ETF Inflows & Outflows
Performance Leaders & Laggards
Source: ETF Action; flows and performance data as of 7/17/25; performance data excludes leveraged and inverse products
Weekly ETF Reads
Our 2025 ETF Predictions: A Midyear Review by Zachary Evens
“So far, 2025 has been another success story for the ETF industry.”
Inside the great ETF boom of 2025: ‘How do you navigate all this?’ by Christine Idzelis
“There’s so much variety and complexity of product out there.”
Vanguard Goes Big on Crypto, Thanks to the Index-Fund Boom It Unleashed by Vildana Hajric
“God has a sense of humor.”
AI & Robotics ETF Universe Grows, But QQQ Still the Preferred Choice for AI Trade by Aniket Ullal
“This issue of whether the AI trade broadens significantly beyond the Mag 7 will determine whether the specialized AI and robotics ETFs attract more investor interest.”
Invesco Aims to Unlock Hundreds of Millions in Profit From QQQ by Katie Greifeld
“They have basically been running this fund, which is the greatest ever, as a charity.”
ETF Post of the Week
Spot ether ETFs set a new record this week, with $727 million in inflows on Wednesday, nearly a year after their July 2024 debut. That surpassed the previous high of $429 million set in December. On Thursday, the category followed up with its second-best day ever, posting another $602 million. Friday? The fourth-best haul, $403 million.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House passed landmark stablecoin and digital asset market structure legislation. The stablecoin bill was signed into law on Friday by President Trump, signaling a shift toward broader regulatory clarity. Not only that, but SEC Chairman Paul Atkins recently remarked:
“Assets clearly are moving on chain. So if it can be tokenized, it will be tokenized.”
Ethereum is currently a major backbone of the stablecoin market and a front-runner to lead the tokenization of real-world assets and securities.
It appears that more ETF investors are starting to pay attention.
ETH finally moving: biggest ETF inflow on record pic.twitter.com/AfG7OTCZrq
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 17, 2025
ETF Chart(s) of the Week
Global ETF assets reached a new all-time high of nearly $17 trillion at the end of June, including a record $11.5 trillion in U.S.-listed ETFs.
The first half of the year also saw a record 1,308 new ETF launches worldwide, with 481 of them debuting in the U.S.
Seems like nearly every industry chart is “up and to the right”.
Source: ETFGI
ETF Prime Podcast
Last week’s ETF Prime featured Raymond Bridges, Managing Director of Bridges Capital, who discussed the strategy behind the Bridges Capital Tactical ETF (BDGS), emphasizing the importance of risk-adjusted performance and the value of active management. VettaFi’s Zeno Mercer examined the rapid evolution of healthcare technology and highlighted the ROBO Global Healthcare Technology & Innovation ETF (HTEC).
