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# Hot Reads: Best Performing ETFs Luring in Pittances in 2023 

 

 

Plus, mutual funds are being dumped for stocks, as well as ETFs.



 

 

 

 

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[By Lisa Barr](/contributors/lisa-barr)

 May 15, 2023

 Edited by: Ron Day

 

 

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[**Best-Performing ETFs in 2023 Have Only Lured in $12M**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-12/best-performing-etfs-in-2023-have-only-lured-12-million?leadSource=uverify%20wall) (Bloomberg)

Crypto-linked funds buck adage: Flows follow performance.

[**Investors Dump Mutual Funds for Equities Too, Not Only ETFs**](https://www.ft.com/content/21b1236e-e767-4f0c-b1d7-6e1bbda6c272) (Financial Times)

Study on discretionary U.S. investing shows trend toward individual stocks in portfolios.

[**Why the Stock Market Will Struggle to Rally Until Debt Ceiling Resolved**](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-stock-market-will-struggle-to-rally-until-debt-ceiling-bank-woes-are-in-rearview-mirror-778bb054) (MarketWatch)

Plus, are bank woes in the rearview mirror?

[**Is Crypto Braced for a ‘Stampede’?**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/05/13/crypto-braced-for-stampede-as-legendary-investor-issues-200-trillion-prediction-after-wild-bitcoin-ethereum-bnb-xrp-cardano-dogecoin-polygon-and-solana-price-swings/?sh=64ef90e9423f) (Forbes)

Legendary investor issues $200 trillion warning after wild digital asset price swings.

[**Stock Traders Stay Calm About US Being on Cusp of Default**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-13/stock-traders-are-nonchalant-about-us-being-on-cusp-of-default?srnd=etfs&leadSource=uverify%20wall) (Bloomberg)

Credit default swaps spiking as the VIX remains unchanged.

[**Would Housing Market Correction Gain New Life If US Defaults?**](https://fortune.com/2023/05/14/housing-market-vulnerable-to-debt-ceiling-fight-mortgage-rates/) (Fortune)

If mortgage rates spike, housing affordability could deteriorate to a level exceeding the bubble.

[**Market Optimism Warranted as Tightening Cycle Nears End**](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2023/05/13/market-optimism-warranted-as-cycle-nears-end-larry-adam) (Advisor Perspectives)

But tighter lending standards still pose risk.

[**Active Managers Who Invest Their Own Money Passively**](https://www.evidenceinvestor.com/the-active-managers-who-invest-their-own-money-passively/) (The Evidence Based Investor)

Interviews with active fund managers and equity analysts morphed into something very different.

[**The Best-Performing Asset Type During a Recession**](https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1156532/whats-the-best-performing-asset-type-during-a-recession) (Morningstar)

While bonds disappointed as diversifiers in 2022, they’ve performed well during downturns.

[**Retirement Savings Shortfall to Cost $1.3T**](https://www.fa-mag.com/news/u-s--retirement-savings-shortfall-will-cost--1-3-trillion-73185.html) (Financial Advisor)

Inadequate retirement savings will result in higher public assistance costs, Pew Charitable says.

[**Why Interest Rates Will Come Down**](https://jheconomics.com/why-interest-rates-will-come-down/) (Jackson Hole Economics)

“Recency bias” skews forecasts, making them less likely to be accurate.



 

 

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