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As financial markets have weakened in 2022, trading volumes have fallen across all asset classes, according to a new report by Bank of America analyst Craig Siegenthaler. Siegenthaler said Friday that these declining volumes are weighing on exchange stocks, such as CME Group Inc (NYSE: CME ), Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE: ICE ), Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ: NDAQ ), Cboe Global Markets Inc (BATS: CBOE ) and Tradeweb Markets Inc (NASDAQ: TW ). The Numbers: Siegenthaler said exchanges enjoyed a near-perfect storm in the first quarter of 2022 thanks in part to the stock market correction, Russia-Ukraine conflict and rapidly rising interest rate expectations, all of which drove trading volume higher. In the second quarter, trading volumes declined to a more historically normalized level. Related Link: SEC Chair Gensler Proposes ''Open And Transparent Auctions'' As Alternative To … Full story available on Benzinga.com
My refusal to give up on SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI ) stock in 2022 despite a 55% slide in SOFI stock definitely has me licking my wounds. A couple of days before it reported earnings in early May, I mentioned how as recently as April, SOFI was a decent weighting in the VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (NYSEARCA: BUZZ ). I suggested to readers that an alternative way to bet on the fintech was to buy some shares in BUZZ. With the student loan moratorium extended through the end of August, SoFi’s profitability pathway has been delayed a few months or quarters. This makes betting on SOFI a difficult one despite the recent rebound. They say you can go to the well once too often, but I’m doing just that. If you like SOFI but don’t want to risk that its recent gains were a dead cat bounce, you might want to consider the Amplify Digital & Online Trading ETF (NYSEARCA: BIDS ). Here’s why. SOFI SoFi Technologies $7.03 The Downside Protection for SOFI Stock Unlike BUZZ, which invests in 75 large-cap stocks getting the most online traction, BIDS tracks the performance of the BlueStar Global E-Brokers and Digital Capital Markets Index.
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