

August 2026 was a blockbuster month for ETF acquisitions. As Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, recently highlighted, the ETF industry is firing on all cylinders, attracting massive inflows and racing toward a potential new record.

Last week ended with a major event, the Fed's annual Jackson Hole conference. The conference arrived amid a confluence of factors, from new Fed Chair Warsh's new approach to Fed signaling to the war in Iran and, most importantly, the specter of inflation.

I spent the last two weeks in Australia hanging out with kangaroos and koalas. However, the ETF market didn't take a vacation while I was away.

Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in shares of T. Rowe Price QM U.S. Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TAGG) by 61.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 80,487 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional

Media headlines have spent much of this year focused on the big news, from the Middle East conflict to AI risk to drama at the Fed. It can be easy, then, to miss a potentially more consequential story flying under the radar.

An end to the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict appears to finally be set. As the dust settles, however, investors now turn to an uncertain second half of 2026.

T Rowe Price has long been viewed as a leading active manager known for its fundamental research. Six years ago they entered the ETF market and have continued to successfully grow their lineup.

In a notable milestone, T. Rowe Price now holds ten ETFs with $1 billion in AUM.