ETF Flow Monitor

Thursday, 03 September 2026 · US$ creation / redemption flows over 20 sessions · 5 markets, no cross-market aggregate · methodology

Click any column header to sort. † = value unchanged >3 sessions (stale feed or low-turnover fund). % 52w Hi = price vs its highest close in the trailing 52 weeks. Percentile ranks each ETF's 20-day flow against its own history since 31 Dec 2020 (or the fund's inception, if later). Green = creation / near 52w high / RSI oversold; red = redemption / deep drawdown / RSI overbought.

US 5 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
SPDR S&P 500SPY	803.6	773.17	+1.05%	-0.6%	58.8	+4,646	66	1,039.4
Nasdaq 100QQQ	458.2	717.67	+1.19%	-3.8%	52.8	+4,866	85	638.4
Vanguard GrowthVUG	229.0	88.88	+1.46%	-1.6%	57.1	-926	5	2,576.5†
Vanguard ValueVTV	193.9	227.02	+0.71%	-0.2%	60.8	+110	21	854.1†
Vanguard Small-CapVB	81.0	299.85	+0.73%	-3.1%	47.1	+330	58	270.3†

International 16 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
FTSE EuropeVGK	30.8	91.74	+0.86%	-1.6%	52.4	-238	22	336.2†
MSCI EMEEM	29.3	67.47	+0.48%	-5.3%	56.6	-648	15	434.2
MSCI KoreaEWY	24.6	180.56	+0.95%	-17.6%	54.1	-1,522	2	136.5
MSCI JapanEWJ	22.2	97.90	+1.94%	-0.6%	62.3	-223	27	226.5
MSCI TaiwanEWT	10.4	110.13	+0.64%	-1.3%	63.8	-772	2	94.1
MSCI BrazilEWZ	9.3	38.13	+0.11%	-8.6%	72.8	-523	2	243.3
MSCI IndiaINDA	6.6	49.92	-0.10%	-9.7%	54.3	+43	63	131.2
MSCI ChinaMCHI	6.3	54.37	-0.31%	-18.8%	44.4	+162	70	115.1
Latin America 40ILF	3.9	36.35	+0.36%	-4.6%	68.7	-129	9	106.1
MSCI MexicoEWW	2.0	76.97	+0.98%	-5.2%	53.7	+10	56	25.7
MSCI AustraliaEWA	1.4	30.37	+1.13%	-0.2%	59.8	+5	68	46.7
MSCI SingaporeEWS	1.1	34.29	+0.26%	+0.0%	64.1	-60	4	30.7
MSCI IndonesiaEIDO	0.5	13.22	+1.69%	-31.2%	65.1	-12	31	37.0
MSCI ThailandTHD	0.4	73.14	+1.44%	-2.5%	51.3	+3	67	5.1
MSCI MalaysiaEWM	0.3	28.29	+0.71%	-7.0%	50.6	+4	70	11.5
MSCI PhilippinesEPHE	0.1	24.40	+0.74%	-14.0%	40.3	+9	87	5.8

US & Global Sectors 17 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
Technology SelectXLK	121.1	185.97	+1.29%	-6.2%	53.3	-1,192	3	651.3
VanEck SemiconductorSMH	68.4	552.60	+0.39%	-17.4%	45.6	+2,163	97	123.7
Financials SelectXLF	55.4	58.56	+1.56%	+0.0%	60.6	-4,600	0	945.4
Health Care SelectXLV	45.0	173.26	+0.18%	-1.4%	61.4	-154	42	259.7
Energy SelectXLE	42.4	64.62	-0.74%	-0.7%	67.6	+161	66	656.1
Industrials SelectXLI	32.1	174.56	+1.03%	-6.4%	36.5	+396	74	183.9†
Comm Svcs SelectXLC	22.9	113.38	+0.85%	-5.6%	56.8	-102	38	201.6
Cons Disc SelectXLY	22.6	116.46	+1.39%	-6.5%	49.4	-471	21	194.4
Utilities SelectXLU	22.3	43.03	+0.84%	-9.8%	43.2	-90	35	518.9
Cons Staples SelectXLP	14.5	85.26	-0.32%	-5.3%	49.0	-188	37	170.4
BiotechnologyIBB	9.2	213.81	+0.00%	-1.5%	64.1	-1,030	0	43.1
Materials SelectXLB	8.7	52.62	-0.62%	-2.0%	51.0	+107	61	164.5
Real Estate SelectXLRE	8.3	44.25	+1.19%	-3.8%	43.7	-204	8	187.8
Global HealthcareIXJ	4.1	106.05	+0.33%	-1.3%	60.4	-188	5	38.7
Global EnergyIXC	2.9	58.91	-0.49%	-0.5%	66.3	-139	11	48.9†
Global IndustrialsEXI	1.4	197.16	+1.42%	-4.7%	42.9	+77	92	7.3
Global FinancialsIXG	0.7	137.00	+1.68%	+0.0%	64.7	-0	42	5.1

Thematics 12 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
SPDR GoldGLD	132.7	410.22	+1.85%	-17.3%	54.8	-4,643	3	323.6
Roundhill MemoryDRAM	24.5	55.99	-0.39%	-30.6%	50.2	-1,445	14	436.8
Gold MinersGDX	23.6	101.49	+3.95%	-12.4%	62.3	-3,751	1	232.0
Copper MinersCOPX	7.5	91.25	+1.50%	-5.4%	55.7	-303	5	81.6
Global X Defense TechSHLD	7.1	63.75	+1.01%	-18.3%	39.6	+443	86	110.9
UraniumURA	5.6	45.70	+3.11%	-26.1%	53.7	-206	2	122.9
China InternetKWEB	5.5	25.54	-0.62%	-40.5%	35.3	+574	83	217.3
Robotics & AIBOTZ	3.4	35.81	+1.76%	-14.0%	47.6	+189	97	94.1
Global Clean EnergyICLN	2.3	17.63	+1.50%	-25.8%	45.1	+93	84	132.8
ROBO Global RoboticsROBO	2.0	79.77	+1.15%	-11.7%	43.9	+132	98	25.2
Lithium & BatteryLIT	1.5	74.46	+0.27%	-18.7%	49.4	-35	39	20.3
Tema Space InnovatorsNASA	—	23.23	+1.66%	-44.5%	42.6	+69	42	—

Fixed Income 4 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
Total BondBND	397.2	71.93	+0.14%	-4.3%	40.5	+996	29	5,522.4
Total Intl BondBNDX	122.9	47.40	+0.32%	-5.0%	39.1	+1,452	89	2,593.1
0-3M TreasurySGOV	100.0	100.43	+0.01%	-0.3%	35.1	+30	23	995.3
10-20Y TreasuryTLH	10.9	96.50	+0.18%	-8.4%	43.8	+112	58	112.5

Commentary

Here is today's ETF flow briefing for Thursday, 03 September 2026.

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## Cross-Asset ETF Flow Briefing — 03 Sep 2026

1. Tape
US equity tone is constructively risk-on: large-cap growth leads (QQQ +1.19%, VUG +1.46%), though value and small-caps trail. International markets are broadly green but flows remain selectively negative, with notable redemption pressure on Korea, Taiwan, EM, and LatAm; fixed income saw creations in international bonds, suggesting some residual haven demand running alongside the equity bid.

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2. Strongest Creations
- SMH (Semis, p97): $2.16B in over 20 sessions at the 97th percentile despite a modest +0.39% day — investors are structurally accumulating semis on any dip, likely driven by AI capex optimism.
- ROBO / BOTZ (Robotics & AI, p98 / p97): Both robotics funds simultaneously at their highest-ever creation percentiles — rare confirmation of a conviction build, not a one-fund fluke.
- EPHE (Philippines, p87): Quiet but consistent — the highest creation percentile in EM single-countries, consistent with the broader rotation into Southeast Asia ex-China.

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3. Heaviest Redemptions
- XLF (US Financials, p0): $4.6B out over 20 sessions at the absolute zero percentile — the largest and most extreme single-sector outflow on the board, even as the sector posts +1.56% today. Structural repositioning, not panic selling.
- GDX (Gold Miners, p1): $3.75B in redemptions despite GLD itself +1.85% and GDX surging +3.95% today. Classic sell-the-rip behavior in miners; investors taking profits into strength.
- EWY / EWT (Korea & Taiwan, both p2): Combined ~$2.3B gone. Flows contradict the price action (+0.95%/+0.64%); geopolitical hedging and profit-taking dominate.

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4. Overbought / Oversold
- EWZ (Brazil): RSI 73 — overbought. ILF (LatAm) at RSI 69, approaching the threshold.
- XLI (US Industrials): RSI 36 — approaching oversold despite solid +1.03% price gain and strong p74 inflows; potential catch-up play.
- KWEB (China Internet): RSI 35 — near oversold, yet p83 creations. Dip-buyers are already moving in.

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5. Theme of the Day
Robotics / AI infrastructure convergence. BOTZ and ROBO hit p97/p98 creations simultaneously. SMH draws p97 inflows. EXI (Global Industrials) posts p92 creations. The market is wiring together semis → automation → industrial buildout as one coherent AI capex trade, spanning US sectors and global industrials in a single session.

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6. New ETF Launches
Two relevant items this week:
Defiance ETFs filed for a 2X short TSM product on August 26, then launched the Defiance Global Foundries ETF (AIFR) on September 1, 2026 — a long fund tracking the global semiconductor foundry industry at a 0.71% expense ratio.
Additionally,
BlackRock filed to delay until September 10, 2026 the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares Future Robotics and Related Technologies Active ETF
— imminent given the robotics flow surge.

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7. Watchlist
Watch XLF on Friday: financials gained +1.56% today yet just printed a p0 outflow over 20 sessions — if tomorrow's tape holds or improves, any flow reversal or short-covering in XLF would signal whether the sector redemption is structural repositioning or a washout bottom.

ETF Flow Monitor · Flow 20d = Σ Δ(units)×avg(price) over 20 sessions, US$m · Percentile = PERCENTRANK.INC vs each ETF's own history since 31 Dec 2020 (or inception) · RSI 14d Wilder (Bloomberg-consistent) · AUM = shares×price.
Generated 04 Sep 2026 06:00 SGT. Market-monitoring tool, not investment advice.