The ETF Educator

ETF Inflows & Outflows - Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) led weekly inflows with $4,647 million, while SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) experienced the largest outflow of $1,982 million [1] - Year-to-date, VOO also topped inflows with $89,101 million, contrasting with SPY's outflows of $28,433 million [2] Performance Leaders & Laggards - YieldMax AMD Option Income Strategy ETF (AMDY) showed a year-to-date performance of 65.50%, while YieldMax GME Option Income Strategy ETF (GMEY) declined by 10.05% [3] - CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF (WGMI) led with a 159.44% year-to-date increase, while YieldMax Al Option Income Strategy ETF (AIYY) fell by 45.18% [4] ETF Market Trends - September 2025 saw a record 115 ETF launches, a 55% increase from August, bringing the total for the year to 781 [5] - 16 ETFs gathered over $10 billion in new money in 2025, indicating strong market interest [5] Gold and Crypto ETFs - Investors are increasingly flocking to gold ETFs, reversing a trend of $23 billion in outflows over the past four years [7] - The iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) is on track to surpass $100 billion in assets under management, achieving this milestone in under 450 days [8][9] Leveraged ETFs - One in every four new ETFs launched in the past six months is leveraged, with over 70 leveraged ETFs filed with the SEC on October 3 alone [10][11] - Leveraged ETFs account for roughly 1% of total ETF assets under management but represent over 12% of total ETF trading volume, indicating a shift in trading behavior [11]