##  [# Hot Reads: ARK's Newest ETF Rises In Debut](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-arks-newest-etf-rises-debut) 

 

# Hot Reads: ARK's Newest ETF Rises In Debut

 

 

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[**Wood's Newest ARK ETF Rises In Debut**](https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/cathie-woods-newest-ark-etf-rises-first-day-trading-2021-12-08/) (Reuters)

‘[**CTRU**](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579982/000110465921139364/tm2132342-3_497k.htm)’ generated $5.6 million in volume on launch day.

[**China Evergrande Defaults**](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/business/china-evergrande-default.html) (New York Times)

The second-largest property developer in China roiled markets with a debt crisis in September.

[**Weekly US Jobless Claims Drop To 52-Year Low**](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/09/us-weekly-jobless-claims.html) (CNBC)

There were 184,000 first-time requests for unemployment aid last week versus 211,000 estimated.

[**Crypto’s Trip To Washington**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/what-we-learned-from-cryptos-trip-to-washington-morning-brief-101210485.html) (Yahoo Finance)

Recapping Wednesday’s House hearing on cryptocurrencies.

[**FAQs About TIPS**](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2021/12/08/treasury-inflation-protected-securities-faqs-about-tips) (Advisor Perspectives)

What you should know about inflation-protected bonds.

[**Inside The 4 Largest Clean Energy ETFs**](https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1066197/whats-inside-the-4-largest-clean-energy-etfs) (Morningstar)

How "clean energy" differs between multiple indexes.

[**Poverty Halved**](https://humbledollar.com/2021/12/poverty-halved/) (Humble Dollar)

Researchers at the Urban Institute project that the poverty rate has been cut to 7.7% of the U.S. population in 2021, compared to 13.9% in 2018.



 

 

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