ETF Flows Race Toward Record as Investors Deploy Barbell Strategy Against Macro Risks

Published on September 3, 2026

It’s back-to-school season, and the ETF market is closing out a summer that proved anything but slow. August brought $180 billion in fresh net ETF asset inflows and saw the number of new ETFs coming to market cross 1,000 for the year. August also saw a barbell strategy against macro risks become a popular approach with ETF investors.

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