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45% of ETF investors plan to buy crypto ETFs, Schwab

Schwab Asset Management has revealed in a new survey that nearly half of exchange-traded fund investors plan to continue gaining exposure to crypto ETFs, which will rival bond ￰0￱ asset manager found that 45% of the respondents plan to invest in crypto ETFs, matching the interest in bond ￰1￱ report also showed that 52% of the respondents intend to buy ETFs that track ￰2￱ least 45% of the respondents favor bonds, and 29% plan to invest in global ￰3￱ half of ETF investors eye crypto funds Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, noted that the survey results are shocking due to the disparity between investor interest and the current size of the ETF market.

“This was also shocking to see crypto tied with bonds for second place in where people plan to ￰4￱ punching above its weight, given that crypto is 1% of total ETF AUM, while bonds are 17%. EM better than their assets too vs dev int’l and alts uninspiring to people still.” – Eric Balchunas , Bloomberg ETF Analyst Balchunas believes the results were too optimistic for the ETF industry, as most investors surveyed indicated that they plan to increase ETF holdings in ￰5￱ to the Schwab survey, 2,000 investors aged between 25 and 75 responded to the study, each with approximately $25,000 in investible ￰6￱ noted that half of the respondents had already traded ETFs for more than two ￰7￱ classes planning to invest in ETFs next year.) showing the strongest appetite for ￰8￱ least 44% of Millennials indicated that they plan to invest in spot crypto ￰9￱ X investors (born between 1965 and 1980) had a 33% interest, and baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) had an 11% interest in investing in crypto ￰10￱ of how different age groups plan their investment.), with spot Bitcoin ETFs leading the chart with $135.43 ￰11￱ ETFs have $21.75 billion in assets under management (AUM), while Solana ETFs have $538 million in AUM.

Schwab’s research noted that Millennials are driving growth by using ETFs for core allocations, while also experimenting with other emerging markets, alternative assets, and digital ￰12￱ your strategy with mentorship + daily ideas - 30 days free access to our trading program

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