According to Wallstreetcn, on Friday, August 21, the gold ETF rose 1.95%, the Dow ETF gained 0.98%, the Russell 2000 ETF climbed 0.77%, the emerging markets ETF advanced 0.75%, and the U.S. Brent oil fund increased 0.58%, while the S&P 500 ETF, Nasdaq 100 ETF, soybean fund, Barclays U.S. convertible bond ETF, and yen long ETF rose as much as 0.41%; the euro long ETF was flat, while the long U.S. dollar index, U.S. real estate ETF, agricultural products fund, and U.S. Treasury 20+ year ETF fell as much as 0.35%, and the VIX long ETF dropped 1.5%. In 2026 to date, the Brent oil fund has risen 89.97%, the emerging markets ETF, Russell 2000 ETF, soybean fund and others have gained as much as 23.32%, the Nasdaq ETF has risen 16.41%, the S&P 500 ETF has gained 12.89%, the agricultural products fund has advanced 10.97%, the gold ETF has risen 6.83%, and the long U.S. dollar index has gained 3.22%.