The Weekly ETF Market Monitor (August 31- September 4, 2026)

According to data by Trackinsight, U.S.-listed ETFs saw mixed flows during the week, with fixed income ETFs attracting $13.7 billion, while equity ETFs recorded $8.3 billion in net outflows. Multi-asset ETFs added $2.5 billion, commodities gathered $2.2 billion and cryptocurrency ETFs attracted $984.2 million.

Energy led sector ETF inflows with $829.3 million, followed by Financials ($627.7M), while Information Technology recorded the largest sector outflow at $2.95 billion. Energy also led sector performance with a 2.06% gain.

Developed Markets equity ETFs attracted $2.47 billion, followed by Emerging Markets ($816.9M) and World exposures ($694.3M). U.S.-focused equity ETFs, meanwhile, recorded $10.73 billion in outflows.

Brazil led geographic performance with a 6.64% gain.

Cryptocurrency themes topped thematic inflows with $1.0 billion, followed by Artificial Intelligence & Big Data ($369.0M) and Global Infrastructure ($331.6M). Government Investment Grade ETFs led fixed income flows with $6.25 billion, while gold dominated commodity flows with $2.06 billion.

Vanguard led all issuers with $22.23 billion in net inflows, followed by Schwab ETFs ($1.82B), Dimensional ($1.53B), State Street Investment Management ($1.47B) and J.P. Morgan Asset Management ($1.42B).

At the fund level, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) topped the inflow rankings with $16.27 billion, followed by the State Street SPDR UC Investments 90/10 Endowment Strategy Index ETF (UCBG) with $2.52 billion (seed money), the iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV) with $2.03 billion and the State Street SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) with $1.35 billion.

The iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) recorded the week's largest outflow at $17.15 billion.

The week's strongest ETF performance came from Zcash, shipping, oil and crypto-related strategies.

The Zcash ETF (ZCSH) surged 30.67%, followed by the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET) at 17.29%, the USCF Oil Plus Bitcoin Strategy Fund (WTIB) at 12.96%, the Grayscale Bitcoin Miners ETF (MNRS) at 11.08% and the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF (WGMI) at 10.95%.