##  [# Hot Reads: Global ETF Assets Above $9T](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-global-etf-assets-above-9t) 

 

# Hot Reads: Global ETF Assets Above $9T

 

 

Plus, U.S. inflation is showing signs of normalizing.



 

 

 

 

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[**Global ETF Assets Break $9T Level**](https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/investors-700-billion-flow-to-etfs-bumps-up-global-pool-to-9-trillion-20210813) (Financial News)  
 Investors poured $705 billion into exchange-traded funds through the first seven months of the year.

[**US Inflation Is Normalizing**](https://theovershoot.co/p/us-inflation-is-normalizing) (The Overshoot)  
 The rate of overall inflation has slowed, but wages for some workers are still rising fast.

[**5 Top Market Predictions From Cathie Woods**](https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2021/08/12/5-top-market-predictions-from-arks-cathie-wood/) (ThinkAdvisor)  
 One is that the growth versus value struggle will continue.

[**NY Pension Fund To Review Fossil Fuel Holdings**](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-yorks-pension-fund-review-oil-holdings-axes-more-coal-investments-2021-08-12/) (Reuters)  
 The third-largest public pension fund may pull $640 million in oil and gas firms.

[**Robinhood Not About Market Democratization**](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-11/robinhood-meme-stock-trades-aren-t-democratizing-of-markets?srnd=opinion&sref=MAODZZNF) (Bloomberg)  
 Retail trading of meme stocks is a massive wealth transfer from the unsophisticated to the sophisticated.

[**Will Fed Tapering Be Different This Time?**](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2021/08/11/fed-tapering-will-it-be-different-this-time) (Advisor Perspectives)  
 What happens when the Fed transitions from just talking about tapering its bond holdings to actually tapering?

[**The Path Of NFTs**](https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/08/the-path-of-the-mona-lisa-pop-culture-nfts/) (A Wealth Of Common Sense)  
 The story of nonfungible tokens: scarcity and community.

[**Good Investment Advice Can Come In Quips**](https://mrzepczynski.blogspot.com/2021/08/good-investment-advice-can-come-in.html) (Disciplined Systematic Global Macro Views)  
 Example: Certain years and cycles favor trading over investing; in others, it’s the photographic negative.

[**How Millennial Investors Lost Millions On A SPAC**](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1t353k8yyfr5w/How-Millennial-Investors-Lost-Millions-on-Bill-Ackman-s-SPAC) (Institutional Investor)  
 Bill Ackman’s SPAC got a lot of hype but was torpedoed by the SEC.



 

 

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