##  [# Hot Reads: Consumer Staples ETFs Reach Highs](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-consumer-staples-etfs-reach-highs) 

 

# Hot Reads: Consumer Staples ETFs Reach Highs

 

 

 Plus, a contrarian bull case for bonds.



 

 

 

 

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[**The Largest Consumer Staples ETFs Hit All-Time Highs**](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/etf/retail-sales-consumer-spending-inflation-stores-etfs-shopping-stocks-markets-2022-4?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Opening_bell&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%20:%2010%20things%20before%20the%20opening%20bell&utm_term=10%20THINGS%20BEFORE%20THE%20OPENING%20BELL%20SEND%20LIST) (Markets Insider)

Energy prices aren’t keeping down spending.

**[The Bull Case For Bonds](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2022/04/13/the-bull-case-for-bonds)** (Advisor Perspectives)

Currently, the classic late-cycle long-bond trade is more contrarian than it has been in a generation.

**[Commodities, Wages &amp; Supply Chains](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2022/04/13/quick-thoughts-commodities-wages-and-supply-chains-how-geopolitics-are-reshaping-the-global-economy)** (Advisor Perspectives)

How geopolitics is reshaping the global economy.

**[Navigating The ESG Regulation Maze](https://www.evidenceinvestor.com/navigating-the-esg-regulation-maze/)** (The Evidence-Based Investor)

ESG has an oversight problem, and it seems everyone is trying to solve it at once.

**[Crypto ‘Altcoin Season’ Returns As Bitcoin Dominance Fades](https://www.fa-mag.com/news/crypto--altcoin-season--returns-as-bitcoin-dominance-fades-67324.html)** (FA Magazine)

There’s a whole new class of contenders seeking to dethrone the king of cryptocurrencies.

**[Active Management Isn’t DOA](https://www.pionline.com/exchange-traded-funds/active-isnt-doa-living-new-ways-etf-analyst-says)** (Pensions &amp; Investments)

Bloomberg Intelligence’s Eric Balchunas says it’s not dying, it’s changing forms.

**[Should Investors Fear The Yield Curve Inversion?](https://blog.validea.com/should-investors-fear-the-yield-curve-inversion/)** (Validea)

What the data says about inversions and what they potentially mean for investors.

**[Do Liquid Alt Funds Belong On Most Investors’ ‘Too-Hard’ Pile?](https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1087561/liquid-alternatives-funds-belong-on-most-investors-too-hard-pile)** (Morningstar)

Their diversification benefits have mostly been a mirage.



 

 

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