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2025 ETF Wrap-Up & What to Expect in 2026

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Typically, the first full blog of the year reviews returns of benchmark index ETFs and opines on what prevailed in the past year through five years, then provides analysis that could provide insights into the future for US equities and other asset classes.  This year is no different in that respect. Financial Advisory Services based … Read more

How Did the Stores of Value Hold Up during the Turbulent First Quarter?

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When ProShares launched BITO, the Bitcoin Futures Strategy ETF last autumn, the ETF along with Bitcoin were promoted as “stores of value.”  The rationale was that Bitcoin was independent of stock markets and would provide diversification away from equities and tend to rise when equity markets fell. Unconvinced, I wrote a column at that time … Read more