My favorite ETF reads over the past week, along with my ETF tweet and chart of the week!
Plan Sponsors Still Aren’t Embracing ETFs by Rebecca Moore
“The biggest reason ETFs typically aren’t included in employer-sponsored plans is that the market is dominated by players incentivized to offer certain funds.”
The SEC is illogical in its continued refusal to OK a bitcoin ETF by Jennifer J. Schulp
“To those waiting on the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a bitcoin exchange-traded fund, it feels a bit like the classic 1993 movie Groundhog Day.”
In Race to Protect Investor Portfolios, ESG Funds Become Afterthoughts by Peyton Forte & Elaine Chen
“It’s all well and good to be an ESG investor until you start losing money.”
ARK Faithful Hold Firm—Mostly by Sumit Roy
“Fans of Cathie Wood and her funds are not losing faith the aggressive, high growth strategies she is known for.”
AB plans to launch active ETFs in the U.S. later this year by Jeff Benjamin
“This is long overdue given the growth of the ETF market, but it is not too late to enter.”
ETFs and the rise of electronic trading by Adam Gould
“The acceleration of electronic trading, along with the combination of timely, granular data, instant liquidity and flexible, robust trading is what has driven the progression of the ETF market structure.”
ETF Tweet of the Week: ETF issuers continue outdoing themselves on ticker symbols. The latest example comes from Valkyrie and their forthcoming Bitcoin Miners ETF…
JUST IN – Valkryrie's ticker for their #Bitcoin Miners ETF is $WGMI 😂🙌 pic.twitter.com/mQsl7nT9oJ
— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) January 31, 2022
ETF Chart of the Week: 2021 was a record year for ETF launches. Here’s an eye-catching visual showing which new ETFs experienced the greatest initial success…
Source: Morningstar’s Ben Slupecki
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