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Isabelle Lee, a Bloomberg TV markets reporter, and Athanasios Psarofagis, a Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst, explore the ETF industry’s latest heavyweight clash: Vanguard versus BlackRock. They examine leveraged ETF expiration risks, “degen” traders buying semiconductor dips, and the frenzy surrounding Anthropic’s potential IPO and pre-IPO ETF exposure.

Andre Yapp, a Bloomberg Intelligence ETF research associate, and Todd Sohn, an ETF strategist at Baird Strategas, tour the growing ETF Graveyard. They examine why leveraged funds make up so many closures, why even sizable products can be buried, and how ESG, crypto, cannabis, metaverse and inflation themes lost momentum. They also nominate fallen funds for a possible Lazarus-list comeback.

Isabelle Lee, a Bloomberg markets reporter covering investing and market-moving developments, explores ETFs making waves. Topics include UC’s $2.5 billion 90/10 fund modeled on Buffett’s allocation, a speculative S&P 500 bet targeting 10,000 by 2030, synthetic pre-IPO exposure to Anthropic, and a costly ETF blending stocks with managed futures.

Jodie Gunzberg, FutureSports’ index-services chief, and Leigh Taylforth, its co-founder and former derivatives trader, join Bloomberg journalist Vildana Hajric to explore sports as a tradable asset. They discuss turning team statistics into indexes, how sports ETFs could use futures, and why broadcasters might hedge revenue tied to wins and losses. They also examine league partnerships, manipulation safeguards, seasonal resets, and the future of sports funds.

Jeff Weniger, Corgi Invest’s chief investment officer and former WisdomTree executive, discusses the startup’s audacious push to become the “Walmart of ETFs.” They explore its rapid-fire launches, aggressive pricing, AI-powered operations, insurance-company roots and ambitions for Trump Accounts. Weniger also weighs brand-building, advisor relationships, startup culture and the real corgis behind the memorable name.

Athanasios Psarofagis, a Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst, joins Isabelle Lee to explore the shift from 60/40 toward 80/20 portfolios. They examine stocks shared across Republican and Democratic lawmakers’ holdings, including Intel, Amazon and CrowdStrike. They also unpack September’s market slump, the surge in ETF launches, and the risk of a bond-fund doom loop.

David Cohne, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst covering mutual funds and active managers, and Sharoon Francis, an ETF research specialist, reveal how daily active-ETF disclosures inspired Blue Horseshoe. They explore tracking major stock pickers, spotting concentrated bets before mutual-fund filings, Nvidia’s early rise, and why Okta is drawing institutional attention. Liquidity and market impact add important caveats.

Isabelle Lee, a Bloomberg News cross-asset reporter covering markets, digital assets and investment products, joins a tour of intriguing new ETFs. They examine tax-deferral strategies and hefty fees, MANGOS’s bet on private AI leaders and supporting chipmakers, and whether a hedged Bitcoin fund defeats the point of owning Bitcoin. There’s also a detour into ETF family dynamics and Eric’s negative aura.

Isabelle Lee, a Bloomberg News cross-asset reporter covering markets and investing, explores Vanguard’s surprising plateau after 50 years of index funds. The conversation revisits Jack Bogle’s unlikely launch, the slow rise of indexing, and how falling fees transformed Wall Street. It also examines cheap core funds, the financial crisis, and whether Bogle’s philosophy still resonates in modern investing.

Andre Yapp, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst focused on ETFs and quantitative research, explores the race to capture oil’s wild swings. He compares USE’s active long, short and spread trading with USO’s traditional futures strategy. They discuss energy commodities, absolute-return ambitions, futures-market pitfalls, volatility, and why avoiding USO’s K-1 tax form could be a major draw.