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Markets & the Economy: Can an old bull learn new tricks?

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As the bull market moves through its fourth year, its animating narrative has changed:

From ‘AI-over-all’ to old economy reacceleration.

From disinflationary soft landing and easy Fed to ‘run it hot’ GDP surge.

From ‘hated rally’ to wild retail investor aggression.

Add it to the ETF Line Up

New Launches: (week ending 1/30) a few highlights…

  • VAVX~ VanEck Avalanche ETF; 1st and currently the only ETP focused on providing exposure to the staking rewards of Avalanche’s native token, AVAX
  • JIDE~ JPMorgan International Dynamic ETF
  • TNXT~ TRowe Price Innovation Leaders ETF

New Filings:

  • ARK filing for Coindesk Crypto 20
  • Roundhill filing for a 4x SPY ETF & 4x QQQQ ETF; didn’t the SEC already say ‘get out of here with this stuff’
  • Goldman filing for ‘Data Enhanced’ EM and Intl ETF
  • GBNB~ Grayscale BNB ETF; Binance token filing

BlackRock files for a Bitcoin ETF that also pays out cash every month~ iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF

ETF Check Up: FlowShow

ETF flows for January: $115B~ the avg January is around $40B and the all-time record is $88B (set last yr)

Screenshot of stock tickers and flows

Active ETFs are so hot right now even the ‘Passive Giants’ are flooding the zone w products…% of each issuer’s lineup that is active, huge surge over the past 5 yrs

  • Active ETFs now make up 51% of all products, 33% of flows and 26% of revenue (yet just 10% of aum)

Screenshot of % of ETF lineup that is active for big ETF issuers

ETZ Buzz…

Screenshot of XRP ETFs stock tickers and flows