##  [#  Thursday Hot Reads: These ETFs Generate Capital Gains](/sections/news/thursday-hot-reads-these-etfs-generate-capital-gains) 

 

#  Thursday Hot Reads: These ETFs Generate Capital Gains

 

 

Also, why bonds are crashing is a good thing.



 

 

 

 

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Here's what we're reading this morning:

[**Currency-Hedged ETFs A Capital Gains Culprit**](https://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=785664) (Morningstar)  
But so are bond ETFs and those ETFs with assets that don't allow in-kind redemptions.

[**BofA Retail Investors Sell Stocks &amp; Buy ETFs** ](https://www.valuewalk.com/2016/12/sell-etfs-2016/)(ValueWalk)  
Bank of America's retail clients are flooding money into ETFs while selling individual equities.

[**Bonds Will Continue To Crash — &amp; That’s A Good Thing**](https://etfdailynews.com/2016/12/21/bonds-will-continue-to-crash-and-thats-a-good-thing/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) (ETF Daily News)  
Selling of bonds fueling the buying of equities.

[**Top Stocks In The Dow As It Nears 20K**](https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/etfs/5-top-stocks-in-the-dow-etf-as-investors-eye-a-milestone-for-index/) (Investor's Business Daily)  
The stocks leading the industrial average to the 20,000 mark include financials, oil, health care and industrial companies.

[**8 Rules For 8% Income Investing In CEFs**](https://contrarianoutlook.com/8-rules-for-8-income-investing-in-cefs/) (Contrarian Outlook)  
This rising-rate environment has income seekers scared of closed-end funds.

[**How Behavioral Biases Lead To Hard-To-Capture But Sustainable Alpha**](https://www.kitces.com/blog/sustainable-alpha-from-behavioral-biases-paradox-of-skill-and-factor-investing/) (Kitces)  
A growing base of data suggests the amount of available alpha is shrinking.

[**FMD Capital’s Top 10 Posts Of 2016**](https://fmdcapital.com/top-10-posts-2016/) (FMD Capital)  
A look back at portfolio management thoughts throughout the year.

[**Plan To Tax US Imports Could Become Law**](https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/21/tax-changes-taxing-imports-plan-has-chance-of-passing.html) (CNBC)  
The so-called border-adjusted tax has a 30% chance of becoming law, according to one expert.

[**Trump Team Floats Tariffs**](https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-tariffs/index.html) (CNN)  
Future White House chief of staff Reince Priebus has told key Washington players that one idea being debated internally is a 5% tariff on imports.

[**ETF.com Podcast: 4 Big Themes Shaping Up For 2017**](https://www.etf.com/sections/podcasts/etfcom-podcast-4-big-themes-shaping-2017 "ETF.com Podcast: 4 Big Themes Shaping Up For 2017")  
InsideETFs CEO Matt Hougan explains the big issues facing investors and the ETF industry next year.



 

 

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