Markets & the Economy: New Year…New Market View?
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Venezuela doesn’t rank among the core issues for the stock market, outside of some opportunistic moves in the energy sector.
Key questions: Is the market’s message of a coming economic pickup reliable? Has Big Tech been resting or stalling? Why no worry over elevated valuations?
Baird in the News: ETF Dual Share Class
Rich Lee, head of program trading & execution strategy discusses the potential impact of the SEC’s approval for ETF dual share classes (finally) brought to the masses. Read the article on LinkedIn.
Add it to the ETF Line Up
New Launches: (week ending 1/9/26) a few highlights…
- PLU~ Defiance Daily Target 2x Long PL ETF
New Filings: Gabelli, Venezuela, MS
1st ETF listing of 2026!
- GOLS~ Gabelli Opportunities in Live and Sports ETF; ZERO fees for 1 year!
Teucrium filed for a Venezuela Exposure ETF; that was fast!
Morgan Stanley, with $1.8T in AUM, files for BTC, SOL & ETH Spot ETFs
ETF Check Up: Flowshow
Measured across global stocks, bond, credit & commodities, 2025 delivered the strongest cross-asset performance since 2009
2026 ETF Predictions…
- Uptick in ETF Issuer M&A
- Smart Beta ETFs Make Comeback
- Crypto Index ETF Boom
- Int’l Equity ETFs Smash Record Inflows
- The Year of Fixed Income ETFs