Hot Reads: Oil Rising Alongside OPEC+ Drama

Compiled by ETF.com Staff

Oil Nears 3-Year High After OPEC Fireworks (Reuters)
A last-minute fallout between the UAE and other OPEC members leaves the market tighter.

CoinShares To Buy Elwood’s ETF Index Business For $17M (Yahoo Finance)
The research team behind the Invesco Blockchain ETF is moving as part of the deal.

A Pillar Of Modern Finance Turns 50 (CFA Institute)
The index fund has been around for half a century. 

A Big First Half For Marijuana ETFs (The Street)
The three best-performing ETFs in this industry all gained more than 40%.

A Double Standard For Crypto ETFs? (Business Insider)
Some fund managers say the SEC’s reticence is a red herring.

ETFs A Gateway To Crypto Investing (TheStreet.com)
The funds can provide exposure to cryptocurrencies but also to less volatile related securities.

When The Stock Market Doubles (A Wealth Of Common Sense)
A look at how long it takes for the market to go up 100% after a crash.

Higher Inflation Ahead? Maybe. But Don’t Even Try to Predict It. (New York Times)
Nobody forecasts inflation well, a new academic paper argues.

The Delta Variant: Macro Implications (Econbrowser)
How the more contagious COVID-19 strain is hitting the U.K. differently than the U.S. and Europe.

Some Stocks Are Going Up. Most Are Not. (All Star Charts)
Small and mid-caps aren’t growing, but they aren’t declining either.