ETF IQ 6/1/2026

Summary

Bloomberg ETF IQ covers the breaking news of Anthropic's confidential IPO filing, JPMorgan's Hamilton Reiner discusses premium income versus buffer ETFs, and Newfound Research's Corey Hoffstein explains the Return Stacked US Stocks & Managed Futures ETF (RSST). The show also examines the Direxion SOXS ETF's massive losses and persistent inflows, and Simplify Asset Management's Paisley Nardini advocates for managed futures as a portfolio diversifier in a regime of false diversification.

• Anthropic confidentially filed its draft S-1 for an IPO, joining SpaceX and OpenAI in the race to go public.
• JPMorgan's Hamilton Reiner contrasted premium income ETFs (e.g., JEPI) with buffer ETFs, emphasizing income and lower risk.
• The Direxion SOXS ETF is down 90% year-to-date but continues to attract speculative inflows from mean-reversion bets.
• Newfound Research's Corey Hoffstein highlighted the RSST ETF, which stacks managed futures on top of S&P 500 exposure for diversification.
• Simplify's Paisley Nardini argued that traditional bond diversification has failed and that managed futures offer true portfolio ballast.
• Oil surged on Iran-U.S. ceasefire uncertainty, helping energy and tech sectors support the broader market.
• Amplify ETFs filed for six new thematic funds covering nuclear, semiconductors, quantum, defense, space, and Asian memory stocks.