Non-Traditional ETFs Steal the Show While Broad Markets Sleep
Macro Summary The market experienced a muted session overall, transacting…
Energy and Disruptive Tech ETFs Attract Assets While Industrials Face Redemptions
Issuer League Tables Note on Flow Volatility: Daily flow outliers…
Tech and Large Growth Hit Overbought Territory as Asian Markets Surge
Macro Overview The global equity market exhibited broad strength during…
Trading Volume Dips Below Average While Non-Traditional Assets Surge
Macro Summary Total market volume for the session reached $229.81B,…
New Launches Add Sparkle: Corgi Dominates with 35 New ETF Offerings Over Past Week
Issuer League Tables Note on Flow Volatility: Daily flow outliers…
Global Retreat: Equities and Crypto Slide Ahead of Crucial Friday Data
Macro Overview Global equities experienced a coordinated drawdown on May…
Tech Dominates Returns While Investors Buy the Energy Dip
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Sector & Industry ETF channel,…
Weekly Specialty ETF Recap: Hedged Strategies Lead as Channel Crosses $16.3B AUM
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Specialty channel currently oversees $16.3B…
Thematic Pulse: $DRAM Dominates Flows While Gold Miners Cool Off
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Thematic channel encompasses 414 ETFs…
The Volatility Seesaw: Investors Take Profits on Short-Vol, Buy the Dip on Long-Vol
Weekly Channel Summary The Alternative ETF channel, consisting of 47…
State Street Leads Inflows as Aggressive Strategies Rally
Weekly Channel Summary The Multi-Asset ETF channel encompasses a broad…
Simplify’s FOXY Dominates Currency Flows: Pulls in $103M in a Single Week
Weekly Channel Summary The Currency ETF Channel, consisting of 15…
Oil and the Stock Market- A Hull Tactical Funds Featured Insight
Oil and the Stock Market was originally written, buy Euan Sinclair, PhD on Apr. 15, 2026 We wrote recently about the danger…
StockSnips Equity World Model-A StockSnips Featured Insight
Below you will find the executive summary of StockSnips white paper. Read the full whitepaper here Why Equity Markets Need…
AMLP Steps Up as Middle East Supply Risks Put US Midstream Back in Demand-An SS&C ALPS Advisors Featured Insight
The following is a summary from SS&C ALPS Advisors latest Monthly Spotlight Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have recently…
AAM Exchange Traded Funds’ Subadvisor, Sawgrass Asset Mgmt, Featured Insight
This is a summary of the key takeaways presented in the latest issue of AAM ETF Insights The Shift to…
Pictet Asset Management’s Featured Insight- AI: the next chapter
AI: the next chapter was originally posted by Pictet Asset Management in December 2025 The rise of AI has provoked much…
Last Week in ETFs: Investors Dump $6B of Equity for High-Quality Bonds and Synthetic Yield
The Big Picture: The ETF industry saw a significant divergence in investor sentiment during the week ending March 6, 2026, as total net flows reached $6,924M, pushing total industry AUM to $14,093.6B. The week was defined by a massive rotation…
Mega-Cap Drag: How Market Capitalization is Dictating Factor Returns
The Hidden Driver of Factor Outperformance: Company Size Let’s be clear upfront: factor investing absolutely matters. However, when you apply a factor screen, you are typically reweighting securities based on those specific characteristics rather than their raw market capitalization. Over…
Inside the Defense ETF Boom: Visualizing Holdings, Overlap, and Valuations
Defense ETFs in Focus: Sector vs. Thematic Approaches With ongoing global events keeping national security and defense spending in the spotlight, our attention naturally turns to how investors are allocating capital within the defense ecosystem. The space has seen explosive…
Last Week in ETFs: International Equities on Pace to Crush Records as U.S. Markets Rotate
The Big Picture: The ETF industry closed out February 2026 with an exceptional $53.36 billion in weekly net inflows, pushing total assets under management (AUM) to a staggering $14.35 trillion. The risk-on environment was buoyed by late-February macroeconomic data, including…
Mapping the Record Flows into Emerging Markets
In my latest video update, I discuss the current breakdown of equity flows across the…
Decoding Market Narratives via ETF Volume
I just finished reviewing today’s ETF Most Active Report, and the data provides a perfect…
Navigating the Altcoin Growth Trend
In this "quick hitter" video, Mike Akins dives into the latest ETF market data for…
Uncharted Territory: The Massive Surge in Precious Metals ETFs
As we approach the end of 2025, the ETF market is witnessing something truly extraordinary.…
Extreme Concentration in US Large Cap Growth ETFs
In this December 3rd update, Mike walks through the latest data trends found after updating…
Non-Traditional ETFs Steal the Show While Broad Markets Sleep
Macro Summary The market experienced a muted session overall, transacting $236.34B in total volume, which…
Tech Dominates Returns While Investors Buy the Energy Dip
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Sector & Industry ETF channel, encompassing 270 ETFs from 55…
Weekly Specialty ETF Recap: Hedged Strategies Lead as Channel Crosses $16.3B AUM
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Specialty channel currently oversees $16.3B in total Assets Under Management…
Thematic Pulse: $DRAM Dominates Flows While Gold Miners Cool Off
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Thematic channel encompasses 414 ETFs across 106 issuers, managing a…
The Volatility Seesaw: Investors Take Profits on Short-Vol, Buy the Dip on Long-Vol
Weekly Channel Summary The Alternative ETF channel, consisting of 47 ETFs across 28 issuers, holds…
Buffer ETFs Surge Past $90B AUM as May Resets Dominate Weekly Flows
Macro Summary & Product Growth The Buffer (Defined Outcome) ETF landscape continues to command significant…
U.S. Size & Style ETFs Capture $12.9B as Large Blend Dominates Weekly Flows
Weekly Channel Summary The U.S. Size & Style ETF channel continues to show formidable strength,…
Vanguard Dominates the Week as Global Ex-U.S. ETFs Pull in $4.3 Billion
Weekly Channel Summary The Global Ex-U.S. Size & Style ETF channel concluded the week reflecting…
Region & Country ETFs Shed $1.16B; JPMorgan Defies Trend to Lead Weekly Inflows
Weekly Channel Summary The Region & Country ETF channel currently manages a total of $291.1B…
Leverage & Inverse Weekly: Tech Bears Pounce Amidst $1.45B Channel Outflows
Weekly Channel Summary The Leverage | Inverse (Non-Traditional) ETF channel currently spans 557 products managed by 24 active issuers, representing a total Assets Under Management (AUM) of $180.19 billion. The…
Crypto Recap: 21Shares has a great week as Crypto ETFs Pull $1.6B in Net New Money
Weekly Channel Summary The Digital Asset ETF channel remains highly active, currently representing 78 ETFs across 21 issuers with a total Assets Under Management (AUM) of $127B. The space experienced…
Commodity ETF Roundup: USO Gathers Assets Despite Energy Pullback
Weekly Channel Summary The Commodity ETF channel currently consists of 71 products managed by 28 issuers, accounting for a combined $371.15 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM). Over the past…
Synthetic Income Weekly Recap: JPMorgan & Neos Dominate
Weekly Channel Summary The NT: Synthetic Income channel continues to demonstrate robust activity, ending the week with $195B in Total Assets Under Management (AUM) spread across 375 ETFs from 69…
SPY Surges with $2.6B Inflow While Leveraged Tech Trades See Massive Volatility
Issuer League Tables Note on Flow Volatility: Daily flow outliers may be driven by specialized…
S&P 500 Gains 1.43% Amid Sharp Divergence in Commodities
Macro Overview U.S. Equities advanced during the session, with the S&P 500 (IVV) climbing 1.43%…
Most Active ETFs: Taxable Convertibles and Altcoins Find Momentum
Macro Summary The total market volume reached $259.8B during this session, with overall activity registering…
Non-Traditional ETFs Steal the Show While Broad Markets Sleep
Macro Summary The market experienced a muted session overall, transacting $236.34B in total volume, which…
Tech Dominates Returns While Investors Buy the Energy Dip
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Sector & Industry ETF channel, encompassing 270 ETFs from 55…
Weekly Specialty ETF Recap: Hedged Strategies Lead as Channel Crosses $16.3B AUM
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Specialty channel currently oversees $16.3B in total Assets Under Management…
Thematic Pulse: $DRAM Dominates Flows While Gold Miners Cool Off
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Thematic channel encompasses 414 ETFs across 106 issuers, managing a…
The Volatility Seesaw: Investors Take Profits on Short-Vol, Buy the Dip on Long-Vol
Weekly Channel Summary The Alternative ETF channel, consisting of 47 ETFs across 28 issuers, holds…
Commodity ETF Roundup: USO Gathers Assets Despite Energy Pullback
Weekly Channel Summary The Commodity ETF channel currently consists of 71 products managed by 28…
Synthetic Income Weekly Recap: JPMorgan & Neos Dominate
Weekly Channel Summary The NT: Synthetic Income channel continues to demonstrate robust activity, ending the…
FI Specialty ETFs Surpass $6.4 Billion in Year-to-Date Inflows
Weekly Channel Summary The FI: Specialty ETF channel currently oversees $70.4 billion in total Assets…
The Weekly Muni ETF Pulse: $1.8B Inflows and High Yield Leaders
Weekly Channel Summary The FI: Municipal ETF channel currently tracks 136 ETFs across 48 issuers,…
Tech and Large Growth Hit Overbought Territory as Asian Markets Surge
Macro Overview The global equity market exhibited broad strength during the recent session, with the Emerging Markets Index (EEM) serving as the primary outlier by advancing 2.03%. Developed equities also…
Synthetic Income Wins the Week as $273M Floods the Single-Stock ETF Channel
Weekly Channel Summary The single-stock ETF space continues to be a battleground for extreme tactical positioning. Across 15 issuers and 440 individual products, the channel now commands a staggering $44.88B…
Buffer ETFs Surge Past $90B AUM as May Resets Dominate Weekly Flows
Macro Summary & Product Growth The Buffer (Defined Outcome) ETF landscape continues to command significant capital, ending the week with total Assets Under Management (AUM) of $90.41B across 491 distinct…
Non-Traditional ETFs Steal the Show While Broad Markets Sleep
Macro Summary The market experienced a muted session overall, transacting $236.34B in total volume, which represents 91% of the 30-day average. Non-Traditional funds were the primary anomaly, drawing significant participation…
Tech Dominates Returns While Investors Buy the Energy Dip
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Sector & Industry ETF channel, encompassing 270 ETFs from 55 distinct issuers, currently manages a formidable $1,020.5B in total Assets Under Management (AUM). While the…
Weekly Specialty ETF Recap: Hedged Strategies Lead as Channel Crosses $16.3B AUM
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Specialty channel currently oversees $16.3B in total Assets Under Management (AUM) across 79 ETFs, managed by 54 different issuers. The channel experienced positive momentum this…
Thematic Pulse: $DRAM Dominates Flows While Gold Miners Cool Off
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Thematic channel encompasses 414 ETFs across 106 issuers, managing a robust $364B in total assets. This past week saw strong positive momentum with $6.05B in…
Factor Flavors: Serving Up U.S. Large Cap Synthetic Income
When you see an ETF with a juicy 8%, 10%, or even 12% yield, it's easy to think they're all created equal. They fall under a broad "factor" label—in this…
Small-Cap Value Shines with 2.50% Weekly Gain, Yet Investors Pull Over $4 Billion from Large-Cap Growth and Blend ETFs
Overall Market Snapshot The U.S. Size & Style ETF market, as of the week ending August 8, 2025, represents $6.357 trillion in Assets Under Management (AUM) across 881 funds from…
Unpacking the Many Tastes of Value
When an investor says they're buying a "Value" ETF, what do they really mean? The label implies a portfolio of underpriced stocks, but the simplicity of the name hides a…
The Lucrative Business of Single Stock ETFs
Single stock ETFs have exploded in popularity, offering investors targeted bets on the performance of individual companies. But just how big is this market, and who is winning the race…
Trading Volume Dips Below Average While Non-Traditional Assets Surge
Macro Summary Total market volume for the session reached $229.81B, trading at 87% of its…
New Launches Add Sparkle: Corgi Dominates with 35 New ETF Offerings Over Past Week
Issuer League Tables Note on Flow Volatility: Daily flow outliers may be driven by specialized…
Global Retreat: Equities and Crypto Slide Ahead of Crucial Friday Data
Macro Overview Global equities experienced a coordinated drawdown on May 7, led by a stark…
Non-Traditional ETFs Steal the Show While Broad Markets Sleep
Macro Summary The market experienced a muted session overall, transacting $236.34B in total volume, which…
Tech Dominates Returns While Investors Buy the Energy Dip
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Sector & Industry ETF channel, encompassing 270 ETFs from 55…
Weekly Specialty ETF Recap: Hedged Strategies Lead as Channel Crosses $16.3B AUM
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Specialty channel currently oversees $16.3B in total Assets Under Management…
Thematic Pulse: $DRAM Dominates Flows While Gold Miners Cool Off
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Thematic channel encompasses 414 ETFs across 106 issuers, managing a…