##  [# Massive $34B Pours Into ETFs As Stocks Hit Record Highs](/sections/weekly-etf-flows/massive-34b-pours-etfs-stocks-hit-record-highs) 

 

# Massive $34B Pours Into ETFs As Stocks Hit Record Highs

 

 

Encouraged by a soaring stock market, investors added billions of dollars to U.S.-listed ETFs this week.



 

 

 

 

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 Sep 21, 2018

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Investors poured a massive sum of money into ETFs this week as U.S. stocks raced to record highs. More than $34.3 billion entered U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Thursday, Sep. 20, according to FactSet, pushing year-to-date inflows to $214.9 billion. It was the largest weekly inflow since the middle of March.

The vast majority of this week’s new money—$31.2 billion—headed straight for low-cost U.S. equity ETFs.

That’s not surprising. The U.S. stock market remains the standout performer in the world, easily outperforming most international equity markets and other asset classes. The S&amp;P 500 topped 2,940 this week, giving it a gain of more than 11% for the year.

Investors graced ETFs offering cheap, broad exposure to U.S. equities with their money. Nearly $8.7 billion flowed into the [SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)](https://www.etf.com/SPY); $3.5 billion flowed into the [Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK)](https://www.etf.com/XLK); and $2.6 billion flowed into the [Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY)](https://www.etf.com/XLY).

Tech and consumer discretionary are the two top-performing stock market sectors of the year, with gains of nearly 20% each.

Vanguard funds also fared well this week. ETFs from that issuer with large inflows included the [Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB)](https://www.etf.com/vb), the [Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF (VOO)](https://www.etf.com/voo) and the [Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (VO)](https://www.etf.com/vo).

On the other hand, a plethora of iShares ETFs dominated the weekly outflows list. The [iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)](https://www.etf.com/iwm), the [iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF (IWF)](https://www.etf.com/iwf) and the [iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG)](https://www.etf.com/hyg) each had weekly outflows of more than $650 million.

While attracting much smaller sums, ETF segments other than U.S. equities also had inflows. U.S. fixed-income ETFs had net inflows of $1.6 billion; international equity ETFs had inflows of $761 million; and international fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $364 million.

Treasury bond prices sagged this week as the U.S. 10-year yield increased from 2.99% to as much as 3.1%, nearly matching the seven-year high from May.

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&amp;P 500 ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/SPY)8,668.27280,618.403.19%[XLK](https://www.etf.com/XLK)[Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLK)3,445.2026,496.0714.95%[XLY](https://www.etf.com/XLY)[Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLY)2,567.1718,393.0916.22%[VB](https://www.etf.com/VB)[Vanguard Small-Cap ETF](https://www.etf.com/VB)2,478.6527,665.699.84%[VOO](https://www.etf.com/VOO)[Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/VOO)2,354.20106,588.372.26%[VO](https://www.etf.com/VO)[Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF](https://www.etf.com/VO)1,221.0525,972.584.93%[VBK](https://www.etf.com/VBK)[Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/VBK)1,033.5010,016.2811.51%[SCHM](https://www.etf.com/SCHM)[Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF](https://www.etf.com/SCHM)660.746,132.5212.08%[VTI](https://www.etf.com/VTI)[Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF](https://www.etf.com/VTI)654.67106,877.750.62%[RSP](https://www.etf.com/RSP)[Invesco S&amp;P 500 Equal Weight ETF](https://www.etf.com/RSP)641.3916,711.923.99%Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

TickerNameNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change[IWM](https://www.etf.com/IWM)[iShares Russell 2000 ETF](https://www.etf.com/IWM)-737.7746,804.61-1.55%[IWF](https://www.etf.com/IWF)[iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/IWF)-668.1944,283.53-1.49%[HYG](https://www.etf.com/HYG)[iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/HYG)-654.1115,536.65-4.04%[QQQ](https://www.etf.com/QQQ)[Invesco QQQ Trust](https://www.etf.com/QQQ)-364.4170,590.78-0.51%[EWJ](https://www.etf.com/EWJ)[iShares MSCI Japan ETF](https://www.etf.com/EWJ)-282.9916,883.04-1.65%[EFA](https://www.etf.com/EFA)[iShares MSCI EAFE ETF](https://www.etf.com/EFA)-239.2870,755.38-0.34%[IJH](https://www.etf.com/IJH)[iShares Core S&amp;P Mid-Cap ETF](https://www.etf.com/IJH)-185.3050,623.45-0.36%[IEF](https://www.etf.com/IEF)[iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/IEF)-142.459,238.14-1.52%[TIP](https://www.etf.com/TIP)[iShares TIPS Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/TIP)-133.0123,989.66-0.55%[IWO](https://www.etf.com/IWO)[iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/IWO)-131.6111,026.83-1.18%ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

 Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**31,239.992,194,435.811.42%**International Equity**760.52792,095.480.10%**U.S. Fixed Income**1,594.82570,139.230.28%**International Fixed Income**363.8764,412.260.56%**Commodities** 80.4459,271.130.14%**Currency**0.751,084.890.07%**Leveraged**-115.9737,795.48-0.31%**Inverse**146.1012,740.181.15%**Asset Allocation**141.579,618.481.47%**Alternatives**125.514,750.352.64%**Total:****34,337.59****3,746,343.29****0.92%**Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

 Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**105,024.072,194,435.814.79%**International Equity**35,985.29792,095.484.54%**U.S. Fixed Income**59,437.27570,139.2310.43%**International Fixed Income**8,872.6564,412.2613.77%**Commodities** -1,711.6159,271.13-2.89%**Currency**-107.281,084.89-9.89%**Leveraged**3,724.8737,795.489.86%**Inverse**2,280.2512,740.1817.90%**Asset Allocation**799.299,618.488.31%**Alternatives**625.434,750.3513.17%**Total:****214,930.24****3,746,343.29****5.74%**Disclaimer: 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.





 

 

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