ETF Acquisitions Surge: Goldman, Victory, & T. Rowe Price Expand

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.

ETF Trends • Sep 2, 2026

VFLO: Outstanding Returns And Appealing Fundamentals Lead To Buy Rating

VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF earns a "buy" rating due to its strong performance, attractive valuation, and robust growth metrics. VFLO's 13.20x forward P/E, double-digit EPS growth, and 24.38% free cash flow margins, and 7.75% FCF Yield, position it as a attractive GARP play versus many of its top-performing peers. Despite sector concentration in energy and technology, VFLO's low 0.81 beta and quality screens support resilience across market cycles.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 1, 2026

Cash Flow King: How Victory Capital Built a Multi-Billion-Dollar ETF Suite

I recently sat down in our New York office with Mannik Dhillon, president of investment franchises & solutions and head of ETFs for Victory Capital. We dove straight into one of the most compelling factor stories in the ETF marketplace today: free cash flow investing.

ETF Trends • Aug 31, 2026

How VFLO Beat S&P 500 Returns Thanks To FCF Research

VFLO tracks a quantitative index favoring free cash flow yield and growth, rebalancing quarterly toward companies with strong, growing FCF. VFLO trades at a forward P/E of 13.8x with an 8.66% FCF yield, versus the S&P 500's 23.5x forward P/E and sub-4% FCF yield. Rising hyperscaler debt, including Alphabet's jump from 23.6 billion to 98.2 billion dollars, highlights growing risk tied to AI infrastructure spending.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 31, 2026

G'Day! Australia Cannot Stop This ETF Avalanche

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.

ETF Trends • Aug 28, 2026

Advisors Turn to VictoryShares as VFLO Reaches $10B, GFLW Crosses $1B

Value strategies have led year-to-date in 2026, but growth hasn't dropped out of the conversation. For financial advisors weighing both factors, free cash flow (FCF) offers a lens that doesn't force the choice.

ETF Trends • Aug 24, 2026

VettaFi Accelerates Smart Beta Expansion With Closed RAFI Deal

VettaFi today officially completed its acquisition of RAFI Indices, LLC from Research Affiliates Global Holdings, LLC. The deal was originally announced in June 2026.

ETF Trends • Aug 18, 2026

Equipment Companies Will Collect While Hyperscalers Borrow

The Pacer US Large Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF (COWG) offers targeted exposure to companies with strong free cash flow margins amid elevated AI-driven capex cycles. I anticipate COWG may outperform QQQ and SPY over the next twelve months, especially if the AI market experiences a pullback.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 17, 2026

Value Strikes Back: Inside 2026's Great Rotation

The mantra carrying the markets higher for years has been to leave it to mega-cap tech titans and AI leaders to drive the bulk of market gains, leaving cap-weighted indexes historically top-heavy. But a new narrative has begun to take over.

ETF Trends • Aug 11, 2026

Free Cash Flow: Quality in a High-CapEx Environment

Free cash flow (FCF) has become a critical quality signal for allocators as surging capital expenditures (CapEx) across the largest U.S. companies increasingly disconnect reported earnings from actual cash generation. FCF is the remaining cash a company has after covering all expenses.

ETF Trends • Aug 4, 2026