A Battery Supply Chain ETF Quietly Returned 66%, Stomping AI Stocks

Summit Art Creations / Shutterstock.com Quick Read BATT returned 66% in 2025 versus the Nasdaq-100’s 22% gain through diversified battery supply chain exposure. Battery materials outperformed finished vehicles. Albemarle surged 78% and Freeport-McMoRan jumped 41% while Tesla gained 18%. The fund’s $90.8M asset base creates liquidity concerns and heavy Chinese exposure introduces geopolitical risk. A recent study identified one single habit that doubled Americans’ retirement savings and moved retir ...