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Markets & the Economy: Epic Fury

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The market continues to operate pretty mechanically...

The jump in event driven volatility prompted an incremental step back from risk, not an emotional flight. The rotational muscle memory (sell one thing, buy another) is ingrained. Unstable equilibrium.

Add it to the ETF Line Up

  New Launches: (week ending 3/13/26) a few highlights…  

  • DDDD~ YieldMax US Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF
  • WAMA~ WisdomTree US Adaptive Moving Average ETF
  • WIMA~ WisdomTree International Adaptive Moving Average ETF
  • ETHB~ iShares Staked Ether Trust ETF (same fee as ETHA .25% bps but has a fee waiver down to .12% for the 1st year or $2.5b in aum)

  New Filings:
  F/m Investments, the 1st issuer to file w SEC for tokenized ETF shares…

  • F/m US Treasury 3 Month Bill ETF  

ETF Check Up:

ETF Buzz...
Screenshot of a bar chart titled “Drivers of growth” showing survey results on factors impacting ETF industry growth.

Since launch (7/2/2025), Solana ETFs have accumulated $1.45B in flows despite SOL price dropping by 57%Screenshot of a cumulative Solana ETF flows peak at $1.45 billion.


Week of 3/6 was the 1st week of net outflows from equity ETFs since roughly April 2025…
Screenshot of an equity ETF flows weekly sum.