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The ETF Graveyard: Closures in Leveraged ETFs, Metaverse and ESGs
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Trillions Why ETF Closures May Hit a Record This Year While the industry is on track for its highest number of launches, a more sobering threshold is in sight as well. Listen and subscribe to Trillions on Apple, Spotify, iHeart and the Bloomberg Terminal. The exchange-traded fund industry is on pace for another record year of launches.
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Why ETF Closures May Hit a Record This Year
While the industry is on track for its highest number of launches, a more sobering threshold is in sight as well.
Listen and subscribe to Trillions on Apple, Spotify, iHeart and the Bloomberg Terminal.
The exchange-traded fund industry is on pace for another record year of launches. But there’s another record within reach as well: ETF closures. About 250 funds have already been laid to rest in 2026, including leveraged bets that barely survived their infancy and funds tied to ESG, the metaverse and cannabis. With about 2,500 products now buried in the ETF graveyard, launching a fund is clearly no guarantee of longevity.