Hot Reads: Canada's Bitcoin Frenzy Slows

Plus, DFA sets a timeline for its mutual-funds-to-ETFs conversion.

Compiled by ETF.com Staff

Mania In First Bitcoin ETF Cools In Canada After Robust Debut (Yahoo Finance)
The huge spike of interest in the first-ever bitcoin exchange-traded funds is fading almost as quickly as it appeared.

DFA Sets Timeline For ETF Conversion (Bloomberg)
The firm will convert $26 billion worth of mutual funds into ETFs in June.

Active Funds Deliver Alpha In ‘Paradise’ For Stock Picking (Institutional Investor)
The outperformance came amid one of the strongest rotations ever into value stocks, according to Bank of America.

Portfolio Management Intelligence (Disciplined Systematic Global Macro Views)
It turns out you don’t have to be a genius, but you do need a specific skill set.

US Economic Growth Estimates For Q1 Rise Sharply (Capital Spectator)
New U.S. GDP estimates for the first quarter point to a strong acceleration in growth over last year’s Q4 increase.

Bleak Future For Long Term Government Bonds (A Wealth Of Common Sense)
Every investor has their own appetite for risk, but long-term government bonds are a buyer-beware situation.

Junk Bonds Prove To Be A Shelter From The Rates Storm (Bloomberg)
Even with yields at record lows, the riskiest debt has appealing attributes in today’s markets.

Asset Managers Ended 2020 With Record Revenues (Institutional Investor)
But a closer look at the data shows that most of the profits are going to a small group of firms.

The Inflation Story (Behavioural Investment)
Inflation is a real risk, but don’t make any rash decisions, because it might be rising.

The ESG Trap (Jackson Hole Economics)
While the ESG trend is definitely a good thing, it has some downsides.

Hedge Against Inflation With This Multi-Asset ETF (Stock Investor)
Why you should care about the SPDR SSgA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF (RLY).