Markets & the Economy: Geopolitical Jolt?
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History says regional military conflicts don’t end bull markets. Flight from risk tends to be brief if the economy/market isn’t already in a downturn.
Still markets have been in an uneasy equilibrium…
Add it to the ETF Line Up
New Launches: (week ending 3/6) a few highlights…
- NUKX~ Nicholas Nuclear Income ETF
- WEPN~ Nicholas Defense and Rare Earth Income
- DRNL~ Defiance 2x Daily Long Pure Drone & Aerial Automation ETF
New Filings:
Both Roundhill & Tuttle file for HALO ETFs; Heavy Asset Low Obsolescence
- Companies owning, operating, or relying on significant physical infrastructure (heavy assets) that remains essential and valuable over long periods, resisting technological disruption (low obsolescence).
New ETF will invest in co’s enabling the ‘post labor’ transition… you can soon hedge AI taking your job (Guinness Atkinson filed for a “Post Labor Leaders ETF”)
Direxion filings…
- 2x and -2x SpaceX ETFs
- 2x and -2x Anthropic ETFs
- 2x and -2x OpenAI ETFs
ETF Check Up:
ETF Buzz…
Fixed income ETFs have hit $100b in flows in the 1st 2 month of 2026…a record start and a country mile ahead of their 5-10yr avg
- WHY? Part some risk off rotation to bonds but most is simply that there’s just way more flows ALL AROUND
