The top 3 country equity ETFs in 2023:
1) Argentina $ARGT: +34.7% 2) Greece: $GREK: +32.5% 3) Nigeria $NGE: +29.8% Just like everyone predicted. Source: Charlie Bilello
CASH IS KING...
Where investors have put their #cash this year (hint: NOT stocks) via Goldman
Templeton just filed application for a Bitcoin spot ETF
Here's the list of Institutions which have filed for a bitcoin spot ETF (assets under management in brackets) -> Total assets managed is $17.7 trillion - BlackRock ($10T) - Fidelity ($4.5T) - Franklin Templeton ($1.5T) - Invesco Galaxy ($1.5T) - WisdomTree ($87B) - VanEck ($61B) - GlobalX ($40B) - ARK Invest ($14B) - Bitwise ($1B) - Valkyrie ($1B) Asset manager Franklin Templeton applied with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 12 to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).
ARK just filed for a Spot Ether ETF, the first one.. it is highly likely that more filing will soon come
Source: Eric Balchunas
Over the last 15 years, the S&P 500 ($SPY) has gained over 360% vs. a 58% increase for the MSCI World ex-US ETF ($ACWX) and just 33% for the Emerging Markets ETF ($EEM)
This is the longest cycle of US outperformance that we’ve ever seen. Source: Charlie Bilello
After rising ~$3,000 on the Grayscale news, prices just fell $1,000 in a matter on minutes
In less than a day, Bitcoin has shed nearly all the gains it made from Grayscale Investment's court victory against the United States Securities regulator. On Aug. 29, Bitcoin popped to a two-week high after a judge ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission was “arbitrary and capricious” when it rejected Grayscale’s spot Bitcoin ETF application. However, the SEC’s Aug. 31 decision to delay seven pending spot Bitcoin ETF applications sent Bitcoin’s price downward — falling nearly 5% in the 24 hours to 12 am UTC Sep. 1. This could brutal move coud also be a sign of drying liquidity in the market. This is indeed the 4th "flash-crash" happening on bitcoin this year Source: Cointelegraph, The Kobeissi Letter
What's going on with Grayscale ($GBTC) and bitcoin? As summarized by James Bianco:
1) Grayscale is closed-end fund that owns Bitcoin (BTC). It currently owns the equivalent of $16 billion in BTC. 2) Because GBTC is a closed-end fund, it can and does trade at huge discounts and premiums (see the bottom panel on the chart). As of yesterday's close, GBTC traded at a 25% discount to its Net Asset Value (NAV). 3) Many years ago, Grayscale filed with the SEC to convert its closed-end fund to an ETF in order to be able to create and redeem shares. This makes it easy to keep the price and NAV at nearly the same level. Until now, this conversion never got approved (the SEC has so far denied all spot bitcoin ETF applications) 4) Today, The Court of Appeal ruled IN FAVOR of Grayscale in their lawsuit challenging the SEC's decision to deny $GBTC's conversion to an ETF. This paves the way for the first "spot" bitcoin ETF. Source: James Bianco
A nice tweet by Rich Kleinbauer
In February 2020, 70% of private sector employee schemes were allocated to long-term debt (mostly UK Gilts). This investment is down -53% since then, i.e a MINUS 37% contribution to performance...
