Fixed Income Leads Inflows Amidst Broad Equity Retracement
Note: Flow data is reported after market close on a…
Consumer Discretionary Shines as All Eyes Turn to August Jobs Report
Macro Overview U.S. equities surged on Thursday, with the S&P…
Sector-Specific Surges Define a Nuanced Market As Precious Metals See Heavy Volume Sell-Off
The ETF market saw robust trading activity, with total volume…
Equity and Fixed Income Lead Broad Market Inflows of $9.55 Billion
September 3, 2025 Note: Flow data is reported on a…
Communication Services Surge as Markets Await Key ISM Services Data
Daily Review & Preview: September 4, 2025 Macro Overview U.S.…
Pockets of Intense Activity in Commodities and Fixed Income Drive an Otherwise Tepid Trading Day
Total ETF trading volume landed at $225.3B, coming in at…
Cannabis and Precious Metals ETFs Shine as Investors Pour Capital into Consumer and Infrastructure Themes
The U.S. thematic ETF market, comprising 382 funds from 94…
U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Outperforms While Investors Funnel Cash into Large-Cap Blend ETFs
The U.S. Size & Style ETF market, a cornerstone of…
Global Ex-U.S. Value Lags as Investors Favor Large-Cap Blend ETFs
Market Overview The Global Ex-U.S. Size & Style market encompasses…
Global Size & Style ETFs See $320M in Net Inflows; Brings YTD Total to $10B
The Global Size & Style ETF market encompasses 79 ETFs…
Financials Surge, Attracting Over $2.2 Billion as Energy Sector Performance Diverges from Investor Flows
The U.S. Sector & Industry ETF landscape, comprising 260 funds…
China and Vietnam ETFs Surge as Investors Pull Capital from Broader Regions
The Region & Country ETF landscape, encompassing 182 funds from…
One Word, Three Worlds: Mapping the Energy Maze with ETFs
The word "energy" is a simple label for one of the most complex, politically charged, and rapidly evolving sectors of…
Not All Active Is the Same: An ETF Story
The ETF landscape, once the undisputed territory of passive indexing, is undergoing a seismic shift. Actively managed ETFs are not…
Digital Havens & Residential Headwinds: A Tale of Two Real Estate Markets in XLRE
A single glance at the year-to-date performance of the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ($XLRE) tells a story of deep…
A New Twist on Defined Maturity: An Independent Review of Northern Trust’s Distributing Ladder ETFs
At ETF Action, we spend our days categorizing and analyzing thousands of exchange-traded funds, and most new products fit neatly…
Factor Flavors: The Scoville Scale of High-Yield Bonds
When investors hear "high-yield," they often think of a single, monolithic asset class. It’s the riskier corner of the bond…
One Word, Three Worlds: Mapping the Energy Maze with ETFs
The word "energy" is a simple label for one of the most complex, politically charged, and rapidly evolving sectors of the global economy. An investment in "energy" can mean a bet on a century-old oil supermajor, a volatile solar panel…
Not All Active Is the Same: An ETF Story
The ETF landscape, once the undisputed territory of passive indexing, is undergoing a seismic shift. Actively managed ETFs are not just growing; they are exploding in popularity, attracting billions in assets. This wave has brought some of the most storied…
Digital Havens & Residential Headwinds: A Tale of Two Real Estate Markets in XLRE
A single glance at the year-to-date performance of the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ($XLRE) tells a story of deep division. The heatmap of its holdings, as of August 29, 2025, doesn’t depict a sector moving in unison but rather…
A New Twist on Defined Maturity: An Independent Review of Northern Trust’s Distributing Ladder ETFs
At ETF Action, we spend our days categorizing and analyzing thousands of exchange-traded funds, and most new products fit neatly into our existing framework. Every so often, however, a fund family introduces a strategy that requires a closer look, compelling…
Category Spotlight: Equity: U.S. Small Cap – Value
Oh, how quickly we forget. In the go-go years of the late 90s, tech was…
Category Spotlight: Equity: Region – Eurozone
Investing in the Equity: Region - Eurozone category provides targeted exposure to the economies of…
Equity: Thematic – Midstream & MLPs
The Midstream & MLPs ETF category offers investors a unique way to tap into the…
Equity: Thematic – FinTech Spotlight
The Equity: Thematic - FinTech category captures the dynamic and rapidly evolving intersection of finance…
Fixed Income: Municipal – High Yield Spotlight
High-Yield Municipal Bond ETFs offer investors a compelling opportunity to generate tax-advantaged income by investing…