Why ETF growth is booming
State Street Investment Management's July 2026 explainer, citing Morningstar, counts more than 14,000 ETFs worldwide holding $18.49 trillion.
What it says
Figures as stated by State Street Investment Management, Jul 16, 2026- State Street Investment Management, citing Morningstar, says ETFs drew a record $2 trillion of global inflows in 2025.State Street
- State Street Investment Management, citing Morningstar, reports $641 billion of ETF inflows in the first quarter of 2026, despite high volatility and geopolitical uncertainty.State Street
- State Street Investment Management puts median expense ratios at 0.58% for US-listed ETFs and 0.90% for US-listed mutual funds, citing Morningstar data as of March 31, 2026.State Street
- State Street Investment Management, citing Morningstar, says total ETF assets have grown 19% a year on average since 2008.State Street
- State Street Investment Management says its new 2035 forecast runs nearly 18% ahead of the 10-year projection it made a year earlier.State Street
The ETFIQ take
ETFIQ data to Oct 20, 2026 · the 746 of 4,807 ETFs ETFIQ covers with a daily figure, Sep 21, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026State Street Investment Management reports Morningstar's count of more than 14,000 ETFs worldwide holding $18.49 trillion as of March 31, 2026. From Sep 21, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, the ETFs ETFIQ can count had a net flow of +$127.9bn, with +$90.1bn for stock ETFs and +$35.7bn for bond ETFs.
Related ETFs
The funds the paper names that ETFIQ coversFigure: total return, 1 year, to Oct 21, 2026, from each fund’s page. All 4,807 ETFs in the screener →
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