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ETF Industry KPIs – 12/18/2023

This week, the industry experienced 23 ETF launches and 11 closures, shifting the 1-year Open-to-Close ratio to 2.09 and total US ETFs to 3,378.

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By ETF Think Tank · December 18, 2023
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ETF Industry KPIs – 12/18/2023
  • This week, the industry experienced 23 ETF launches and 11 closures, shifting the 1-year Open-to-Close ratio to 2.09 and total US ETFs to 3,378.
  • US ETF Assets have crossed $8 Trillion for the first time! It has been 110 weeks since we crossed the $7 Trillion mark for the first time on November 7, 2021. In fact, US ETF Assets surged from $5 Trillion to $7 Trillion in one year, from November 2020 to November 2021. Since then, it has been a turbulent ride to $8 Trillion.
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  • Referencing the chart below, assets generally trailed from January 2021 to October 2022, where they bottomed out around $5.94 Trillion.
  • Since October 16, 2022, assets have increased $2.09 Trillion in 61 weeks.
  • The most recent upswing in assets has been $1.04 Trillion in 7 weeks, since October 29, 2023. As portrayed by the graph below, this is the steepest increase in assets for the 6+ week span in the last two years.A close second is last year around this time (10/16/2022 – 12/4/2022) with $0.86 Trillion over the 8 week period.

  • The tracked indexes experienced similar great performances last week. The Toroso ETF Industry Index was up 5.90% while the S&P Financial Select Sector Index trailed at 3.60%.

ETF Launches

AB Conservative Buffer ETF (ticker: BUFC)
AB Core Plus Bond ETF (ticker: CPLS)
AB Corporate Bond ETF (ticker: EYEG)
AB Tax-Aware Intermediate Municipal ETF (ticker: TAFM)
AB Tax-Aware Long Municipal ETF (ticker: TAFL)
BlackRock Total Return ETF (ticker: BRTR)
Defiance Israel Bond ETF (ticker: CHAI)
FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF – December (ticker: XIDE)
FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – December (ticker: GDEC)
InfraCap Small Cap Income ETF (ticker: SCAP)
JPMorgan Global Bond Opportunities ETF (ticker: JPGB)
Natixis Gateway Quality Income ETF (ticker: GQI)
Themes Cloud Computing ETF (ticker: CLOD)
Themes European Luxury ETF (ticker: FINE)
Themes Global Systemically Important Banks ETF (ticker: GSIB)
Themes Gold Miners ETF (ticker: AUMI)
Themes Natural Monopoly ETF (ticker: CZAR)
Themes US Cash Flow Champions ETF (ticker: USCF)
Themes US R&D Champions ETF (ticker: USRD)
Themes US Small Cap Cash Flow Champions ETF (ticker: SMCF)
Touchstone Dynamic International ETF (ticker: TDI)
Vanguard Core Bond ETF (ticker: VCRB)
Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (ticker: CA)

ETF Closures

ETC Gavekal Asia Pacific Government Bond ETF (ticker: AGOV)
IQ Chaikin US Large Cap ETF (ticker: CLRG)
IQ Real Return ETF (ticker: CPI)
IQ Global Resources ETF (ticker: GRES)
IQ MacKay Multi-Sector Income ETF (ticker: MMSB)
IQ US Mid Cap R&D Leaders ETF (ticker: MRND)
UBS ETRACS NYSE® PicknsCore Midstream™ ETN (ticker: PYPE)
Kelly Hotel & Lodging Sector ETF (ticker: HOTL)
Kelly Residential & Apartment Real Estate ETF (ticker: RESI)
Kelly CRISPR & Gene Editing Technology ETF (ticker: XDNA)
Cabana Target Drawdown 5 ETF (ticker: TDSA)

Fund/Ticker Changes

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TETF.Index Performance vs. S&P Financial Select Sector Index
(as of December 15, 2023)

TETF.Index Performance vs. Other Leading Financial Indices
(March 31, 2017 through December 15, 2023)

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