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Critics of the passive-investing boom in bonds warn about the risks stemming from the mismatch between highly tradable ETFs and the illiquid securities they hold.

As investors fled almost every fixed-income asset from the safest government bonds to the highest-yielding securities last week, one market stood out as a haven.

A rough week for Cathie Wood is reminding Wall Street that Ark Investment Management has a lot of cash in not that many companies. In fact, the firm’s dominance in some stocks may be even greater than it seems.

The Cathie Wood effect is back in full force, lifting online sports-betting company DraftKings Inc. after it gained the Ark Investment Management head’s stamp of approval.

Silver gained after the biggest loss since August, with markets calming following the buying frenzy that sent prices to an eight-year high earlier this week.

With GameStop Corp. in retreat, sings of normalcy emerged on Wall Street. Which in 2021 means traders were free to get back to stressing about SPACs, crypto and all those Faang options still in circulation.

The latest market frenzy fueled by retail investors is focused on silver, but many of the bulls aren’t actually buying the precious metal. Instead, they are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an exchange-traded fund known by its ticker, SLV. Blac...