ETFs archive
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- The Tape
Crypto ETF flows are the durability test for Bitcoin's bounce
Treasury buybacks and short covering ignited the rally; the next few weeks of ETF flow reports will show whether the bid is durable.
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- The Tape
CCNR's 27.71% return is a pitch for the wrapper, not the cycle
Fresh inflows show investors are paying for a manager's ability to rotate inside a fragmented commodity market.
- Active
XLEI's 20% yield is a war premium with a cap
State Street's energy covered-call fund pays for its distribution by giving away upside, the same trade that left its tech sibling trailing its benchmark.
- Passive & Indexing
The Treasury twist gives duration ETFs a tailwind
A supply-timing move, not a deficit fix, steers the long-end trade toward the wrapper.
- Passive & Indexing
Robot Demand's Next Wave Is Everywhere but Autos
Non-auto sectors now drive robot adoption, and thematic ETFs are the hook for an automation cycle that may only be starting.
- Launches
Northern Trust extends its distributing ladder suite to 2056
Eight new TIPS and muni funds pay principal annually and liquidate at maturity, testing the case for a bond ladder with a stop date.
- Issuers
Buy, don't build: the ETF landgrab's clearest answer
Record issuer counts and income-driven flows push asset managers toward M&A; the next consolidation wave likely turns on distribution.
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- Issuers
Private credit's ETF wrapper runs on equity swaps
The PCR ETF delivers private-credit yield through listed BDC and closed-end fund holdings plus a long/short equity swap hedge, but in a downturn the derivatives layer, not the loan book, will set its daily price.
- The Tape
SDSI's Yield Math Beats Its Distribution History
The active short-duration fund's 5.9% yield to maturity is the forward-looking number; its 4.7% distribution rate only describes the past.
- The Tape
Energy ETFs bleed $244M during a 16% rally
Canadian investors banked the best sector pop of July, routing new cash to broad-market and international funds.
- Passive & Indexing
European equity ETFs catch the rotation's tailwind
Flows into VGK, IEUR, BBEU and OPPE are repricing European funds for their industrial, financial and infrastructure overweights.
- Passive & Indexing
COPY's insider-buying filter is a value edge
The Tweedy, Browne active ETF screens for insider purchases and buybacks; its 20.30% YTD gain is a strong start, but the screen is unproven over a full cycle.
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- Issuers
XLKI's 19.7% yield comes with an upside cap
State Street's premium income tech ETF cushioned the AI selloff with a 19.7% payout, but its return since inception trails XLK by 11.9% — the honest cost of converting volatility into cash.
- Launches
Guggenheim expands active income suite with two ETFs
The covered-call equity fund and the CLO fund land at 35 basis points, widening Guggenheim's post-GISC platform into two more income sleeves.
- Issuers
VictoryShares' FCF pair crosses $10B and $1B
Two free-cash-flow ETFs crossed the thresholds on the same day, suggesting advisors are buying the screen, not the style box.
- Active
T. Rowe Price Looks Beyond Chips for AI's Next Winners
Portfolio managers see the next AI beneficiaries in healthcare, robotics, financials, and industrials—a message built for the firm's active ETFs.
- Issuers
Gold's 14% month hands WisdomTree an active-ETF moment
GDE is up nearly 15% alongside bullion, but the sponsored case leans on forecasts and the fund's equity sleeve has to prove itself once the metal stops moving.
- The Tape
The $1.23 trillion record is narrower than it looks
The record haul through July belongs mostly to equities and three firms, while active funds surge and commodities sit in the red.
- The Tape
Distribution is Europe's new ETF weapon
Mintos's €1 zero-fee shelf makes the app the place where European retail ETF flows are won.
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- Issuers
Distribution is the new ETF product in Europe
Mintos's €1, zero-fee ETF shelf points to where the next European growth will be won — in the app.
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- Passive & Indexing
Job openings are the robotics trade's leading indicator
A 94% correlation between factory job openings and robot installations a year later makes U.S. automation demand forecastable and sets physical-AI exposure apart from the slower humanoid story.
- The Tape
Volatility, not fees, drives the investor gap
Morningstar's Mind the Gap data shows investor shortfalls concentrate where volatility runs highest, and cheap funds cannot fix behavior.
- The Tape
The AI trade is rewriting thematic ETF mandates
The AI power trade now runs through crypto, commodity, and critical-minerals ETFs.
- The Tape
Tariff confusion pushed 200,000 tons of copper into U.S. ports in July
Copper's summer rally reflects tariff timing as well as AI demand. Sprott's COPP holds both the metal and the miners.
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- Issuers
State Street adds proxy voting choice to S&P 500 UCITS ETF
Proxy voting choice comes to SPYL, State Street's S&P 500 UCITS ETF.
- Launches
ChinaAMC lists Asia's first spot Solana ETF on HKEX
The new Solana fund expands Hong Kong's virtual asset ETF lineup beyond bitcoin and ether.
- Active
KORP, American Century's active corporate bond ETF, nears $1 billion
The American Century fund has stacked up nearly $200 million in six months, a sign that investors will pay 29 basis points for active credit management.
- Issuers
ALPS pitches SDOG as the value gap persists after July
The equal-weight dividend fund's backers make their case on a 19.5-turn valuation spread that July's rotation didn't close.
- Launches
Global X lists a NYSE 100 UCITS ETF on London and Xetra
An exclusive ICE license backs a UCITS fund holding 100 US-listed tech and tech-enabled growth companies.
- Launches
Vanguard files three UCITS ETFs to fill out its global equity range
The new funds fill gaps in Vanguard's low-cost global equity range and will list on five European exchanges.
- The Tape
WGMI's 80% mandate now runs from bitcoin miners to AI power
The fund's new investment policy formalizes the miners' pivot to data center hosting — and changes what investors own.
- The Tape
Goldman sees a $2 trillion ETF year, active money leading
Goldman Sachs expects $2 trillion in 2026 U.S. ETF inflows, with active strategies and model portfolios supplying much of the new money.
- Active
IAUI's play: gold income without bonds as 30-year yields hit 19-year high
ETF Trends pitches the gold-income fund as a way to collect income without bonds while 30-year Treasury yields sit at a 19-year high, and Neos shareholders weigh Goldman's acquisition.
- Launches
BMO and REX Shares launch 3x country leverage in six ETNs
Six long and short notes tracking Brazil, Japan, and Taiwan begin trading Thursday, each aiming for three times a VettaFi index's daily move.
- Issuers
Neos shareholder vote decides Goldman's $2.25 billion ETF deal
Goldman's second ETF acquisition of the year would buy four-year-old Neos for up to $2.25 billion, pending a proxy vote.
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- Active
ETF market splits into two camps over fees
A midyear FactSet report finds a 0.03% index-fund core and a growing minority paying up for active bond managers.
- The Tape
Bond ETFs pull in $13.2B as ballast beats curve risk
Weekly fixed-income flows concentrated in high-quality, short-duration strategies, leaving riskier credit on the sidelines.
- Passive & Indexing
The case for international value ETFs is missing its numbers
A content-hub article pitches insider-led international value, with ICPY up 12.87%. It never proves the neglect.
- Launches
VanEck lists Europe's first semiconductor ETF across four exchanges
The $4bn US chip strategy reaches London, Frankfurt and Milan in a UCITS wrapper, with a 10% cap that can drift between rebalances.
- Issuers
State Street says Trump Accounts default to SPYM
The 0.02% S&P 500 fund gets the automatic core slot in an account program whose structure remains undisclosed.