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This Mark Carney fellow—a perfectly respectable chap, I’m sure—says we’re entering a new era of “transactional power politics.” Sounds… unpleasant. Like a used car salesman negotiating with Genghis Khan. But let’s put aside the geopolitical theatrics for a moment. What does this mean for your money? Specifically, what does it mean for Bitcoin (BTC +0.39%)? Because, frankly, if the world is going to burn, you want to know if your digital assets are flammable.

Both funds cast their nets for the small-cap growth stocks – those young shoots reaching for the sun – but each chooses a different patch of ground. The question for the investor isn’t simply which will grow faster, but which aligns with their own tolerance for the lean years, and their belief in the strength of the soil.

Naturally, this escalating demand has rather splendid implications for those companies actually producing the power. And even more splendid if they happen to distribute a little something to shareholders while doing so. So, let’s peruse a few contenders, shall we? Presented, as it were, in ascending order of dividend yield. Don’t bother thanking me; it’s really rather elementary.

This analysis will examine the factors underpinning Ethereum’s sustained appeal, focusing on its established network activity, ongoing technological development, and increasing accessibility to institutional capital. The objective is to provide a nuanced perspective on Ethereum’s long-term viability as a component of a diversified investment portfolio.

So, if I absolutely had to put money on one ETF outperforming that whole shebang by 2026? It’d be the Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG). Don’t look so surprised. It rose a respectable 18.9% in 2025, leaving the S&P 500 trailing at 16.4%. It’s not rocket science, is it? Though, knowing my luck, it probably involves some obscure quantum physics principle I’ll never grasp.

Courant just…left. Completely exited their 247,520-share position in CarMax. It’s a clean break, like a bad date you don’t even bother to ghost. The timing is…interesting. We’re talking about a company that, until recently, was supposed to be immune to the whole “economic downturn” thing. Turns out, people still notice when a used Honda Civic costs the same as a down payment on a small island.

To have invested a mere $1,000 in this digital fancy five years ago would, as the vulgar calculations reveal, yield approximately $14,750 today. A handsome return, certainly, though one built upon the shifting sands of public fancy rather than the firm foundation of intrinsic value. It surpasses even the gains realized from Bitcoin, Ethereum, or the more substantial endeavors of Nvidia – a fact that should give any serious investor pause, not encouragement.

Both funds, naturally, promise stability and income – the very things that vanish the moment one actually requires them. The distinction lies in their methods, a difference which, while subtle to the uninitiated, can prove rather irksome to those accustomed to counting their gains – or, more frequently, their losses.

The question hangs, dry and brittle as the prairie grass: is this stock a field worth planting in now?

The matter, stripped bare, concerns the absence of compelling justification. The diligent methodology, the years spent in meticulous research and collaborative engineering… these are virtues, certainly. But virtues, unaccompanied by demonstrable economic consequence, are merely… aspirations. They do not constitute a bulwark against the relentless tide of competition, nor do they offer a rational basis for investment. A true fortification arises only when the cost of defection becomes prohibitive – when builders, faced with alternatives, find the price of switching unconscionable. And in this volatile realm of cryptographic endeavor, such fortifications are lamentably rare.