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Wall Street will turn almost anything into an ETF these days.
CME announced plans last weekfor the first futures tied to the on-ice performance of individual NHL teams.
Three days later, Volatility Shares filed for 32 ETFs designed to trade them — one for every team in the league.
The underlying futures aren't even scheduled to start trading until Sept.
More than 900 ETFs have already launched this year through Aug.
5, according to Baird Strategas, putting 2026 within striking distance of last year's record with nearly five months to go.
"This is getting difficult to keep up with," Baird Strategas ETF strategist Todd Sohn wrote in an Aug.
Hold futures tied to indexes tracking each team's on-ice performance Build a portfolio around investment themes drawn from Jensen Huang's recent public comments Invest around a currency-debasement theme spanning productive land, bitcoin, gold, and related exposures Own suppliers of upstream materials used in AI infrastructure, including helium, quartz, gallium, and rare earths Own Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia — the Magnificent Seven minus Tesla AdvisorShares / Peptide and Human Enhancement ETF (LOOK) Target peptides, longevity, regenerative medicine, neurotechnology, wearables, and related areas These are registrations, not guarantees that any of the funds will ultimately launch.
Sohn wrote that Baird "highly doubt[s]" the hockey ETFs will arrive anytime soon.
But ridiculous names don't necessarily mean ridiculous ideas.
"AI Secret Ingredients" is basically a picks-and-shovels approach to the AI boom.
Human enhancement packages several real healthcare technologies.
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