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September’s Top Articles for ETFDB Touch on AI, Interest Rates

BY | ETF Database
10:33 am ET 10/05/26 | 5 VIEWS
September’s top five articles were drawn from across the entire spectrum of the ETF Database content hubs, touching on a variety of topics that are dominating the autumn news cycle.However, the most read article of the month touched on the hottest subject of 2026 — artificial intelligence (AI). T. Rowe Price: Which AI Stocks Have Growth Built to Last? by DJ Shaw focuses on how Paul Greene manages the T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth ETF (TCHP B-) and, in particular, what he looks for in a semiconductor stock. The article posted on the Active ETFs content hub. With Rates on the Rise, Lean Into the Financials Sector, by Nick Wodeshick, was the second-most read article of September. It posted on the Sector Investing content hub and looks at the potential for a rate increase from the Fed to boost the performance of the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF A). The third most-popular article last month was Todd Shriber’s Across the Pond, Dividends Tempt. Posted on the ETF Building Blocks content hub, it highlights the appeal of the ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (IDOG B-) for income investors looking to diversify outside the U.S. As Midterms Loom, Here Are the Opportunities in Muni Bonds, by Nick Peters-Golden, claimed the No. 4 spot in the list. The piece looks at Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s suite of municipal income ETFs and why investors might not want to overlook them in the face of the coming midterms. It posted on the Future ETFs content hub. If Realized, Inflation Optimism Could Boost This ETF, by Todd Shriber, wraps up the top five stories list for September and posted on the Leveraged & Inverse content hub. The article suggests that Direxion’s pair of leveraged and inverse 7-10 Year Treasury ETFs could be used to play the bond market depending on their expectations around inflation. For more news, information, and strategy, visit ETF Trends/ETFdb.com. VettaFi LLC (“VettaFi”) is the index provider for IDOG, for which it receives an index licensing fee. However, IDOG is not issued, sponsored, endorsed, or sold by VettaFi, and VettaFi has no obligation or liability in connection with the issuance, administration, marketing, or trading of IDOG.

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