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# Hot Reads: Greenwashing In Climate Change ETFs?

 

 

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**[Are Climate Change ETFs Greenwashing?](https://www.etfstream.com/features/are-climate-change-etfs-greenwashing/)** (ETF Stream)  
 Climate ETFs have $1.3 billion in assets under management across 21 strategies.

**[GameStop Drama So Big It’s Overshadowing Cathie Wood](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-29/ark-mania-finally-fading-after-gamestop-fever-sweeps-wall-street?srnd=etfs)** (Bloomberg)  
 ARK Invest’s flagship $23 billion fund “**[ARKK](https://www.etf.com/ARKK)**” sees three days without inflows.

[**Robinhood Raises Another $2.4B**](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/robinhood-raises-additional-2-4-172350684.html) (Yahoo)  
 Robinhood Markets’ biggest backers are plowing money into the beleaguered online brokerage at an unprecedented pace.

**[Hedge Funds Coordinating Short Squeezes?](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-01/carson-block-suspects-hedge-fund-coordination-in-short-squeezes)** (Bloomberg)  
 Carson Block suspects the parabolic moves in some stocks may be caused by hedge funds targeting other hedge funds.

**[Pressure On Private Equity To Take ESG Seriously](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1qcg33v33y7zl/The-Pressure-Is-on-Private-Equity-To-Take-ESG-Seriously)** (Institutional Investor)  
 Investors say they lack sustainable options, but most PE firms aren’t ready to increase the number of them anytime soon.

**[Who Gets Harmed When You Ban Short Selling?](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2021/02/01/who-gets-harmed-when-you-ban-short-selling)** (Advisor Perspectives)  
 Short selling is not evil, and it needs to stay in place if we want to have free markets.

**[4 ETFs To Hedge Risk In GameStop Marketplace](https://www.thestreet.com/etffocus/trade-ideas/4-etfs-hedging-portfolio-risk-gamestop)** (ETF Focus)  
 How to protect your portfolio in the recent volatile markets.

**[Why Customization Is Investing’s 2021 Watchword](https://www.parametricportfolio.com/blog/why-customization-is-the-investment-watchword)** (Parametric Portfolio)  
 The benefits of portfolio customization far exceed security selection.

**[Is The SPAC Boom Hazardous?](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1qb220n2xckvk/The-SPAC-Boom-Is-Hazardous-But-That-s-the-Whole-Point-of-Mark-Yusko-s-New-ETF)** (Institutional Investor)  
 That’s the whole point of the new active ETF “**[SPAK](https://www.etf.com/Spak)**.”

**[Lawmakers To Hold Hearings On GameStop Trading](https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2021/02/01/lawmakers-to-hold-hearings-on-gamestop-trading/)** (ThinkAdvisor)  
 GameStop incident could speed confirmation of SEC chair.

**[Feels Like The Game Is Rigged](https://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2021/02/01/it-feels-like-the-game-is-rigged/)** (Irrelevant Investor)  
 Regarding the stock market, memes aside, lost trust is no laughing matter.

**[4 Big Trends in 401(k)s, Retirement Plans](https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2021/01/29/4-big-trends-in-401ks-retirement-plans/)** (ThinkAdvisor)  
 Look for more emphasis on decumulations, advisor industry experts say.

**[ETFs, Message Boards &amp; Volatility](https://us.beyondbullsandbears.com/2021/01/28/etfs-message-boards-and-volatility/)** (Franklin Templeton)  
 ETF prices are much harder to manipulate than single stocks.



 

 

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