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Just weeks after its launch in early April, Roundhill’s Memory ETF has nearly $1.5 billion. At least two competitors are prepping funds.
Recent news of medical marijuana being reclassified and research into psychedelics being prioritized boosted some thematic funds, at least initially.
With much interest in space technology, companies like Global X, WisdomTree and First Trust have new or forthcoming products focused on it.
Active ETFs continue to gain traction.
The new hire highlights RayJay’s growing aspirations in a quickly evolving ETF landscape.
The company’s third autocallable ETF has a “memory” feature for notes that don’t pay out in years with down markets.
The firm is getting some additions to its lineup, which currently consists almost entirely of leveraged and inverse funds.
Demand for power, long before the Iran war, has boosted funds focused on energy.
The company’s forthcoming ETF differs from other bitcoin funds because it also focuses on income.
The forthcoming fund focuses specifically on the autonomous taxi services theme.
A comparison of a well-diversified portfolio versus the basic 60/40 strategy shows that plain vanilla won most of the time over 20 years, according to Morningstar.
Investors got two new choices in bitcoin funds last week: The now lowest-cost spot product, and a vampire fund for overnight returns.
Citigroup analysts are projecting significant growth in the industry, while the research firm ETFGI is even more bullish than that.
Funds that use social data to pick stocks can be more volatile than broad-market ETFs, and they lean into momentum.
The company filed for a Nasdaq 100 ETF just one day after BlackRock’s iShares did the same.
Energy sector funds attracted a record $5 billion of inflows.
Memory stocks have been surging for the past year.
Potential initial public offerings from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI will make big indexes even more concentrated.
The industry is still in growth mode, but getting more businesslike, said Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas.
Funds with downside protection are becoming increasingly popular, even though most have existed only in a bull market, without much of a chance to show off their downside protection.