Investors poured $210 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs in June, pushing year-to-date inflows to $1 trillion, with inflows expected to hit $2 trillion in 2026 if the current pace continues.<\/p>\n
U.S. equity funds did most of the heavy lifting for the month, gaining $103 billion. Fixed income funds followed with $46 billion, international equity ETFs added $37 billion, and leveraged products added $15 billion. The two categories in the red were commodities, which lost $6 billion, and currency ETFs, which lost $4.6 billion.<\/p>\n
The background was strong. U.S. stocks rose to new records in the second quarter after hitting a one-year low at the end of the first quarter as a war involving Iran, Israel and the U.S. rattled markets. Mid-year, the S&P 500 is up more than 10% and the Nasdaq-100 is up more than 20%. <\/p>\n
International stocks also fared well, rising about 14%, while bonds rose marginally. <\/p>\n
IVV, DRAM Lead <\/h2>\n
Flow data obtained by FactSet showed iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)<\/strong><\/a> at the top of the June leaderboard.<\/p>\n He was immediately behind him Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM)<\/strong><\/a>a breakout hit that became one of the fastest growing ETFs of all time. The fund raised nearly $10 billion in the month, increasing its assets by more than $25 billion. Another AI winner, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX)<\/strong><\/a>raised $4.1 billion. <\/p>\n The returns for both ETFs were excellent. SOXX is up 113% this year, most of that in the second quarter, and DRAM is up 166% since launching in April. <\/p>\n Other standouts on the inflow side are included iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF (IALT)<\/strong><\/a>which received $4.3 billion in exemplary portfolio or institutional distributions. The iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV)<\/strong><\/a> added nearly $4 billion, making it June’s biggest fixed-income winner.<\/p>\n The column of outflows was headed by v iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (EFV)<\/strong><\/a>which lost $5.6 billion. The ETF has gained 10% in the first half of the year, which is respectable but lags behind the broader international category. <\/p>\n Another fund of value, iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE)<\/strong><\/a>gave up $5.4 billion despite being one of the top performers of any fund this year, up 47% thanks to timely stakes in Micron and Cisco, two technology names that have soared.<\/p>\n Completing the list of June outflows iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)<\/strong><\/a> and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)<\/strong><\/a>which lost $3.4 and $3.2 billion. Both Bitcoin and Gold had a rough year, down 33% and 7% respectively.<\/p>\n A complete list of the largest inflows and outflows for June and for 2026 to date is provided in the tables below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ETF investment instruments Investors poured $210 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs in June, pushing year-to-date inflows to $1 trillion, with inflows expected to hit $2 trillion in 2026 if the current pace continues. U.S. equity funds did most of the heavy lifting for the month, gaining $103 billion. Fixed income funds followed with $46 billion, international …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[933,936,937,89,935,934],"class_list":["post-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asset-management","tag-blackrock","tag-bond-etf","tag-inc","tag-ishares-russell-2000-etf","tag-wealth-management"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Other winners and losers <\/h2>\n