Analyst reveals Wall Street's remarkable $100 billion streak

Investors person poured much than $100 cardinal into exchange-traded funds each period for 14 consecutive months, a streak, Bloomberg ETF expert Eric Balchunas says, would person been astir unthinkable conscionable a fewer years ago.

"ETFs person taken successful implicit $100b for 14 consecutive months," Balchunas said connected Thursday, citing a illustration shared by chap Bloomberg ETF expert Athanasios Psarofagis. "Prior to this streak, a $100b period had happened ONE TIME EVER."

Monthy ETF flows illustration shared by Eric Balchunas connected X

The illustration shows however rapidly the milestone has gone from an anomaly to routine. 

According to Balchunas, the erstwhile $100 cardinal period occurred astir two-and-a-half years earlier the existent streak began.

The surge comes arsenic ETFs instrumentality a increasing stock of capitalist portfolios. Global ETF assets reached a grounds $23.08 trillion astatine the extremity of May, aft attracting $1.07 trillion successful nett inflows during the archetypal 5 months of 2026, according to ETFGI.

In the U.S. alone, ETF assets stood astatine $15.6 trillion successful May, up 42% from a twelvemonth earlier, according to the Investment Company Institute. The maturation spans equity, bond, commodity and progressively progressive concern products.

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While accepted banal and enslaved funds inactive relationship for astir ETF assets, crypto is becoming a larger portion of the industry's maturation story.

Bitcoin ETFs could yet dwarf golden funds

Balchunas has antecedently predicted that U.S. spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs could yet clasp 3 times arsenic galore assets arsenic golden ETFs wrong 3 to 5 years.

"Gold took implicit a decennary to get there. Bitcoin ETFs person done it successful months," Balchunas said successful an interrogation with CoinShares.

He attributed their accelerated adoption partially to accessibility. Bitcoin ETFs let investors to summation vulnerability done accepted brokerage accounts without opening an relationship astatine a crypto speech oregon managing wallets and backstage keys.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, which launched successful January 2024, person attracted astir $52.3 cardinal successful cumulative nett inflows arsenic of Aug. 14, according to CoinGlass data.

Balchunas has besides pointed to increasing organization information and a much accommodating U.S. regulatory situation arsenic imaginable catalysts for further adoption.

The inclination has expanded beyond Bitcoin. 

Spot Ethereum (ETH) ETFs, launched successful the U.S. successful July 2024, person besides attracted capitalist capital, portion regulators person since opened the marketplace to a broader scope of crypto-linked concern products.

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