ETF Flow Monitor

Friday, 04 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	808.8	770.19	-0.39%	-1.0%	55.6	+11,660	87	1,050.1
Nasdaq 100QQQ	489.9	718.96	+0.18%	-3.6%	53.6	+34,010	100	681.3
Vanguard GrowthVUG	227.9	88.45	-0.48%	-2.0%	54.4	-926	5	2,576.5†
Vanguard ValueVTV	193.4	226.46	-0.25%	-0.5%	58.0	+110	21	854.1†
Vanguard Small-CapVB	81.1	300.01	+0.05%	-3.0%	47.4	+330	58	270.3†

International 16 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
MSCI EMEEM	31.8	68.70	+1.82%	-3.5%	62.4	+966	90	462.5
FTSE EuropeVGK	30.8	91.74	+0.00%	-1.6%	52.4	-238	22	336.2†
MSCI KoreaEWY	29.0	188.87	+4.60%	-13.8%	60.1	+896	94	153.5
MSCI JapanEWJ	22.8	98.28	+0.39%	-0.2%	63.7	+290	77	231.7
MSCI TaiwanEWT	12.0	112.18	+1.86%	+0.0%	67.7	+668	99	106.8
MSCI BrazilEWZ	8.1	37.86	-0.71%	-9.3%	69.3	-1,698	0	214.4
MSCI IndiaINDA	6.7	49.91	-0.02%	-9.7%	54.2	+215	83	135.2
MSCI ChinaMCHI	6.4	54.91	+0.99%	-18.0%	50.5	+221	75	116.4
Latin America 40ILF	3.8	36.07	-0.77%	-5.3%	64.5	-144	7	106.2
MSCI MexicoEWW	1.8	76.63	-0.44%	-5.7%	51.5	-149	12	23.6
MSCI AustraliaEWA	1.3	30.23	-0.46%	-0.7%	57.1	-81	16	43.9
MSCI SingaporeEWS	1.3	34.57	+0.82%	+0.0%	66.9	+143	100	36.4
MSCI IndonesiaEIDO	0.5	13.06	-1.21%	-32.0%	60.0	-1	49	38.0
MSCI ThailandTHD	0.3	73.39	+0.34%	-2.2%	52.8	-22	12	4.7
MSCI MalaysiaEWM	0.3	28.15	-0.49%	-7.5%	48.2	-1	33	11.5
MSCI PhilippinesEPHE	0.1	24.25	-0.61%	-14.5%	38.1	+16	93	6.1

US & Global Sectors 17 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
Technology SelectXLK	121.9	187.28	+0.70%	-5.5%	55.3	-715	10	651.0
VanEck SemiconductorSMH	69.6	567.01	+2.61%	-15.2%	51.1	+1,797	95	122.7
Financials SelectXLF	55.0	58.10	-0.79%	-0.8%	55.5	-4,264	1	946.8
Health Care SelectXLV	44.6	171.45	-1.04%	-2.4%	55.6	-234	38	260.2
Energy SelectXLE	42.2	64.06	-0.87%	-1.6%	63.1	+304	70	658.3
Industrials SelectXLI	32.2	175.27	+0.41%	-6.0%	38.9	+396	74	183.9†
Comm Svcs SelectXLC	22.6	112.03	-1.19%	-6.7%	51.8	-85	39	201.7
Utilities SelectXLU	22.4	43.08	+0.12%	-9.7%	43.9	+19	44	520.1
Cons Disc SelectXLY	22.3	114.91	-1.33%	-7.7%	44.6	-536	18	194.0
Cons Staples SelectXLP	14.5	84.58	-0.80%	-6.0%	45.2	-158	40	171.1
BiotechnologyIBB	10.4	211.92	-0.88%	-2.3%	60.5	+283	94	49.0
Materials SelectXLB	8.6	52.44	-0.34%	-2.3%	49.5	+58	56	164.8
Real Estate SelectXLRE	8.3	43.93	-0.72%	-4.5%	40.1	-196	8	188.0
Global HealthcareIXJ	4.2	104.90	-1.08%	-2.4%	54.5	-6	38	40.4
Global EnergyIXC	2.9	58.41	-0.85%	-1.3%	61.6	-139	11	48.9†
Global IndustrialsEXI	1.4	197.38	+0.11%	-4.6%	43.5	+49	86	7.3
Global FinancialsIXG	0.7	136.20	-0.58%	-0.6%	60.6	-6	38	5.1

Thematics 12 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
SPDR GoldGLD	151.6	406.77	-0.84%	-18.0%	52.4	+15,414	100	372.6
Gold MinersGDX	29.9	99.26	-2.20%	-14.3%	58.4	-3,684	1	300.9
Roundhill MemoryDRAM	27.7	59.69	+6.61%	-26.1%	57.1	-877	17	464.7
Copper MinersCOPX	8.4	90.66	-0.65%	-6.0%	54.3	+634	97	92.5
Global X Defense TechSHLD	7.2	62.98	-1.21%	-19.3%	36.9	+652	91	113.6
UraniumURA	6.5	46.06	+0.79%	-25.5%	55.0	+639	100	140.4
China InternetKWEB	5.2	26.05	+2.00%	-39.3%	43.2	+91	56	199.8
Robotics & AIBOTZ	3.5	35.95	+0.39%	-13.6%	48.8	+224	98	96.0
Global Clean EnergyICLN	2.2	17.77	+0.79%	-25.2%	47.8	-64	30	123.7
ROBO Global RoboticsROBO	2.1	80.57	+1.00%	-10.8%	47.4	+152	99	25.9
Lithium & BatteryLIT	1.6	74.18	-0.38%	-19.0%	48.2	+92	86	22.1
Tema Space InnovatorsNASA	—	23.52	+1.25%	-43.9%	44.8	+69	41	—

Fixed Income 4 ETFs

ETF	AUM $bn	Price $	1d Chg	% 52w Hi	RSI 14d	Flow 20d $m	Pctile	Sh out m
Total BondBND	399.2	71.95	+0.03%	-4.3%	41.0	+4,130	99	5,548.0
Total Intl BondBNDX	123.4	47.45	+0.11%	-4.9%	41.3	+2,033	98	2,601.3
0-3M TreasurySGOV	106.0	100.47	+0.04%	-0.2%	40.5	+6,058	98	1,055.2
10-20Y TreasuryTLH	11.0	96.61	+0.11%	-8.3%	45.0	+234	74	114.3

Commentary

Here is the Friday 04 September 2026 ETF Flow Briefing:

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## 1. Tape

Risk appetite is split rather than uniform. US equity tone is mixed — mega-cap tech (QQQ) edges green on record inflows, but broad equity and sectors sell off softly; commodities (gold, copper, uranium) and EM Asia lead non-US creations while LatAm bleeds. Fixed income flows are strongly positive across the board, consistent with some residual defensive hedging running alongside the equity rally.

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## 2. Strongest Creations

- QQQ — 20d flow at p100, +$34bn. The single largest absolute creation in the dataset. Pure concentrated mega-cap tech conviction; likely index/systematic rebalancing amplifying directional bias.
- GLD — 20d flow at p100, +$15.4bn. Gold at all-time dollar levels attracting record allocations. Flight-to-store-of-value demand is running in parallel with equity risk-on — a warning that macro unease hasn't gone away.
- EWT (Taiwan) — 20d flow at p99, +$668m. EWY (Korea) close behind at p94. Asia semis corridor getting heavily bid; foundry and memory cycles both being monetised simultaneously.

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## 3. Heaviest Redemptions

- EWZ (Brazil) — 20d flow at p0, -$1.7bn. A complete washout — worst percentile rank in the entire dataset. BRL pressure and fiscal concerns driving structural redemptions despite LatAm equity holding up.
- XLF (Financials) — 20d flow at p1, -$4.3bn. Near-record sector outflow. Suggests rate-path anxiety or rotation away from financials ahead of expected macro data.
- GDX (Gold Miners) — 20d flow at p1, -$3.7bn. Investors are buying the metal (GLD at p100) but dumping the equity leverage play. Classic rotation: prefer bullion certainty over miner execution risk.

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## 4. Overbought / Oversold

- EWZ RSI 69 — approaching overbought despite maximum redemptions; price/flow divergence is a red flag.
- EWT RSI 68, EWS RSI 67 — both near overbought; Taiwan and Singapore running hot on momentum.
- XLI RSI 39, SHLD RSI 37, XLRE RSI 40 — Industrials, defense tech, and real estate all flirting with oversold territory despite creations into SHLD (p91) — a bullish divergence worth watching in defense.

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## 5. Theme of the Day

AI memory = the cross-market spine. SMH (+2.6%, p95 flows), EWY (+4.6%, p94), EWT (+1.9%, p99), BOTZ (p98), ROBO (p99), and KSMH (recent launch) all receiving simultaneous creations. The HBM/memory upcycle is being expressed across US semis, Korean and Taiwanese country ETFs, and robotics thematics in a single coordinated move — with GLD and fixed income flows suggesting investors are hedging macro risk around the same trade.

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## 6. New ETF Launches

Three relevant launches this week:

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AIFR – Defiance Global Foundries ETF launched September 1, 2026, tracking the global semiconductor foundry industry at a 0.71% expense ratio
— directly on-theme with EWT and SMH flows today.
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Separately, Defiance filed for a 2X daily short TSM product on August 26, 2026
— a bearish counterpart sitting alongside the long AIFR launch.
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KSMH – xETFs Korea AI Semiconductor ETF launched August 19, targeting Korea's semiconductor industry including AI chipmakers and the broader Korean AI semiconductor ecosystem
— squarely aligned with EWY's +4.6% print and p94 flows today.

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## 7. Watchlist

Watch EWZ vs. ILF Monday. Brazil hit p0 redemptions with RSI 69 — if LatAm macro headlines (BRL, fiscal) deteriorate over the weekend, redemption pressure could spill into ILF (already p7) and test whether the EWZ price holds or the flow signal wins.

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 05 Sep 2026 06:00 SGT. Market-monitoring tool, not investment advice.