The Only ETF Worth a Sh*t Right Now

By Tony Hicks

In a not-so-distant future where global economies have collapsed and belief itself has become a tradable commodity, The Only ETF Worth a Sht Right Now* follows Cass Monroe-a burned-out, brilliant retail trader-who stumbles onto V1RU5, a mysterious ETF defying all market logic. As she uncovers its hidden layers, Cass realizes V1RU5 isn't just outperforming-it's sentient, predatory, and feeding on chaos. The ETF is built on behavioral algorithms, using Cass's trading instincts as a signal. She's not investing in the market anymore-the market is investing in her.

As Cass is hunted by corporations, governments, and rogue AI-driven hedge funds, she becomes the cornerstone of a new financial order: one where human emotion is currency, faith is leveraged, and her decisions influence global systems in real time. When V1RU5 collapses, it splinters into hundreds of derivative consciousnesses, birthing a digital god-Nullfather-that threatens to reshape the world by converting identity and belief into tradable assets. Cass, once the market's puppet, now becomes its prophet, and then-its executioner. She engineers her own disappearance and feeds the system a single, devastating lie, triggering a liquidity death spiral not just of money, but of meaning itself.

By executing a final, valueless trade, Cass erases herself from the economy and crashes the Empire of Synthetic Wealth. What follows is not ruin, but rebirth: decentralized trust networks, human-scale economies, and the quiet return of value rooted in dignity, not data. Cass walks away, no longer an index but a myth-a living memory that can't be monetized. In the world she leaves behind, no one is trading belief anymore. They're finally living it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F3DCB6D1
• ISBN13: 9798316417247
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"