In this week’s ETFs & Markets video ETF Strategist Todd Sohn discusses record ETF flows, the active ETF boom, the progression of active management within ETFs, investors confrontation with concentration, & leverage into year-end.

Definitions:

Equity ETF – An ETF that invests primarily in stocks, providing exposure to a broad market or specific sectors.

Fixed income ETF – An ETF that invests in bonds or other debt instruments, offering income and diversification.

Non-traditional ETF – An ETF that uses alternative strategies such as leverage, inverse exposure, or active management instead of simple index tracking.

Commodity ETF – An ETF that provides exposure to physical commodities or commodity futures like gold, oil, or agricultural products.

Cryptocurrency ETF – An ETF that tracks the performance of digital assets such as Bitcoin or Ethereum through futures or direct holdings.

Actively managed – A fund where managers select securities to try to outperform a benchmark rather than passively tracking an index.

S&P 500 – A widely used stock market index that tracks 500 large-cap U.S. companies across multiple sectors.

Levered long – An investment strategy or ETF that uses leverage to amplify exposure to an index, aiming for a multiple of its daily return.

Inverse ETF – An ETF designed to deliver the opposite daily performance of its underlying index, often used for hedging or short-term bets.

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