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After a record-breaking 2025, the 2026 ETF market climbs to $1.2T in year-to-date inflows. We breakdown where investor demand is flowing.
Alternative ETFs and their growing role as portfolio diversifiers were the focus of this week's ETF Prime. Host Nate Geraci welcomed Cinthia Murphy, director of research at VettaFi, followed by Matt Bartolini of State Street Investment Management.
iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF has dynamic portfolio hedging, preserving CAGRs while dampening bearish phases. DBMF currently holds net long global equity exposure, short US Treasuries, and short EUR/JPY, reflecting CTA positioning. In my opinion, DBMF adapts quickly to trend reversals, reducing idiosyncratic risk and potentially minimizing portfolio CAGR drainage in overextended markets.
Halfway through the year, the U.S. equity market performance is broadening. That said, market concentration remains incredibly high, while equity and bond correlations sit in positive territory — conditions that scream a call for diversification.
For retirees who watched bonds fail to cushion equity losses in 2022, the iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:DBMF) has changed the conversation by gathering roughly $3 billion in assets and delivering what the 60/40 portfolio failed to deliver then and is again outpacing in 2026: a return stream that does not move in lockstep with stocks and bonds.
On ETF Prime, VettaFi's Todd Rosenbluth breaks down 2026's ETF inflows surge and a looming $1 trillion ETF.
Managed futures funds spent most of the past decade as a footnote in portfolio construction conversations.
Carrera Capital Advisors acquired a new stake in iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:DBMF) in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 195,638 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,490,000. iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy