Notable: $BITO traded $1.7b last week, 2nd biggest week since its wild WEEK ONE
$GBTC did $800m. That's $2.5b (top 1% among ETFs) into two less desirable methods (vs spot) for exposure. There's clearly an audience for bitcoin spot etfs. Source: Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg
Great ICI-inspired chart showing three of the biggest trends in one shot:
active to passive, mutual fund to ETF and high cost to low cost. Active equity MFs have seen outflows every year for a decade equaling $2.3T (altho their aum still ok bc of bull mkt subsidy) via @JSeyff via Eric Balchunas / Bloomberg
The iShares 20+ year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) now down 51% from All-Time-High
Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
SEC approval of Blackrock Bitcoin ETf was a FAKE NEWS
Bitcoin pumped (+10% to $30k) and dumped after BlackRock said that its application for an exchange-traded fund that invests directly in the cryptocurrency is still under review. Source: Bloomberg
$100k invested in the S&P 500 ETF 30 years ago would be worth over $1.7 million today
Was the road to 17x growth a straight line? Far from it... Source: Charlie Bilello
Fighting the Fed has transformed bond ETFs into cash incinerators..
$TLT has come out of nowhere to hit #3 on the Top 20 Cash Burning ETFs list (lifetime flows minus aum today) with over $10b lost. Top of list used to be -2x/-3x, VIX, commodity ETFs. Now its vanilla bond ETFs... Great table from psarofagis thru Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg
Over half of bond ETFs are now trading at a discount
Spikes in this number have been a pretty reliable bottom signal in the past. That said we not quite near the last two spikes but close.. Source: psarofagis thru Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg
The longest duration bond ETF ($ZROZ) is down over 60% from its peak in 2020 and now has a negative return over the last 10 years. Bond ETF Returns...
Source: Charlie Bilello
