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26 Apr 2024

State Fund added China ETFs to lift sentiment during rout

According to Bloomberg, China’s sovereign wealth fund has “likely bought at least USD 43 bn of onshore exchange-traded funds in the first quarter” vs. USD 6.8 bn in the second half of 2023. The extent of the buying provides insight into the government willingness to stabilize the markets during challenging periods.

23 Apr 2024

New Stock ETFs will offer the potential for capped upside gains with 100% downside protection.

Source: Barchart

22 Apr 2024

Hedge funds increased ETF short positions by largest amount in 20 months according to Goldman Sachs

Source: barchart

17 Apr 2024

Gold rallied strongly again yesterday, disregarding entirely the significant reversal seen on Friday.

Meanwhile, the $GLD ETF is still facing significant outflows on a 2-year basis of nearly 45%. Source: Tavi Costa, Bloomberg

15 Apr 2024

Bitcoin ETFs now sit at nearly $60 Billion in assets.

To put that into perspective, GLD, which is the largest gold ETF, has a total AUM of $62 billion. Source: Bloomberg

3 Apr 2024

The first ever 2x and -2x spot bitcoin ETFs hit the market yesterday from ProShares.

$BITU and $SBIT (tickers could have been better). $BITX is 2x but it tracks futures and $BITI is -1x but is also futures. Fee 95bps on both. Haven't traded too much so far, under $1m. Source: Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg

26 Mar 2024

The S&P 500 Energy ETF $XLE just formed a Golden Cross right as it hit a 1-year high

Source: Barchart

19 Mar 2024

Here is the final daily breakdown of bitcoin etfs flows YESTERDAY

in a day when GBTC saw record liquidations (to meet bankruptcy obligations of Genesis and others) and when bitcoin tumbled, Blackrock's IBIT saw a surge of inflows. ETF demand still looks quite strong. Source: www.zerohedge.com

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