coaches,' Maier said. 'Whatever comes of that is what comes with that. All I'm focused on is let's just make good impressions with your new boys, your new coaches and just see where it goes.' The Roughriders will wrap up their pre-season schedule on Friday night at Mosaic Stadium as they'll host the Blue Bombers in a rematch of last weekend's contest.
CNBC
04-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
After decades of index fund dominance, investors are getting more active in trading the market
Something unusual is happening in a market long dominated by index funds. Active management is staging a comeback. Take the action in equity ETFs two weeks ago. Amid more whipsaw action in stocks that has typified 2025 trading, there was a net outflow from equity exchange-traded funds. But in a surprise, the selling was mostly on the index fund side. There were net outflows of $1 billion from equity ETFs in all, but $3 billion in inflows to active equity ETFs to offset the $4 billion index fund withdrawals, according to ETF Action data. ETF experts say actively managed ETFs time in the spotlight marks a transformation that may reshape the ETF space for years to come. A record number of ETFs has launched this year, with 288 new funds and the potential for over 1,000 new ETFs by year-end. In total, there are now more than 2,000 active ETFs, rivaling the total number of index ETFs. While they only make up about 10% of total ETF market assets, they are now over one-third of the flows this year from investors. Through the trading week ended April 25, ETFs had taken in $363 billion in flows in 2025, with $132 billion (34%) into actively run funds. "Actively managed ETFs are taking over the marketplace," said Jon Maier, JPMorgan Asset Management Chief ETF Strategist, appearing on last week's "ETF Edge." JPMorgan offers a range of actively managed ETFs, including its popular income ETF JEPI. There are good reasons for all investors, whether index or active, to use ETFs. Buying and sell stocks offers tax efficiency, and many ETFs have relatively low expense ratios. More active ETFs are on the way, with a decision from the SEC expected that would allow companies that currently have traditional mutual funds to offer a version of all of those funds as an ETF. "There is parity between active and passive now even if the asset bases are very much different," Maier said, referring to the fact that index funds continue to hold the larger share of total assets ($231 billion in this year's flows). After decades during which active stock pickers have often been exposed as "closet indexers" in their funds, in effect buying up what the index holds more than distinguishing their portfolios from benchmarks, it is important for investors to identify funds that are taking a unique approach. Mike Akins, founding partner of ETF Action, said investors can look at a measure of correlation to the overall market — R-squared — as one way to get a sense for a fund's "active" nature. Some ETF managers are running what are "active by default" funds with a tilt, a quantitative model unique to their firm which enhances the underlying index performance, but remain closer to the index in overall composition, such as Dimensional Fund Advisors and Advantis ETFs. On the other hand, firms like JPMorgan and T. Rowe Price, from the world of active stock picking, are doing more "bottoms up" analysis of stocks and there R2 is "a little lower" as a result, Akins said. As more money shifts to active, it's critical for investors to not overreact to short-term swings in the market. Investors may have moved a lot of money earlier in April when the markets fell apart, but as of the end of this week's trading, stocks had come full circle in a trip that had seen them down as much as 13% in April. With Friday's surge capping the longest winning streak for the S&P 500 in two decades, the market had recovered all of its losses since April 2, measured by returns in both the S&P and Nasdaq. "Don't trade around when the market panics," said Bob Pisani, CNBC Senior Markets Correspondent and "ETF Edge" host. "Don't do panic trading. It's an old story, for 40 years been saying it, but it really bears repeating. Don't do anything stupid when the market is crazy." Or, in the words of Vanguard Group founder John Bogle, the index fund pioneer: "Don't do something … stand there." However investors gain market access, history says the most important trading strategy is to remain invested, and recent weeks make that point, with 5-7% down days followed by a 10% up day. "If you missed that day, got scared and sold on the 5% down day, it really impacts returns in a long term portfolio," Maier said. "Time in the market, not timing the market. Sometimes it is hard and painful, but for investors that have the wherewithal, over the long term you probably will benefit," he added. There will continue to be reasons for shifts in flows away from blanket index fund exposure as macro trends lead the institutional side of the investor base to use more active ETFs. Funds like JEPI, which provide income and downside protection, or buffer ETFs that limit the impact of stock volatility on returns while capping upside, are primarily popular with registered investment advisor firms that are buying on behalf of many clients for whom they manage investments. "RIAs are allocating clients to it," Akins said. "Everyone has agreed for a while that we have had historically high valuations, and the market needed a reset, so people took a little risk off anyway," he added. Some of that shift has occurred due to the volatility in the bond market which investors have long relied on for income, but where action in Treasury yields has made advisors and investors anxious about investing in anything but ultra-short term bonds (roughly 60% of all bond ETF flows this year). "They found a different way to allocate fixed income money to similar beta, or up and downs in the market, and capture that side of the market but in a way that can meet income needs and gain some return from the overall equities market," Akins said. The rise of the younger retail investor is also an important part of the active phenomenon. Robinhood CFO Jason Warnick said on its earnings call last week that the brokerage app saw "incredibly strong engagement across the board," through the first quarter and in April. "When the market is down, our customers tend to be net buying on the day. A few years ago, folks were worried about what will happen to the retail trader if the market softens? This quarter and the strength of April really helps to answer some of those questions." Akins says the younger generation of "YOLO" investors are really leaning into leverage and inverse ETF strategies. With $10 billion in inflows year to date, leveraged and inverse ETFs investing in a single stock like Tesla or Nvidia typify this trend. "All the evidence says this is not institutional money. Less than 5% of these ETFs are held by institutions based on 13F filings. It is being driven by retail," Akins said. "On the leverage ETF side, there are just more and more people embracing the stock market and more 'Robinhood' traders are willing to do some crazy stuff." Maier says there will be more of a gradual move into active ETFs in more traditional asset classes, such as large-cap value and growth, and international, as the ETF structure becomes that much more accepted. Akins expects any split in the market's to still lean heavy on index funds within traditional investing, with passive funds taking 80%-90% of assets overall. But the shifts of the past few years, from the risk-on single-stock funds to the new income and downside protection strategies, will grow. "We will continue to see the spicy side of the market grow more and more, leverage and inverse. Every weekend, when I sit down to review new launches, I just shake my head on the single stock side. But we will see more innovation on synthetic income and buffered strategies … a continuation of the big themes we've been seeing," he said. Disclaimer
CNBC
02-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Two JPMorgan ETFs that are providing a destination for risk-averse investors
The money manager behind two of the world's biggest actively managed exchange-traded funds sees a way for investors to stay defensive without leaving the market. Jon Maier's firm is behind the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI) and JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST). They're listed as No. 1 and No. 3 in size globally in their category, according to VettaFi. The goal: give investors downside protection while generating income. "When the VIX [volatility] increases, that offers the opportunity for an increased amount of income to the investor of JEPI," the J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief ETF strategist told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week. "Conversely ... when the volatility declines, given that the options are written out of the money, it provides some upside in the underlying portfolio." JEPI fell around 3% in April while volatility gripped the market. As of Thursday's market close, the ETF is off about 4% for the year while the S&P 500 is down almost 5%. JEPI's top holdings include Mastercard, Visa and Progressive according to JPMorgan's website as of April 30. Meanwhile, the JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income Fund focuses on fixed income instead of U.S. equity. The fund is virtually flat so far this year. "It provides a ballast in your portfolio [and] stability for those investors that are looking to protect principle," Maier said. ETF Action's Mike Akins notes these ETFs are satisfying an important investment need in the market. "This category is where people are hiding out to weather the storm," the firm's founding partner said on the show. According to J.P. Morgan Asset Management, the JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income Fund had the second-highest volume among active U.S. fixed income ETFs between April 3 and 10 — which marked the year's most volatile weekly span on Wall Street.
CNBC
02-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Two JPMorgan ETFs that are providing a destination for risk-adverse investors
The money manager behind two of the world's biggest actively managed exchange-traded funds sees a way for investors to stay defensive without leaving the market. Jon Maier helps run the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI) and JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST). They're listed as No. 1 and No. 3 in size globally in their category, according to VettaFi. The goal: give investors downside protection while generating income. "When the VIX [volatility] increases, that offers the opportunity for an increased amount of income to the investor of JEPI," the J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief ETF strategist told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week. "Conversely ... when the volatility declines, given that the options are written out of the money, it provides some upside in the underlying portfolio." JEPI fell around 3% in April while volatility gripped the market. As of Thursday's market close, the ETF is off about 4% for the year while the S&P 500 is down almost 5%. JEPI's top holdings include Mastercard, Visa and Progressive according to JPMorgan's website as of April 30. Meanwhile, the JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income Fund focuses on fixed income instead of U.S. equity. The fund is virtually flat so far this year. "It provides a ballast in your portfolio [and] stability for those investors that are looking to protect principle," Maier said. ETF Action's Mike Akins notes these ETFs are satisfying an important investment need in the market. "This category is where people are hiding out to weather the storm," the firm's founding partner said on the show. According to J.P. Morgan Asset Management, the JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income Fund had the second-highest volume among active U.S. fixed income ETFs between April 3 and 10 — which marked the year's most volatile weekly span on Wall Street.
