## [# 2017 ETF Inflows Near $70B As Stocks Hit Record Highs](/sections/weekly-etf-flows/2017-etf-inflows-near-70b-stocks-hit-record-highs) # 2017 ETF Inflows Near $70B As Stocks Hit Record Highs Almost $18 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs in the latest week, with most of it heading to equity funds. [![sumit](/sites/default/files/styles/author_image_icon/public/2023-03/Sumit_0.png?itok=SO-7S5SH "sumit")](/authors/sumit-roy) [By Sumit Roy ](/authors/sumit-roy) Feb 17, 2017 Edited by: Sumit Roy [ + Follow ](/etf/login) Share Email LinkedIn Facebook X (Twitter) googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-article_page_302x26'); }); Loading Flows into U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds accelerated in the past week, as the U.S. stock market zoomed to a record high. In total, $17.9 billion flowed into ETFs in the week ending Thursday, Feb. 16, according to FactSet. The year-to-date total for inflows now stands at $69.3 billion. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the new money went into U.S. equity ETFs, which had net creations of $10.5 billion. The S&P 500 climbed 1.5% week-over-week, and is now up 5.2% for 2017 as a whole. Even with the flurry of buying in U.S. equities, other segments also saw inflows of their own. International equity ETFs took in $3.7 billion and U.S. fixed-income ETFs took in $2.6 billion. International fixed-income ETFs and commodity ETFs had much more modest inflows during the period, $218 million and $484 million, respectively. **Sector ETFs 'XLF' & 'XLP' See Inflows** The [SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)](https://www.etf.com/spy) topped the list for individual ETF flows, garnering $4.3 billion worth of creations. At the same time, two sector ETFs made the top 10; the [Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF)](https://www.etf.com/xlf), with inflows of $1.3 billion, and the [Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP)](https://www.etf.com/xlp), with inflows of $494 million. A pair of "risk-on" type of ETFs to make the cut were the [iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG)](https://www.etf.com/iemg) and the [SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK)](https://www.etf.com/jnk), with inflows of $1.2 billion and $497 million, respectively. Meanwhile, two gold-focused funds to garner interest from investors were the [SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) ](https://www.etf.com/gld)and the [VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)](https://www.etf.com/gdxj), with creations of close to $400 million each. During the week, gold prices were close to unchanged, near $1,235/oz. **Huge Outflows For Dow Jones ETF** Despite this week's broad-based ETF buying, one ETF to see sizable outflows was the [SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA)](https://www.etf.com/DIA). Its redemptions of $2 billion sent its total assets under management down by more than 10%. Still, year-to-date flows for DIA are in positive territory, to the tune of $530 million. Three sector funds to fall out of favor this week were the [Utilities Select Setor SPDR Fund (XLU)](https://www.etf.com/XLU), the [iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR)](https://www.etf.com/IYR) and the [Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB)](https://www.etf.com/XLB), with outflows ranging from $140 million to $480 million. Interestingly, the [WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ)](https://www.etf.com/HEDJ), last year's biggest flows loser, had outflows of $130 million. For 2017 as a whole, the fund has seen outflows of $500 million already. Finally, rounding out the bottom 10 were two oil products. The [United States Oil Fund (USO)](https://www.etf.com/USO) and the [ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF (UCO) ](https://www.etf.com/UCO)had outflows of around $80 million apiece during the week. For a full list of this week's top inflows and outflows, see the tables below: Top 10 Creations (All ETFs) TickerNameNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change[SPY](https://www.etf.com/SPY)[SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/SPY)4,334.37233,434.341.89%[XLF](https://www.etf.com/XLF)[Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLF)1,349.8925,156.435.67%[IEMG](https://www.etf.com/IEMG)[iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF](https://www.etf.com/IEMG)1,195.0923,522.875.35%[JNK](https://www.etf.com/JNK)[SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/JNK)497.2013,122.493.94%[XLP](https://www.etf.com/XLP)[Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLP)494.038,217.506.40%[IJR](https://www.etf.com/IJR)[iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF](https://www.etf.com/IJR)453.1429,725.571.55%[IVV](https://www.etf.com/IVV)[iShares Core S&P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/IVV)446.8496,315.270.47%[GLD](https://www.etf.com/GLD)[SPDR Gold Trust](https://www.etf.com/GLD)434.2333,201.141.33%[GDXJ](https://www.etf.com/GDXJ)[VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF](https://www.etf.com/GDXJ)381.205,541.077.39%[IJH](https://www.etf.com/IJH)[iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF](https://www.etf.com/IJH)377.7238,576.600.99%Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs) TickerNameNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change[DIA](https://www.etf.com/DIA)[SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/DIA)-2,031.9015,994.56-11.27%[QQQ](https://www.etf.com/QQQ)[PowerShares QQQ Trust](https://www.etf.com/QQQ)-700.4043,637.06-1.58%[XLU](https://www.etf.com/XLU)[Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLU)-474.426,275.88-7.03%[IYR](https://www.etf.com/IYR)[iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF](https://www.etf.com/IYR)-191.583,914.41-4.67%[HYS](https://www.etf.com/HYS)[PIMCO 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index ETF](https://www.etf.com/HYS)-151.532,051.11-6.88%[XLB](https://www.etf.com/XLB)[Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLB)-142.213,878.69-3.54%[HEDJ](https://www.etf.com/HEDJ)[WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund](https://www.etf.com/HEDJ)-132.039,047.51-1.44%[TNA](https://www.etf.com/TNA)[Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x Shares](https://www.etf.com/TNA)-86.65709.75-10.88%[USO](https://www.etf.com/USO)[United States Oil Fund LP](https://www.etf.com/USO)-86.372,885.84-2.91%[UCO](https://www.etf.com/UCO)[ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil](https://www.etf.com/UCO)-79.40798.59-9.04%ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**10,491.111,578,257.950.66%**International Equity**3,662.69562,436.910.65%**U.S. Fixed Income**2,606.75430,826.810.61%**International Fixed Income**217.5742,337.610.51%**Commodities**483.6664,455.350.75%**Currency**-53.442,979.50-1.79%**Leveraged**143.1926,571.000.54%**Inverse**152.5516,840.170.91%**Asset Allocation**14.126,618.970.21%**Alternatives**138.533,949.133.51%**Total:****17,856.73****2,735,273.40****0.65%**Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM TickerNameAverage Volume (30 Day)1 Week Average Volume% of Average[FLCO](https://www.etf.com/FLCO)[Franklin Liberty Investment Grade Corporate ETF](https://www.etf.com/FLCO)1,2186,651546.11%[FSTA](https://www.etf.com/FSTA)[Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF](https://www.etf.com/FSTA)100,933271,545269.03%[DBGR](https://www.etf.com/DBGR)[Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Germany Hedged Equity ETF](https://www.etf.com/DBGR)24,50451,395209.74%[OILB](https://www.etf.com/OILB)[iPath Series B S&P GSCI Crude Oil ETN](https://www.etf.com/OILB)5921,064179.69%[MLPC](https://www.etf.com/MLPC)[C-Tracks Miller/Howard MLP Fundamental ETN](https://www.etf.com/MLPC)3,2156,011186.95%[DEF](https://www.etf.com/DEF)[Guggenheim Defensive Equity ETF](https://www.etf.com/DEF)14,90237,917254.43%[SIZE](https://www.etf.com/SIZE)[iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor ETF](https://www.etf.com/SIZE)14,86727,179182.81%[XMPT](https://www.etf.com/XMPT)[VanEck Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF](https://www.etf.com/XMPT)25,74955,279214.68%[IGN](https://www.etf.com/IGN)[iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking ETF](https://www.etf.com/IGN)40,11078,924196.77%[EUFN](https://www.etf.com/EUFN)[iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF](https://www.etf.com/EUFN)895,2021,380,845154.25%Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded TickerNameWeekly PerformanceWeekly VolumeAUM ($, mm)[WBIY](https://www.etf.com/WBIY)[WBI Power Factor High Dividend ETF](https://www.etf.com/WBIY)0.00%38,05122.12[COWZ](https://www.etf.com/COWZ)[Pacer U.S. Cash Cows 100 ETF](https://www.etf.com/COWZ)0.00%41,1123.91[QXGG](https://www.etf.com/QXGG)[QuantX Risk Managed Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/QXGG)0.00%52,71957.26[INFR](https://www.etf.com/INFR)[Legg Mason Global Infrastructure ETF](https://www.etf.com/INFR)0.00%1,1945.22[DWLD](https://www.etf.com/DWLD)[Davis Select Worldwide ETF](https://www.etf.com/DWLD)0.00%116,47419.78[QXRR](https://www.etf.com/QXRR)[QuantX Risk Managed Real Return ETF](https://www.etf.com/QXRR)0.00%5,2958.69[XUSA](https://www.etf.com/XUSA)[QuantX Dynamic Beta US Equity ETF](https://www.etf.com/XUSA)0.00%16,38329.77[FLIO](https://www.etf.com/FLIO)[Franklin Liberty International Opportunities ETF](https://www.etf.com/FLIO)0.00%120,0014.99[QXTR](https://www.etf.com/QXTR)[QuantX Risk Managed Multi-Asset Total Return ETF](https://www.etf.com/QXTR)0.00%37,66967.82[XI](https://www.etf.com/XI)[Elkhorn S&P MidCap Industrials Portfolio](https://www.etf.com/XI)0.00%4,1051.56Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded TickerNameWeekly PerformanceWeekly VolumeAUM ($, mm)[WBIY](https://www.etf.com/WBIY)[WBI Power Factor High Dividend ETF](https://www.etf.com/WBIY)0.00%38,05122.12[COWZ](https://www.etf.com/COWZ)[Pacer U.S. Cash Cows 100 ETF](https://www.etf.com/COWZ)0.00%41,1123.91[QXGG](https://www.etf.com/QXGG)[QuantX Risk Managed Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/QXGG)0.00%52,71957.26[INFR](https://www.etf.com/INFR)[Legg Mason Global Infrastructure ETF](https://www.etf.com/INFR)0.00%1,1945.22[DWLD](https://www.etf.com/DWLD)[Davis Select Worldwide ETF](https://www.etf.com/DWLD)0.00%116,47419.78[QXRR](https://www.etf.com/QXRR)[QuantX Risk Managed Real Return ETF](https://www.etf.com/QXRR)0.00%5,2958.69[XUSA](https://www.etf.com/XUSA)[QuantX Dynamic Beta US Equity ETF](https://www.etf.com/XUSA)0.00%16,38329.77[FLIO](https://www.etf.com/FLIO)[Franklin Liberty International Opportunities ETF](https://www.etf.com/FLIO)0.00%120,0014.99[QXTR](https://www.etf.com/QXTR)[QuantX Risk Managed Multi-Asset Total Return ETF](https://www.etf.com/QXTR)0.00%37,66967.82[XI](https://www.etf.com/XI)[Elkhorn S&P MidCap Industrials Portfolio](https://www.etf.com/XI)0.00%4,1051.56Disclaimer: All data as of 6 a.m. Eastern time the date the article is published. Data is believed to be accurate; however, transient market data is often subject to subsequent revision and correction by the exchanges. [ + Follow ](/etf/login) [ Sumit Roy Senior ETF Analyst ](/authors/sumit-roy) Sumit Roy is the senior ETF analyst for etf.com and author of (Don't) Invest Like a Pro. He creates a variety of content for the platform, including… [View Bio](/authors/sumit-roy) Related Topics [Equity](http://www.etf.com/topics/equity) [Bond](http://www.etf.com/topics/bond) [Fixed Income](http://www.etf.com/topics/fixed-income) [Commodities](http://www.etf.com/topics/commodities) [Gold](http://www.etf.com/topics/gold)