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18 Jun 2026

FLOWMAGEDDON: ETF flows have touched $1 trillion YTD, and it's still June...

To be sure, a touch of this is S&P 500 rebalancing but it is looking pretty good that last year's $1.5T record will be broken. Amazing $DRAM is in top 10 overall. Even tho SpaceX has stolen all the attn DRAM is still top 5 story of year. Source: Bloomberg, Eric Balchunas

17 Jun 2026

The number of ETFs that held SpaceX went from 4 to 40 to now 120 in a couple days (few billion total).

These are all active ETFs choosing to buy, not indexes (they coming later). Here's a look at the list sorted by new buy, $JEPQ (the 2nd largest active ETF in world) at the top. Looks like a lot of JPM funds bought. Source: Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg

10 Jun 2026

ProShares issued press release indicating it plans to launch 2x leveraged SpaceX ETF on *same day* as IPO.

Source: Nate Geraci

5 Jun 2026

Crypto ETF outflows are MASSIVE

US Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows of -$534 million in the most recent session, led by the ETF, $IBIT, at -$389 million. This extends a persistent trend of outflows over the last several weeks, with Bitcoin ETFs posting negative flows on the majority of trading days since early May. Overall, weekly crypto funds posted -$1.7 billion in outflows in the most recent week, in line with the highest weekly redemptions over the past year. In total, crypto funds saw over -$4 BILLION in outflows in just 3 weeks. Crypto market sentiment is deteriorating fast. Source: zerohedge, global markets investor

4 Jun 2026

Vanguard S&P 500 $VOO becomes the first $1 trillion ETF in history

Source: Hedgeye, Bloomberg

29 May 2026

BTC ETFs have seen massive outflows (10 of last 11 days)...

Source: zerohedge

29 May 2026

Space ETF assets

Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg

21 Apr 2026

The Psychedelics ETF $PSIL has destroyed its daily volume record in first 30min of trading...

Why ??? Trump just signed ex order expediting research/access to psyche drugs to cure depression. The sector has been in dog house, waiting for catalyst, up 10% today. Watch this space. Source: Eric Balchunas

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