Theme Investing ETF Overview

Theme ETFs seek to capture investment opportunities in companies or sectors created by long-term structural trends.

With 313 ETFs traded on the U.S. markets, Theme Investing ETFs have total assets under management of $108.86B. The average expense ratio is 0.63%. Theme Investing ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

  • Equity

The largest Theme Investing ETF is the ARK Innovation ETF ARKK with $7.80B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Theme Investing ETF was SULR at 8.64%. The most recent ETF launched in the Theme Investing space was the iShares Future Metaverse Tech and Communications ETF IVRS on 02/16/23.

Top ETF Performers

BULZ MicroSectors FANG & Innovation 3x Leveraged ETN 10.42%
FNGU MicroSectors FANG+ Index 3X Leveraged ETN 9.57%
EMTY ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF 9.46%
SWEB AXS Short China Internet ETF 7.22%
FNGO MicroSectors FANG+ Index 2X Leveraged ETN 7.11%

Bottom ETF Performers

RETL Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3x Shares -40.37%
EVAV Direxion Daily Electric and Autonomous Vehicles Bull 2X Shares -32.53%
MSOX AdvisorShares MSOS 2x Daily ETF -23.94%
URNJ Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF -19.89%
BPAY BlackRock Future Financial & Technology ETF -19.65%

Top Creations

SARK AXS Short Innovation Daily ETF 254.40
GNR SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF 82.03
FNGD MicroSectors FANG+ Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN 78.02
GUNR FlexShares Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund 70.99
PAVE Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF 70.15

Top Redemptions

KWEB KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF -538.81
ITB iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF -235.35
ARKK ARK Innovation ETF -146.98
URA Global X Uranium ETF -98.56
ICLN iShares Global Clean Energy ETF -91.24

AUM Winners

OARK YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF 1,108.99%
GRNR Global X Green Building ETF 208.93%
LITP Sprott Lithium Miners ETF 139.44%
FTAG First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF 84.03%
MJUS ETFMG U.S. Alternative Harvest ETF 74.63%

AUM Losers

OND ProShares On-Demand ETF -52.11%
NANR SPDR S&P North American Natural Resources ETF -34.47%
RETL Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3x Shares -29.14%
WNDY Global X Wind Energy ETF -24.20%
MOON Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF -22.56%

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