The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

XLC

Market cap $26B

Netflix, Reddit, and Millicom International show constructive technical indicators

Matt Camuso, Head of ETF Solutions at BNY Investments, says there are $13 trillion of assets in ETFs. That's compared to $5 trillion a year prior.

Anna Paglia, State Street Investment Research CBO and chief business officer, joins CNBC's Dom Chu on the type of assets and ETFs State Street is seeing the flows into. She also shares why the firm is going against the trend by moving into mutual funds.

The telecom sector surges ahead of the S&P 500 as Verizon and AT&T post solid Q3 results, fueling optimism for 2025 growth.

The stock market is historically expensive. Even as a recession is more and more plausible in the near future. Fortunately, many defensive dividend payers remain opportunistic.

The technology sector gets a lot of love from financial media, retail investors and sell-side firms. It's home to the biggest players in the ongoing AI rally, as well as most of the Magnificent Seven stocks.

IXP and XLC are two perfectly acceptable ETF's for investing in the overall Communications Services sector. The sector performance has been very good and the outlook remains attractive. IXP has a global focus, while XLC only holds equity in the companies in from the S&P 500. ETFs provide ease-of-use and instant diversification, but they have disadvantages as well.

U.S.-listed ETFs attracted nearly $19 billion during the week ended Aug. 8, with fixed income approaches decisively leading investor allocations, according to data from Etf.com.

ETFs saw $19B in inflows last week, led by fixed income, with XLC, VOO, IVV, VCSH and SGOV topping the asset creation list.

July U.S. ETFs saw gains in both flows and AUM as well as another elevated round of launches. In the tidal wave of funds coming to market, a few ETF strategies stand out for their innovation or for notable opportunities they provide.