TSMC's earnings report is going crazy again, and tech stocks are collectively bouncing back! But everyone, don’t just focus on whether chip stocks are rising or not; what truly determines your wallet’s thickness in 2026 isn’t the K-line chart, but the ledger that Wall Street just revealed with those few “top predators” today. Why is the market rising while your account is shrinking? TSMC’s earnings report is indeed a strong boost, directly pulling the sluggish tech stocks back.

And have you noticed? As soon as Trump’s tone towards Iran softens, the previously soaring oil prices immediately lose momentum. But do you think the crisis is over? Look at what the old foxes at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and BlackRock are playing. It’s a typical case of all good news being exhausted. Last year, everyone was crazy about bank stocks; now, with such good performance, they’re pulling out first. It shows that smart money is already looking for the next harvesting battlefield.

This brings us to today’s main topic: ETFs, which have only been around for 35 years, have already crushed traditional mutual funds, with assets soaring to $13.5 trillion. Why are they so dominant? Because they are efficient and tax-advantaged, like releasing a swarm of great white sharks into a pond, specifically targeting slow-reacting old funds.

But here’s the problem: if ETFs are so good, why do the ETFs you buy make you doubt your life? Because many ETFs are designed just to drain your wallet:

Leverage Traps: Those 3x short funds sound exciting, but they actually suffer huge losses. One inverse fund lost 99.99% over 15 years! It relies on continuous share buybacks to survive.

Dividend Scams: Don’t be fooled by a 46% dividend yield. There’s a Tesla covered call ETF that looks generous with dividends, but its total return isn’t even half of the underlying stock’s. It’s like boiling your marrow to make soup, and you still think the soup is delicious!

Hotspot Harvesting: As soon as you see fancy names like quantum computing or brain-machine interfaces, it’s basically the end of the trend. They’re just waiting for you to step in and buy the dip. BlackRock’s assets just broke through $14 trillion! Larry Fink is very clever—laying off employees while aggressively布局 opaque private equity and alternative investments.

What does this mean? It means the top-tier players are no longer playing with ordinary people. They’re dealing in deeper, more opaque markets, even without K-line charts. If you want to turn around in the crypto or US stock markets by 2026, just working hard and reading news won’t cut it.

In this ecosystem, if you can’t see clearly who the hunter is,