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In this Friday edition of Advisors in Focus, our focus turns to exchange traded funds and ETF categories that are seeing growing interest from both your clients and your colleagues. While we often highlight the most-read areas of the market over a set timeframe, today we look at the tickers and groups that have seen the highest percentage spike in search activity over the past two days by retail investors and financial advisors.

For example, among exchange traded funds, TrackStarIQ rankings show financial advisors are reading up on the Invesco WilderHill Energy Fund (PBW), which has a portfolio dominated by solar energy companies like First Solar (FSLR), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), and Sunpower (SPWR). Retail investors, on the other hand, are expressing increased interest in ETFMG Travel Tech Fund (AWAY), which includes names like Expedia (EXPE), TripAdvisor (TRIP), and UBER. Knowing what funds and ETF categories are trending can help us better understand where money is flowing—in terms of sector rotation and asset allocations—and identify opportunities that might have been overlooked otherwise. Please find below the complete list of exchange traded funds and ETF categories that are surging over the past two days.

Top ETFs by Financial Advisor Traffic Surge* :

Rank	Ticker	Company
3	XSLV	Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF
2	SPXS	Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares
1	PBW	Invesco WilderHill Energy Fund

Top ETFs by Retail Investor Traffic Surge* :

Rank	Ticker	Company
3	CLIX	ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF
2	NRGD	MicroSectors U.S. Big Oil Index - 3X Inverse
1	AWAY	ETFMG Travel Tech ETF

Top ETF Categories by Financial Advisor Traffic Surge* :

Rank	ETF Category
3	Volatility Hedged Equity
2	China Equities
1	Emerging Markets Equities

Top ETF Categories by Retail Investor Traffic Surge* :

Rank	ETF Category
3	Inverse Equities
2	Long-Short Strategies
1	California Munis

Top 20 ETFs by Surging Financial Advisor Traffic (2 days vs. previous 5 days)	Ticker	Top 20 ETF Categories by Surging Financial Advisor Traffic (2 days vs. previous 5 days)	Top 20 ETFs by Surging Retail Investor Traffic (2 days vs. previous 5 days)	Ticker	Top 20 ETF Categories by Surging Retail Investor Traffic (2 days vs. previous 5 days)
Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF	PBW	Emerging Markets Equities	ETFMG Travel Tech ETF	AWAY	California Munis
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares	SPXS	China Equities	MicroSectors U.S. Big Oil Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN	NRGD	Long-Short
Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF	XSLV	Volatility Hedged Equity	ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF	CLIX	Inverse Equities
iPath Dow Jones-UBS Commodity ETN	DJP	Utilities Equities	Vanguard Communication Services ETF	VOX	Inverse Commodities
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF	ITOT	Preferred Stock/Convertible Bonds	iShares S&P 100 ETF	OEF	International Government Bonds
iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF	DVYE	Corporate Bonds	iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF	SLVP	Global Real Estate
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF	SCHB	Mortgage Backed Securities	Invesco India ETF	PIN	Commodity Producers Equities
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF	SMH	Energy Equities	iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF	IDRV	MLPs
NYSE Technology ETF	XNTK	Total Bond Market	iShares Global Infrastructure ETF	IGF	Inverse Bonds
Vanguard Information Technology ETF	VGT	High Yield Bonds	Global X MSCI China Financials ETF	CHIX	China Equities
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	IVV	Large Cap Value Equities	WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund	CXSE	Financials Equities
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF	ITA	Real Estate	Invesco CurrencyShares? Japanese Yen Trust	FXY	Asia Pacific Equities
ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil	SCO	Materials	US Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF	GOAU	Real Estate
Virtus LifeSci Biotech Clinical Trials ETF	BBC	MLPs	ProShares Short Russell 2000	RWM	Metals
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	IJR	Foreign Large Cap Equities	Vanguard Mega Cap Value ETF	MGV	Emerging Markets Equities
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	Asia Pacific Equities	iShares S&P Asia ETF	AIA	Oil & Gas
Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic ETF	BOTZ	Small Cap Growth Equities	Direxion Work From Home ETF	WFH	Europe Equities
Invesco S&P 500? Top 50 ETF	XLG	Inflation-Protected Bonds	iShares U.S. Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF	FALN	Leveraged Currency
Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	SCHO	Currency	First Trust NASDAQ CEA Cybersecurity ETF	CIBR	Global Equities
SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF	SPIB	Emerging Markets Bonds	Schwab International Equity ETF	SCHF	Materials

*Surge in traffic is evaluated by the increase in average traffic over the past two days compared to average of the previous five trading days.