One-Click ETF Share-Class Swaps Eliminate Tax Hassles
'You will soon be able to log into your brokerage acct and click one button (to instantly move your $ from a MF share class to an ETF class with no tax implications). Today it's a manual process that is a lot of paper work.' - Josh Schnieder at DFA on Trillions podcast talking about ETF share classes, which he sees as being big deal as the tech (which is coming later this year) will make it McDonald's easy to do. This was a great primer on the ETF share class trend, we asked him everything feat @kgreifeld @joelwebershow Link to listen is in next post or just find on Spotify et al.
US Stock Market Among Least Concentrated Globally
You think the S&P 500 Index is too concentrated? Try going to another country for a while. The US is one of the *least* concentrated markets. Here's countries ranked by the % of market made up by top 10 biggest...
Cryptex ETF to Directly Hold 30
New filing for the Cryptex Digital Market Cap ETF (which has chosen the ticker $BAGZ) structured using Cayman subsidiary and looking to hold 30-ish cryptos directly (which would blow away the curr baskets on mkt) if I'm reading it correctly...
Bonds and Gold Drop, Boosting Money‑Market and Buffer ETFs
Where Have All the Hedges Gone? - @psarofagis channeling Paula Cole into a timely note today re how once again bonds fell with stocks. This time gold fell too. This is why Money Mkt Funds and Buffer ETFs are increasingly...
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Listed on NYSE, Launch Imminent
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF $MSBT got an official listing announcement from NYSE, that typically means launch imminent.. https://t.co/SDDVyAGfpJ
Victory Capital Abandons Janus Deal over Committee Opposition
Victory Capital has pulled out of Janus acquisition after not getting support from Janus’ “special committee” https://t.co/VSWcoMUQal
Gold Shows Zero Stock Correlation; Bitcoin Slightly Linked
Wrote today about how investors just got a big-time reminder that gold has *zero* correlation to stocks, not inversely correlated. Big difference. Good diversifier but unreliable hedge. Bitcoin is similar but w more correlation (0.45) w stocks. Both unpredictable but...
US Equities Outpace Global Markets After Iran Strike
Nice look at US stocks' performance vs international after geopolitical shocks. US tends to be cleanest dirty shirt in these times. This time no dif, $VOO down 4.6% since Iran strike but $EFA down 9%. Nice note (which he put...
Bitcoin ETFs Surge $2.5B, Defying 40% Price
Yeah bitcoin ETFs now $2.5b for month and one good day away from completely digging out of their YTD flow hole. $IBIT is already there and then some, in top 2% among all ETFs in YTD flows. Again, incredible fortitude...
Finding Comfort in Shared Memories After Dad’s Passing
Back today after being out of commission for a while. I lost my dad about 10 days ago. We were close. I knew the day would come, he was declining health-wise, but it didn't soften the blow. But he lived...
Seeing Wemby in San Antonio, Alamo Pit Stop
Greetings from San Antonio. Here w my kid to see Wemby play tonight. Pit stop at the Alamo. Confirmed there’s no basement, sorry @todd_sohn https://t.co/lGYXk8fNhQ
Search “Noise” And “Sleep” On TripAdvisor for Reliable Hotel Stays
I feel his pain tbh. This is why whenever I travel for work or vaca bf booking I always go to the hotel’s trip advisor page and search reviews for the words “noise” and “sleep.” This system has yet to...
ETFs Now Hold 1.28 M BTC, Biggest Global Holder
ETFs still own 1.28mil bitcoin, biggest holder in world as a group. And that’s DESPITE a 50% drawdown thrown at them. YTD flows just about to turn positive too. I think we’re around +$56b net net lifetime. #BoomerStrong
ETF Manager Vows Not to Sell 35% SpaceX SPV
“We have a plan… And we don’t plan to sell the SpaceX SPV (which is curr 35% of the ETF)” - Joel Schuman of $XOVR on ETF IQ yesterday talking about the situation in the fund rn @kgreifeld @scarletfu https://t.co/cIkYtbXxBF
Risk-On Surge Floods SPY, QQQ, HYG; VOO Steady
Flows did a 180 yesterday and went FULL risk-on with $12b flooding into trading crowd favorites $SPY $QQQ $HYG et al.. while $VOO (the tortoise in the wealth creation race) doing its half a bil a day regardless of the...
USO Hits $16B Volume, Biggest Day in 20 Years
Finally tally for USO was $16b of volume. Here's how that looks vs every other day of trading in its 20yr life. My guess is this is the peak, we cool off from here. But what a comeback in relevancy...
SPY Climbs 1% Today, Brace for Market Backlash
$SPY now up 1% on the day.. let the gnashing of the teeth commence https://t.co/PDQSFKpyuT
USO Hits Record Volume; Roll Costs Warn Traders
$USO has broken its all time daily volume record with $7.6 traded and it's only 1130am. Dwarfing the volume it saw in 2020 and 2022. Prob mix of pro traders and retail degens. While it is arguably the most sensitive...
Tokenized ETFs Will Expand Access, Not Replace Them
One of my big themes this year is how tokenization isn’t gonna replace ETFs, but rather distribute them. It’s actually bullish. This will deliver the world’s most beloved ETFs (and stocks) to ppl on chain and less developed countries. ...
Vanguard ETFs Net $7B Inflow as Others Lose $5B
Flows were def risk-off-ish last week, which caused net number to slow drastically, led by the trading crowd faves $SPY, $QQQ, $IWM, $HYG. The Vanguardians however didn't blink. Get this: Vanguard ETFs took in $7b last week, the rest of...
New Lindy Effect ETF Targets 50‑Year‑Old Companies
New filing for a Lindy Effect ETF.. which will only hold companies that are over 50yrs old. Some other ones incl Insurance ETF (haven't seen one of those in a long time). New issuer I believe too. https://t.co/c1L9kTa7hU
Excluding Autocracies Boosts Emerging Market ETF Returns
ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION: What happens when you take the MSCI EM Index and start kicking out autocratic countries with low freedom scores (eg China, Russia) and use that excess budget to load up on freer countries? You crush the benchmark....
Record Volume Hits ACWI After 2% Dip, Model Rotation Suspected
Intriguing, $ACWI (and $28b old dog ETF I rarely think about) saw record volume today. Maybe bc it fell 2%, which is bad but not Code Red.. my guess is a model rotated out of it. We've seen a lot...
S&P Near 10‑Month Winning Streak, Needs 30bps Boost
STREAK ON LINE: The S&P 500 is trying to notch its 10th straight positive month on last day of Feb today to secure the 2nd longest streak in the SPY Era (33yrs). It only needs 30bps of gains. Problem is...
Market Misprices IGV Despite Strong AI Potential
The market may be wrong about $IGV, which is down 30% in past few months. Our tech analysts went through and graded stocks for AI vulnerability and AI potential, a select few got green on both (list below) and guess...
Doomer Hype Fuels Clicks, Not Market Moves
Agree, Citrini got a massive debate going and increased subs, but. $IGV, $QQQ up big in past two days. And ETF flows are pouring into US equity ETFs (as usual). It only reinforces my view that doomerism is what sells...
Broad Market Wins: Can't Beat VOO Long-Term
This AI is gonna kill software trade echoes the "Death of the Mall" trade from 10yrs ago which was to go long $AMZN and short $XRT (brick and mortar). ProShares made $CLIX, $EMTY and $ONLN to do trade for you....
Ritholtz Launches First Trend-Following ETF: A Watchlist Pick
Interesting… Ritholtz filing for first ETF. Trend following strategy. I like the Goaltending name/concept (a la Granny Shots another bball metaphor). Ben and Mike are the PMs. One to watch.
Leveraged ETFs Fees Rising, Unaffected by Vanguard Effect
Leveraged ETFs: The Last Stronghold of the 1% Fee.. check out how the asset-weighted avg fee of 2x ETFs is actually going UP. Only category totally immune from Vanguard Effect, which explains the $1b in ann revenue and the torrent...
Bitcoin ETF Flows up $55B, Still #5 Overall
Yes, altho if you look at flows since Jan 2024 it STILL ranks #5 overall (only superhuman Vgrd ETFs did more), even after all this destruction. All told bitcoin ETF flows are still net net +$55b altho you'll be hard-pressed...
ETF Inflows Hit $304B, Doubling Record Pace
ETF inflows up to $304b YTD, which is DOUBLE the all-time record pace from last year. $VOO at $30b, also ahead of its record pace by 6b while Vanguard as whole is already at $100b, a $3b/day pace, and double...
IQMM's $17B Debut Driven by ProShares, Not Organic
Wild, the $17b that $IQMM took in on its first day of trading has it leading 1D, 1W and 1M flows instantly and is now 2nd in YTD. ProShares lined up all their funds and bought IQMM for each's cash...
ProShares Shifts $17B to IQMM for Cash Management
Mystery solved via Ben re the $17b in $IQMM on Day One. The call is coming from inside the house, literally, ProShares own funds are all now using IQMM now for their cash positions. Big time BYOA and not as...
MFs Adding ETF Share Classes Will Trigger Massive Drainage
Prepping for presentation I found this slide from last year, it's a bit strong but I stand by it re what will be the main impact of MFs adding on ETF share classes (which should kick off in next few...
ETF Fees Halt Decline as Higher‑cost Products Gain Traction
The race to zero has hit a wall as the asset weighted average ETF fee has finally stopped its descent and even reversed a bit (this chart is one of the scariest, albeit slow moving ones for Wall St, equiv...
ETF Inflows Double Historic Pace in First Six Weeks
Here's ETF flows for the first six weeks of the year historically. This year is off to the best start almost by double. One reason is growing depth of cash vacuum cleaners. VOO, SPYM hoovering as always but there's already...
Bitcoin Beats Gold, Outperforms by 5% in Hours
Gold is "no longer actual gold," Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says. "Bitcoin outperformed gold by 5% in the first three hours of trading on Friday, Feb 13th" 😂
ETFs Rake $250B in 28 Days, EM Overtakes Gold
There's only been 28 trading days this year and ETFs have already pulled in about $250b. More than double any other start to a year. Up until 2020, $250b was what they averaged for a YEAR. That's $9b/day pace, or...
Vanguard's $70B ETF Inflows Rank Top Three
Vanguard has already taken in $70b in ETF flows to start year, that's nearly $3b a day and more than all but 3 issuers took in last year. If VOO alone were an issuer it would be in 3rd place...
MSTZ Hits Potential Record 477% Volatility Surge
Total eruption in the 10-day volatility of $MSTZ (-2x Strategy).. 477% may be an all time ETF record (I added $SPY for perspective), it's higher than $QBTX which got to 433% at one point. Crazy high vol is like degen...
Dow’s DIA Leads Flows, Poised for 2026 Rotation
$DIA leading all flows on Friday as the Dow Jones hits ATH and is running laps around SPX this year. This index is equiv of a rotary phone, price-weighted, invented when Grover Cleveland was POTUS, but it could be...