Published Sep 11, 2026.
ETFIQ Monthly
ETFIQ Monthly
The same five measurements the quarterly makes, over one closed month. A month rarely contains a holdings filing, so the thematic study names the age of every book it used and the page prints the range.
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August 2026 · Aug 1 to Aug 31, 2026 · published Sep 11, 2026
ETFIQ Monthly · August 20261,136 funds across 5 categories, measured over the whole of August 2026 and frozen at that.
30.8%
median weight already in the S&P 500
334 of 406
returned less than their stated multiple
1.38%
median paid, against 1.27% made
100.6%
median kept of its own coin
73.2%
median share of the rise delivered
August 2026
Thematic ETFs · Aug 2026How much of a theme was already the index, August 2026Across the 187 thematic ETFs that traded the whole of August 2026 and filed a book inside it, the median had 30.8 percent of its money in companies already in the S&P 500, ranging from 0.0 percent at the tenth fund to 75.7 at the ninetieth, at a median fee of 0.50 percent that barely moves across that range.Aug 1, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026 · 187 fundsPDF
Leveraged ETFs · Aug 2026Leveraged ETFs against their own promise, August 2026334 of the 406 leveraged and inverse ETFs that traded the whole of August 2026 returned less than their own stated multiple implied, by a median of 0.82 percentage points.Aug 1, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026 · 406 fundsPDF
Income ETFs · Aug 2026What option-income ETFs paid and made, August 2026The median of the 304 option-income ETFs that traded the whole of August 2026 paid out 1.38 percent of its own price and returned 1.27 percent in total, and 100 of them paid more cash than they made.Aug 1, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026 · 304 fundsPDF
Crypto ETPs · Aug 2026Spot crypto ETPs against the coin they hold, August 2026The median of the 44 US listed spot crypto ETPs that traded the whole of August 2026 kept 100.6 percent of what its own coin did over the same days, and 16 of them finished behind the coin they hold.Aug 1, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026 · 44 fundsPDF
Buffer ETFs · Aug 2026What a buffer ETF delivers mid-period, August 2026Across the 195 buffer ETFs whose outcome period ran through the whole of August 2026, the reference rose for 178 and fell for 17, the median fund delivered 73.3 percent of its reference’s move, and the buffer was engaged on 14 of them.Aug 1, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026 · 195 fundsPDF
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