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Today is Tuesday, September 16, 2025.

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Dogecoin Leads Crypto ETF Growth

This week, investors will get not just one, but TWO first-time cryptocurrency ETFs (exchange-traded funds), signaling a major milestone for crypto investments.

Details: After previous delays, the REX-Osprey Dogecoin $DOGE.X ( ▼ 5.56% ) ETF is set to launch on Thursday, marking the first Dogecoin ETF. While it won’t technically hold Dogecoin directly, it will use a Cayman Islands-based subsidiary that invests in Dogecoin-linked futures and derivatives.

Also: Investors will see the first-ever XRP $XRP.X ( ▼ 1.22% ) ETF when the REX-Osprey XRP ETF launches on Thursday as well.

Big Picture: While analysts confirmed the launch of the Dogecoin ETF on Monday, the price of Dogecoin fell by about 4% as investors shifted their focus to other assets.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Dogecoin investors should feel cautiously optimistic about the launch of the first-ever Dogecoin ETF. It represents a landmark event in mainstream acceptance and expands avenues for institutional and retail participation in DOGE through regulated financial markets.

• It makes Dogecoin more legitimate as an investment, gives everyday investors more access to Dogecoin, and allows Dogecoin to attract more capital.

• A potential risk is the additional volatility that could happen to Dogecoin’s price.

Final Thoughts: Most crypto prices are up this year, but Dogecoin has fallen about 15% in 2025.

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Ferguson (NYSE: FERG), Evolution Petroleum (NYSE American: EPM), Flux Power Holdings(Nasdaq: FLUX).

Notable IPOs Today: Chenghe Acquisition III Co. Units (Nasdaq: CHECU), ChowChow Cloud International Holdings Limited (NYSE American: CHOW).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Far Breton Bakery (SMBX), SwingVision (Wefunder).

Notable Economic Events Today: Retail Sales / Core Retail Sales (8:30 a.m. ET), Retail Control (8:30 a.m. ET), Export Price Index / Import Price Index (8:30 a.m. ET), Industrial Production (9:15 a.m. ET), Business Inventories (10:00 a.m. ET), Retail Inventories Excluding Auto (8:30 a.m. ET), API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

Dave & Buster’s Same-Store Sales

Dave & Buster's Entertainment $PLAY ( ▲ 2.33% ) plunged 17.32% in after-hours trading on Monday after the restaurant and entertainment business posted bad financial earnings results.

Financials: Dave & Buster’s reported earnings of 40 cents per share and revenue of $557.4 million in the past quarter; Both were lower than expected.

Powering the Story: Although revenue increased 0.05%, same-store sales decreased 3%.

Final Thoughts: It’s been a bad year for Dave & Buster’s. The stock was already down 20% in 2025.

Chipotle’s New Stock Buyback

Chipotle Mexican Grill $CMG ( ▼ 0.13% ) jumped 1.94% in after-hours trading on Monday after increasing its stock buyback by $500 million to boost its stock price.

Final Thoughts: Chipotle’s stock is down 35% this year.

Trends to Watch

Goodbye, Investor Transparency: Trump wants to abolish quarterly earnings reports in favor of biannual. Here's what that would mean. (CBS News)

Bad Times: Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy (Washington Post)

Stock Boost: Tesla just erased all of its steep 2025 losses after Elon Musk buys $1 billion of its shares (CNN)

Big Week: The Fed faces economic uncertainty and political pressure as it decides whether to cut rates (Associated Press)

New Headquarters: Ford to get new hometown HQ, Glass House to be demolished (The Detroit News)

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