2025 – The Year in Review
The ETF Industry is set for a record year as measured by net flows. As we see this segment of the market continue its popularity we look have provided this handy guide on what happened in the year.
The ETF industry has grown to around $20 trillion Assets Under Management with the US listed ETFs representing just under 70% of global ETF assets.
ETF FLOWS
We have compared US ETF flows against the prior year. We see that while US equity remains the most popular it has certainly come off when compared to last year’s flows. We saw an increased demand for Fixed Income, Commodities and International Equities.
Source: Morningstar Direct
ASSET CLASS RETURNS (USD)
The year has been dominated by gold with the precious metal delivering a 60.16% return year to date. All other asset classes delivered positive returns with the exception of Bitcoin.
Source: Morningstar Direct
EQUITY MARKET RETURNS (USD)
We utilised country specific and regional ETFs to represent the year to date returns of each area.
Source: Morningstar Direct
BOND RETURNS (USD)
These are the calendar returns of ETFs that track specific bond indices. Over the year-to-date Emerging Market debt has performed best as investors sought the higher real yields on offer there.
Source: Morningstar Direct
CURRENCY MOVES
The currency moves in 2025 have all been about US Dollar weakness.
Source: Investing.com