Oil and Energy Funds Spike on Otherwise Quiet Trading Day
Macro Summary The market experienced a distinctly muted trading session…
Daily ETF Flows: Tech Rotates, Gold Shines, and Leveraged Semiconductors Surge
Issuer League Tables Note on Flow Volatility: Daily flow outliers…
Industrials and Tech Lead the Session Amidst a Sharp Drop in Crude Oil
Macro Overview Global equities posted broad gains during the session,…
Yield Curve Shifts and Energy Drawdowns Drive Today’s ETF Volumes
Macro Summary The market concluded the session with a balanced…
Equities Surge by $6.8B as SPDR Takes the Lead
Issuer League Tables Note on Flow Volatility: Daily flow outliers…
Growth and EM Lead the Charge in Broad Tuesday Advance
Macro Overview The broad global equity landscape posted significant advances…
Energy Rules Again: Sector Posts 5.6% Weekly Gain as YTD Returns Top 38%
Weekly Channel Summary The Sector & Industry ETF channel currently…
Lithium Miners Lead Gains While Cannabis and Crypto ETFs Slump
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Thematic ETF channel currently consists…
Alpha Architect Captures $27M as Specialty Channel AUM Hits $15.2B
Weekly Channel Summary The EQ: Specialty channel currently oversees $15.2B…
Defined Maturity Leads the Charge in FI Specialty ETFs
Weekly Channel Summary The FI: Specialty ETF channel currently encompasses…
Weekly Muni ETF Recap: Short Duration Shines, High Yield Stumbles
Weekly Channel Summary The FI: Municipal ETF channel currently oversees…
Taxable Fixed Income Weekly: $4.7B Inflows & Ultrashort Dominance
Weekly Channel Summary The FI: Taxable ETF channel currently holds…
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…
USCF Featured Insight: Why is the Strait of Hormuz So Important to World Oil Supply
The following is a summary of USCF's Blog post: Why is the Strait of Hormuz so Important to World Oil…
Stance Capital’s Featured Insight
The following is a summary of Stance Capital's " The Concentration Trap: How Index Funds Amplify Market Risk" Report Title:…
Harbor Capital’s Subadvisor, Quantix Commodities, Featured Insight
The following is a summary of Quantix Commodities Q4 2025 Newsletter The New World Order: Why Commodities are Reclaiming Center…
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…