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# Friday Hot Reads: 2016 A Vintage Year For Bitcoin

 

 

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[**And 2016’s Best-Performing Commodity Is ... Bitcoin?**](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/and-2016s-best-performing-commodity-is-bitcoin-2016-12-22) (MarketWatch)  
The cryptocurrency is up more than 100% this year.

[**Top Performing ETFs Of The Year**](https://www.etf.com/sections/features-and-news/top-performing-etfs-year-0 "Top Performing ETFs Of The Year") (ETF.com)  
Despite a year of surprises, these 10 ETFs surged by 50% or more.

[**Chart O’ The Day: How Advisors Say They’ll Allocate In 2017**](https://thereformedbroker.com/2016/12/21/chart-o-the-day-how-advisors-say-theyll-allocate-in-2017/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20The%20Reformed%20Broker&utm_content=Daily%20The%20Reformed%20Broker+CID_962693e64fef0de2079c087f7dc2258d&utm_source=CM&utm_term=Chart%20o%20the%20Day%20How%20Advisors%20Say%20Theyll%20Allocate%20in%202017) (Reformed Broker)  
State Street survey offers glimpse into portfolio ideas.

[**Meet This Year's Best Materials ETF**](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/meet-this-years-best-materials-etf-2016-12-19-15463556) (MarketWatch)  
Here’s a silver lining to 2016.

[**VIX Options Traders Flash Major Warning Signal**](https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-22/vix-options-traders-flash-major-warning-signal) (ZeroHedge)  
With VIX at multiyear lows and stocks at record highs, it appears options traders in the VIX complex are anything but "believers."

[**Profit From Currency Hedged ETFs If Euro Falls To Parity**](https://seekingalpha.com/article/4032360-profit-currency-hedged-etfs-euro-falls-parity) (Seeking Alpha)  
The latest in currency moves and how to play them with ETFs.

[**Rule Of 240 Compounding**](https://investwithanedge.com/rule-240-compounding) (Invest With An Edge)  
Retirement is the primary goal of many investment plans. These long-range plans require more than just a doubling of an investment.

[**Is Schwab Intelligent Advisory A Threat To Independent Financial Advisors?**](https://www.kitces.com/) (Kitces)  
The new Schwab Intelligent Advisory is a much bigger deal than most advisors and industry commentators have given it credit to be.

[**Donald Trump Is the Stock Market’s Most Interesting Man**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-22/trump-stock-market-s-most-interesting-man-as-tweet-roils-nuclear) (Bloomberg)  
Uranium ETF surges right after Trump's twitter post as underlying shares soar.

[**ETF Advice From Radiohead**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-01/your-new-financial-adviser-radiohead.html#disqus_thread) (Bloomberg)  
Bloomberg's Balchunas channels the popular English rock band to give out useful advice on ETF investing.



 

 

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