YourStake President Gabe Rissman provides his take on October’s top ESG news items and research findings that advisors need to know.

So-called alternative assets, which also include digital currencies, private debt and private equity, “should continue to outperform into 2022,” JPMorgan strategists wrote.

Authors James Glassman and Kevin Hassett predicted it would take three to five years for the Dow to reach 36,000, not the 22 years it actually took.

PGIM Investments will acquire New York-based Green Harvest Asset Management, a direct indexing firm that uses ETF portfolios to track indices.

The 44-page document details the SEC’s assessment of one of the most remarkable periods of the pandemic economy, when retail traders took on Wall Street and sent shares of GameStop and other meme stocks into the stratosphere. 

Ark Investment Management is looking for "the next FAANGs," Cathie Wood said.

In this week's fund news, Cerulli predicts direct indexing's rise, ProShares and Invesco bitcoin futures ETFs may start trading next week, RadiantESG selects STP for operations, and Moneta hires a new head of alternatives.

Given the subjectivity inherent in ESG ratings, they should be viewed not as objective ratings, but as opinions, writes Dimensional Fund Advisors' Will Collins-Dean.