Markets & the Economy: Reality Check…
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Is this market 2022?
Is it 1999?
Or is it something different?
Many see plenty of echoes: retail investors feeling empowered again, narrow market leadership, and technology becoming an even larger part of the index…
Add it to the ETF Line Up
New Launches: (week ending 6/26/26) a few highlights…
- IINC~ Alki Consolidated Income ETF
- DRAL~ Defiance Daily Target 2x Long DRAM ETF
- RMHY~ Global X Adaptive Risk Managed Yield ETF
- QNDX~ State Street SPDR PRTFO Nasdaq 100 ETF~ coming in w 10bps fee undercutting QQQ and QQQM
Invesco has basically had a monopoly on Nasdaq 100 ETFs; 1st real competition and iShares also launching a product soon
New Filings:
Another attempt at a new buzzword to account for the new hot shot IPOs…
- ProShares FAB 10 ETF; The FAB 10 which is Mag 7 + OpenAI, SpaceX and Anthropic~ this comes on the heels of the MANGOS
2 new ETFs filed that invest dividends into Bitcoin
- Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF
- Franklin US Innovation Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF
Another SpaceX ETF filed: Defiance S&P Accelerator ETF; Invests in SP500 stocks ‘and’ a basket of US stocks that will potentially be included in the SP500
ETF Check Up:
ETF Buzz…
Source: Bloomberg data as of 6/26/2026
Performance numbers are as of the market close on Friday, 6/26/2026