Know What's Happening in ETFs
Know What's Happening in ETFs
The iShares US Consumer Discretionary ETF (IYC) is a 26‑year‑old fund with a 0.38% expense ratio and $1.4 billion in assets. Historically it outperformed when earnings growth exceeded the market, but today its components show declining growth, weak earnings surprises, and negative revisions. IYC trades at an elevated 23.45× forward P/E and its operating margins trail the Russell 3000 by 13%, offering no value or quality edge. Consequently, the analyst assigns a sell rating.
21Shares has launched the TSUI exchange‑traded fund on Nasdaq, giving U.S. investors a regulated, spot‑based way to own the Sui (SUI) token. The ETF trades alongside traditional equities, allowing brokerage accounts to access crypto without custodial hurdles. At launch, SUI...
In January 2026, fixed‑income ETFs attracted $56 billion of net inflows, pushing total inflows to over $105 billion across ETFs and mutual funds. Nearly half of the bond‑ETF money went into actively managed funds such as PIMCO’s PYLD and iShares BINC, while...
Digital‑asset investment products saw a $288 million net outflow last week, extending a five‑week losing streak and bringing cumulative withdrawals to $4.0 billion. Trading volume fell to $17 billion, the lowest level since July 2025, indicating waning investor conviction. US investors led the outflows...
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 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...
Coinbase announced that U.S. customers can now trade stocks and ETFs on its platform alongside crypto. The service operates 24/5, offers commission‑free trades, and allows fractional shares starting at $1 using USD or USDC. The rollout follows the company’s “everything...
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...
$QQQ Daily. Sideways for 5-6 months and now Nasdaq becoming even more indecisive short-term with pennant forming. $600-$620 rough range https://t.co/EP70gR3L5H
The week’s disruptive theme spotlights unexpected YTD winners, led by wet and dry shipping ETFs, South Korean market exposure, and oil‑service funds. Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET) surged 100% and Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY) climbed 31% as VLCC...
i've been pointing out the various moving average changes on a variety of time frames with value $IVE vs. growth $VUG... all said, this 20+ year chart still looks like a growth vs. value pullback in the context of an uptrend......
“Markets are at a tactical–fundamental crossroads. Historically these conflicting signals precede >5% S&P 500 drawdowns. Pullbacks are opportunities to add thematic exposure. A clearer equity “index” upturn should follow once policy catalysts materialise lower mortgage rates via falling UST yields,...
Midstream dividend growth remains robust, with 92.7% of AMNA constituents raising payouts year‑over‑year and no dividend cuts since July 2021. Both MLPs and corporations delivered sequential increases in Q4 2025, highlighted by Plains All American’s 9.9% hike. The sector’s strong cash‑flow generation...
$spy morning glance as $680 range support helps again while we get a few RDR tactical buys in broken areas for cash flow https://t.co/avz7fuVMj0
“…its limits may be more revealing than its success. The trades the system failed to anticipate — roughly 29% — were, on average, more closely associated with outperformance. In other words, the activity that falls outside routine, detectable investment patterns...
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Passive and thematic ETFs are funneling large inflows into market‑cap‑weighted indices, disproportionately boosting the biggest and most volatile stocks and creating a systemic risk that may outpace liquidity. In Canada, strategist Michael Green warns that this distortion decouples prices from...
$QQQ Now we watch to see if early strength holds or fades — key question is whether $604.50 now rejects price. https://t.co/2w0irZyLwP
Eric Jackson of EMJ Capital argues that the recent $200 million outflow from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs is a cleansing phase, not a failure, positioning Bitcoin for a new wave of long‑duration institutional capital. He notes Bitcoin’s price has slipped to...
While we're short the Financials $XLF , liquid High Yield $HYG hasn't signaled get out yet https://t.co/NhKXuZMmrb
SECTORS: we remain short of the Financials $XLF and $XLY during a MONTHLY #Quad3 https://t.co/VUVE8GW3B6
CoinShares International listed the CoinShares Physical Hype ETP (ticker LIQD) on Germany's Xetra exchange, providing regulated exposure to Hyperliquid's native HYPE token. The product is fully backed by physical HYPE, carries a 0% management fee and offers a 0.5% annual...
WisdomTree has launched the WisdomTree India Earnings UCITS ETF (EPI), an earnings‑weighted fund tracking the proprietary WisdomTree India Earnings Index with a 0.55% total expense ratio. The ETF debuted on Xetra, Borsa Italiana and SIX, and will add a London...
Retail investors have turned leveraged ETFs from niche tools into a core trading instrument, driving a 29% annual growth in fund volume since 2020. By mid‑2025, roughly 452 leveraged funds existed, with single‑stock products accounting for half of equity‑fund turnover....
Leverage Shares saw its leveraged ETP trading volume surge 53% in 2025, driven largely by STOXX‑linked products. The 3x Tesla ETP topped the year’s volume and remained the most traded leveraged ETP on the London Stock Exchange for a third...
Business development companies (BDCs) are experiencing a resurgence, highlighted by a 30‑day SEC yield of 9.21% for VanEck’s BIZD ETF and an industry‑wide yield of roughly 11.3%. Credit metrics show non‑accrual rates at 1.2% and loan prices near par, indicating...
FPA Short Duration Government ETF posted a 1.05% return in Q4 2025 and a 6.84% gain for the full year. The performance was driven by Treasury interest income and price appreciation as yields fell across the curve. The fund kept its...
Kurv Technology Titans Select ETF (KQQQ) has been downgraded to Sell as its aggressive covered‑call strategy inflates risk and undercuts performance. The fund’s distribution yield surged to 18.72% but hinges on volatile option premiums, raising sustainability concerns. A 0.99% expense...
The Strategy Shares Gold Enhanced Yield ETF (GOLY) combines gold, commodity, and fixed‑income exposure using leverage to deliver a trailing‑twelve‑month distribution yield near 7%. Unlike many gold‑focused ETFs, GOLY does not write options, instead relying on bond income and capital...
Analyst Mike Zaccardi downgrades the iShares US Broker‑Dealers & Securities Exchange ETF (IAI) to hold as momentum in broker‑dealer equities wanes. The fund’s price‑to‑earnings ratio improves to 19.3×, but its PEG stays above 1.5×, keeping valuation away from deep‑value levels....
Leveraged fund and options trading volumes have accelerated sharply since the COVID‑19 pandemic, with Direxion projecting average daily leveraged‑fund turnover of $1.41 billion in 2025—up more than 130% from 2024 and 250% from 2020. Options activity is expected to hit 58 million...
Covered‑call equity ETFs are gaining attention for delivering yields that exceed typical equity funds while still offering modest upside potential. The article highlights four notable funds, with Amplify's DIVO standing out due to its 4.9% distribution rate, quality‑focused U.S. holdings,...
Global equity indexes show mixed year‑to‑date performance as of February 23 2026. Japan’s Nikkei 225 leads with a 12.9% rise, followed by the UK’s FTSE 100 (+7.6%) and Canada’s TSX (+6.5%). In contrast, India’s BSE SENSEX records the largest decline at –2.3%. The watchlist also...
The BofA fund manager survey has never been this bearish on the dollar. It is time to bite your lip and start being a lonely dollar long. I have a sample size of one here, arguably a sample size of...
iShares has moved four of its short‑term fixed‑income ETFs—SGOV, SHV, PMMF and GMMF—from the electronic NYSE Arca platform to the NYSE’s hybrid floor model. The funds total roughly $96 billion in assets, with SGOV alone managing $75 billion and attracting about $6 billion of...
The BNY Mellon Global Infrastructure Income ETF (BKGI) delivers active, worldwide infrastructure exposure through 33 holdings and a 0.55% expense ratio. Over the past three years it generated a 19.4% annualized return, beating its S&P Global Infrastructure benchmark’s 13.6% return. The...
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Trump administration’s tariffs, sparking a rally in Chinese equities and the iShares China Large‑Cap ETF (FXI). FXI now trades at a blended P/E of 13.27 and a 2.37% yield, well below the S&P...
Policymakers are pivoting from traditional fiscal stimulus toward deregulation as the chief engine of U.S. growth, arguing it frees capacity without reigniting inflation. A landmark Supreme Court decision overturning Chevron and a 2025 executive order mandating agencies to cut existing...
The Nasdaq‑100 has slipped about 1.8 % year‑to‑date, yet it still boasts an 82 % gain over the past five years, prompting investors to question tech’s short‑term outlook. Bank of America stresses that the sector’s fundamentals remain strong, citing a 23.33 % return...
Russell 2000 $IWM slightly ahead of Nasdaq $QQQ since 2000 and now ahead year-on-year. But the path was dramatic. From 2000–2006 → Small caps crushed tech after the dot-com bust Since 2006, small caps have underperformed large-cap growth for two decades, and severely...
We started the week in full risk-off mode. $XLF broke support near 51, $MSFT continues to deteriorate, and $SPX is back testing 6800. Meanwhile gold surged and Bitcoin broke down. I walk through financials, defensive rotation, and key levels ahead of $NVDA. Watch...
More 2x single stock ETF filings from @ThemesETFs. 30 on this filing. Issuers going further down the market cap spectrum. https://t.co/jWescSJO9t
New: Kurv files options based income ETFs on a bunch of likely 2026 IPOs. SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic https://t.co/D7HkiQNfBo
New: @USCFInvestments files for a an Iron Ore Index Fund. Will invest in Iron order futures contracts. https://t.co/RHtnD2joQb
$DSPX $OIH the miracle of dispersion/factor and narrative herding- OIH, oil service companies (and XLE) have stopped caring about the price of oil https://t.co/KSEm3I1wDU
both $SPX and $QQQ sit in a chop chop range. The nimble can trade the range until clarity arrives.
$XLK Daily. Contrast recent churning along $140 support for tech ETF vs. previous V-shaped (arrows) bounced off dips. Leaning down against it, vulnerable https://t.co/YjcqDeoMNZ
2026 has so far seen the second strongest relative performance for equal weight versus cap weight since 1990 That timing didn’t suck. https://t.co/zuhbqozekK
The Chinese are buying gold ETFs like HOT CAKES. According to the World Gold Council, China’s gold ETF holdings rose from 188.8 tonnes at the end of August 2025 to 286.3 tonnes by the end of January, a 52% increase. BUY GOLD,...
Healthcare ETF $XLV has been quietly consolidating to kick off 2026. If we see more defensive rotation, this is the kind of structure that could benefit. (disclosure: long) https://t.co/keFGRkr7dy
