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2023 was a year of uncertainty and adjustments for the US stock market, as investors navigated a complex landscape of economic and monetary policy changes. While the year saw periods of both optimism and pessimism, the overarching narrative remains focused on the Fed's actions and their impact on the broader economy.
To evaluate US stock market performance, let's review the $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$'s progress this year:
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$Tencent(TCEHY.US)$ $JD.com(JD.US)$ Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. is planning to distribute more than $16 billion worth of shares in JD.com Inc. to its shareholders, which will result in it no longer being the Chinese e-commerce firm’s biggest shareholder.
From March on, Tencent will give out around 457 million Class A shares in JD.com as a special interim dividend, representing about 86.4% of its total stake and 14.7% of the online retailer’s total issued shares, according to a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday. At Wednesday’s close, that many shares were worth HK$127.7 billion ($16.4 billion).
Tencent, which controls about 17% of JD.com, will hold roughly 2.3% of the e-commerce company’s shares after the handout, JD.com said in a separate statement. As part of the deal, Tencent President Martin Lau will exit JD.com’s board effective Thursday.

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Hey, mooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:
- Stock futures were muted early Wednesday morning after the major averages rebounded from a three-day losing streak spurred by fears about the omicron Covid variant.
- Higher prices, a worker shortage and a revitalized labor movement are bringing about the return of pay increases tied to inflation, known as cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs.
Market Snapshot
Stock futures were muted early Wednesday morning after the major averages rebounded from a three-day losing streak spurred by fears about the omicron Covid variant.
Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ slipped 27 points, $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ futures slipped 9 points and $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ futures slipped 54 pionts.
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Key Events This Week
Source: CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg

The financial story of 2021 may be the 445 exchange trade funds that debuted this year as the U.S. ETF industry ballooned to $7 trillion.
The business has never known times like these. A corner of Wall Street already enjoying a reputation for explosive growth has gone supernova, with a record 445 new products in 2021 so far.
--- according to Bloomberg
Behind the rapid expansion is a deluge of new cash as investors chase an economic recovery from the coronavirus, while equity mutual funds fall out of favor. About $900 billion has flowed into the ETF market since the start of the year -- also easily a record. Barely any funds are getting shuttered.
There's a lot of money being transferred from a generational standpoint. The stars are aligning right now for the ETF industry to a) evolve very quickly and b) take in flows.”
--- said Keith Buchanan, portfolio manager at Globalt Investments
All that means the number of ETFs Americans can choose from has jumped 19% since the end of 2020. About a quarter of all trading ETFs are less than two-years old, according to Bloomberg Intelligence -- another sign of industry boom times.
Active ETF is growing
The details of the launches tell a deeper story: From the 445 new arrivals, 75 target fixed income. For the first time, new actively managed ETFs outnumber their passive counterparts with 298 debuts versus 147.
The letters ETF used to spell passive to most investors. Now more and more advisors are realizing that ETFs are no longer just about gaining passive exposure and that active ETFs, particularly within fixed income, make sense because they can gain exposure to experienced bond managers.”
--- said Allison Bonds, head of private wealth management at State Street Global Advisors
At the same time, launches of low-cost, broad equity-index trackers are dwindling. Traditional core or "beta vehicles" made up only 8% of total equity ETF launches from the start of.
--- according to Bloomberg Intelligence
Partly, that's because such core strategies are well represented by big, established and very cheap funds from the major issuers. The popularity of the likes of the $SPDR S&P 500 ETF(SPY.US)$ and the $Vanguard S&P 500 ETF(VOO.US)$ mean they still claim the lion's share of new cash.
Thematic ETF become popular
Thematic ETF target trends like automation or electric vehiclesrather than traditional industry segments. They've proved hugely popular with the retail-investing crowd, which has been a growing force in markets since the pandemic hit. The high-profile success of Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Management $ARK Innovation ETF(ARKK.US)$ $ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF(ARKQ.US)$ has also helped fuel a wave of copycats $ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF(BITO.US)$ $Valkyrie Bitcoin and Ether Strategy ETF(BTF.US)$.
Complex Categories
Aligned with this specialization, funds have been getting more complex. Over 30 ESG ETFs have launched in the U.S. this year. There have been 56 new ETFs this year investing in derivatives to amplify bets, make them inverse or deliver protection. A major driver of this has been the development of defined-outcome ETFs, also know as buffers. They seek to provide capped exposure to gains in exchange for limiting losses.
Source: TheStreet, Bloomberg