{"id":237066,"date":"2026-01-08T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=237066"},"modified":"2026-01-09T04:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:48:59","slug":"a-banner-year-for-markets-and-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/etfs\/a-banner-year-for-markets-and-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"A banner year for markets and ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2025 was a banner year for markets. Global stocks, bonds, and commodities all posted gains<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;and, more importantly, all outperformed cash.<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;This was the first time since 2019 that all three major asset classes beat cash in the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A deep bench supported the market. Within equities, 41 out of the 47 countries in the MSCI ACWI Index had gains (average is 27).<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;And 10 out of 11 US GICS sectors also had gains (average is 8).<sup>4<\/sup>&nbsp;For bond markets, all major bond core and satellite sectors\u2014across the maturity and credit spectrum\u2014had gains in 2025.<sup>5<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid these positive market returns, ETF fund flows raised their own banner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-flows-and-assets-surge-to-new-records\">Flows and assets surge to new records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>US-listed ETFs took in a record $1.515 trillion in 2025, vastly outpacing 2024\u2019s record $1.152 trillion. A massive $235 billion inflow in December\u2014the industry\u2019s first-ever $200 billion-plus month\u2014boosted the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That mammoth month helped the industry take in $564 billion in the fourth quarter alone\u2014double the Q4 average inflow of $265 billion. Risk-on optimism, the acceleration of secular trends (e.g., low-cost, active), and seasonal buying behavior acted as heavy-handed catalysts for this record run to finish 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 2025 inflows catapulted by this strong Q4 (Figure 1) and supportive market returns, total ETF assets under management surged to $13.4 trillion\u2014another new record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure 1: Annual ETF inflows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bar chart with 4 data series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P., State Street Investment Management, as of December 31, 2025.&nbsp;<strong>Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chart has 2 Y axes displaying $B and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chart annotations summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End of interactive chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strength was everywhere. All major asset classes had inflows in December\u2014and record inflows for the year. In fact, every asset class posted double-digit growth rates in 2025 (inflows as a percentage of assets).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more than $10 trillion equity ETF category took a record $175 billion in December (+$941 billion for the year) and fixed income ETFs\u2019 $47 billion in December was the category\u2019s third-highest inflow, with $448 billion for 2025 setting a record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commodity category\u2019s $10 billion haul in December was boosted by gold ETFs\u2019 fifth-best $6.3 billion and silver ETFs\u2019 record $2 billion in inflows. Broad commodity funds added $400 million, pushing their full-year total to $3 billion (second-most ever for a year) as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssga.com\/us\/en\/institutional\/insights\/etf-market-outlook\/boost-resilience-with-multi-asset-and-alternative-strategies\">investors looked to real assets to help build resiliency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite fixed income ETFs\u2019 records, sentiment isn\u2019t screening defensive. In fact, the rolling three-month differential between equity and bond ETFs broke past the 90<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;percentile to sit just below the all-time high (Figure 2)\u2014indicating bullish risk-taking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expect some regression to start 2026, as we saw the same seasonal spike in activity to end 2024 followed by a dip, albeit one sparked by Liberation Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure 2: Rolling three-month equity and bond flow trends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Line chart with 3 lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P., State Street Investment Management, as of December 31, 2025.&nbsp;<strong>Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chart has 2 Y axes displaying $B and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chart annotations summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End of interactive chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-upside-sought-in-cyclicals-and-non-us-equities\">Upside sought in cyclicals and non-US equities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From a geographic perspective, a year after the US accounted for 86% of all equity flows, their share fell in 2025. The $687 billion of inflows to US equity ETFs accounted for 73% of all equity flows in 2025, as investors sought to increase regional diversification within their equity allocations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the record-setting international-developed inflows in 2025 (+$124 billion), emerging market (EM) exposures were another bright spot driving interest into non-US equity exposures. The $37.2 billion into EM ETFs last year was their second-most ever for a year\u2014closely behind the $37.4 billion of inflows from 2017. That&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssga.com\/us\/en\/institutional\/insights\/etf-market-outlook\/target-ai-and-policy-led-growth-from-us-to-emerging-markets\">momentum could be sustained this year if macro and return tailwinds continue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure 3: Geographic flows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>In millions ($)<\/th><th>December<\/th><th>2025<\/th><th>Trailing 3-month<\/th><th>Year to date &nbsp;(% of AUM)<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>US<\/td><td>127,886<\/td><td>687,526<\/td><td>286,720<\/td><td>10.15%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Global<\/td><td>7,927<\/td><td>50,169<\/td><td>20,907<\/td><td>25.82%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>International: Developed<\/td><td>25,138<\/td><td>123,977<\/td><td>47,940<\/td><td>16.36%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>International: Emerging markets<\/td><td>7,513<\/td><td>37,204<\/td><td>16,826<\/td><td>14.04%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>International: Region<\/td><td>1,695<\/td><td>18,020<\/td><td>6,681<\/td><td>30.39%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>International: Single country<\/td><td>2,046<\/td><td>9,831<\/td><td>3,558<\/td><td>8.57%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Currency hedged<\/td><td>168<\/td><td>5,227<\/td><td>1,201<\/td><td>19.34%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P., State Street Investment Management, as of December 31, 2025. The top two\/bottom two categories per period are highlighted.&nbsp;<strong>Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sectors also reveal risk-on positioning. With $8 billion inflows in December, sectors took in nearly $30 billion on the year. And ending the year with seven consecutive months of inflows indicates risk-on optimism heading into 2026. Inflows into cyclical sectors also support this view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cyclical sectors had $9 billion of inflows in December, led by Materials, Real Estate, and Industrials. Meanwhile, defensive sectors had $1.1 billion of outflows, which would have been worse without the $500 million of inflows into Utilities as investors continued positioning for AI ecosystem beneficiaries. For the year, Utilities had $7 billion of inflows (third-most out of any sector).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure 4: Sector flows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>In millions ($)<\/th><th>December<\/th><th>2025<\/th><th>Trailing 3-month<\/th><th>Year to date &nbsp;(% of AUM)<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Technology<\/td><td>-435<\/td><td>14,099<\/td><td>4,616<\/td><td>4.60%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Financial<\/td><td>-177<\/td><td>-235<\/td><td>-3,092<\/td><td>-0.25%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Health Care<\/td><td>-1,066<\/td><td>-2,303<\/td><td>4,779<\/td><td>-2.64%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Consumer Discretionary<\/td><td>1,091<\/td><td>-1,184<\/td><td>-472<\/td><td>-2.81%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Consumer Staples<\/td><td>-631<\/td><td>-1,043<\/td><td>-1,246<\/td><td>-3.83%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Energy<\/td><td>566<\/td><td>-3,849<\/td><td>1,888<\/td><td>-4.95%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Materials<\/td><td>3,305<\/td><td>896<\/td><td>4,585<\/td><td>2.44%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Industrials<\/td><td>2,041<\/td><td>8,770<\/td><td>3,699<\/td><td>17.00%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Real Estate<\/td><td>2,195<\/td><td>4,242<\/td><td>3,016<\/td><td>5.39%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Utilities<\/td><td>515<\/td><td>6,778<\/td><td>2,032<\/td><td>25.07%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Communications<\/td><td>476<\/td><td>3,706<\/td><td>310<\/td><td>13.70%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P., State Street Investment Management, as of December 31, 2025. The top two\/bottom two categories per period are highlighted.&nbsp;<strong>Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bond-flows-hint-at-three-trends\">Bond flows hint at three trends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>December marked another month of curve positioning bias toward the short end. Despite Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cuts (with more expected in 2026) that will reduce the yield on the more Fed-sensitive short end of the curve, investors deposited $6 billion into short-term government bond ETFs. At the same time, long-term government bond ETFs had outflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combined with the $3 billion into the intermediate-term segment, the curve-related flow trends indicate investors\u2019 unwillingness to take on outsized duration risks, a year-long trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit-related sectors also saw continued interest. Credit-related sectors saw $7 billion inflows in December and took in $77 billion for the year. And high yield bond ETFs themselves posted a record annual inflow (+$26 billion). Together, this represents a strong trend of taking growth-biased risks with bonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last trend of note has been the ongoing inflows into inflation-linked bonds (IL bonds). The $330 million of inflows in December is now IL bonds\u2019 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;month with inflows, their longest stretch since 2022. This illustrates investors\u2019 desire to build portfolio resilience in today\u2019s stubborn inflation environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure 4: Fixed income flows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>In millions ($)<\/th><th>December<\/th><th>2025<\/th><th>Trailing 3-month<\/th><th>Year to date (% of AUM)<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Aggregate<\/td><td>22,445<\/td><td>179,197<\/td><td>62,010<\/td><td>28.70%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Government<\/td><td>9,137<\/td><td>105,920<\/td><td>35,291<\/td><td>25.40%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Short term<\/em><\/td><td>6,372<\/td><td>69,975<\/td><td>22,235<\/td><td>31.51%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Intermediate<\/em><\/td><td>2,917<\/td><td>30,950<\/td><td>12,936<\/td><td>21.35%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Long term (&gt;10 yr)<\/em><\/td><td>-152<\/td><td>4,995<\/td><td>120<\/td><td>5.92%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Inflation-protected<\/td><td>330<\/td><td>12,058<\/td><td>2,125<\/td><td>21.41%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mortgage-backed<\/td><td>1,290<\/td><td>19,245<\/td><td>-395<\/td><td>25.08%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IG corporate<\/td><td>2,760<\/td><td>37,199<\/td><td>13,785<\/td><td>14.23%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>High yield corp.<\/td><td>3,116<\/td><td>26,120<\/td><td>6,967<\/td><td>30.82%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bank loans and CLOs<\/td><td>236<\/td><td>13,416<\/td><td>-158<\/td><td>28.62%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>EM bond<\/td><td>1,555<\/td><td>4,354<\/td><td>3,162<\/td><td>15.46%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Preferred<\/td><td>270<\/td><td>2,062<\/td><td>566<\/td><td>5.45%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Convertible<\/td><td>204<\/td><td>820<\/td><td>1,073<\/td><td>11.64%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Municipal<\/td><td>5,732<\/td><td>47,648<\/td><td>21,998<\/td><td>34.23%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P., State Street Investment Management, as of December 31, 2025. The top two\/bottom two categories per period are highlighted.&nbsp;<strong>Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-building-toward-another-banner\">Building toward another banner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With so much positivity and success, if market returns and flow trends were an NBA season they would resemble the 2014-2015 Golden State Warriors: not the record-setting 73-win season, but the season where they won 67 games, raised an NBA championship banner, and broke many scoring records while ushering in a new brand of basketball featuring a high-paced, three-point shooting offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, unlike a team restructuring its nucleus during the offseason, the market\u2019s core trends from 2025 are still in the game for 2026. Rising profits, positive economic growth, and increasing liquidity with the growth in money supply alongside lower rates are all in the lineup. But that doesn\u2019t mean investors should order another banner for 2026 now. After all, the 2015-2016 Warriors brought back nearly the same team, and lost in the finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as the 2014-2015 Golden State Warriors sparked a new brand of basketball, changes in the fiscal and monetary landscape have ushered in a new macroeconomic paradigm. And in 2025, what worked best over the last 15 years (owning US equities) wasn\u2019t the winningest trade. Non-US equities outperformed the US by the largest margin since 2009.<sup>6<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssga.com\/us\/en\/institutional\/insights\/etf-market-outlook\">discuss in our 2026 outlook<\/a>, ensuring portfolios are diversified across assets (bonds were a source of return again in 2025), geographies, and shifting economic environments (with inflation-sensitive assets) may help investors raise another banner this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally Posted January 7, 2026 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssga.com\/us\/en\/institutional\/insights\/a-banner-year-for-markets-and-etfs\">A banner year for markets and ETFs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Track shifting investor sentiment through our latest ETF flows analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":26209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6,8,9,26,3],"tags":[],"contributors-categories":[13643],"class_list":{"0":"post-237066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-etfs","8":"category-north-america","9":"category-region","10":"category-securities","11":"category-text-articles","12":"category-traders-insight","13":"contributors-categories-state-street-global-advisors"},"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A banner year for markets and ETFs | Traders&#039; Insight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Track shifting investor sentiment through our latest ETF flows analysis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237066\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A banner year for markets and ETFs | IBKR Campus US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Track shifting investor sentiment through our latest ETF flows analysis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/etfs\/a-banner-year-for-markets-and-etfs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IBKR Campus US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T15:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-09T09:48:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/etf-magnefy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew J. 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