## [# Fixed Income ETFs Lead Strong Weekly Inflows ](/sections/weekly-etf-flows/fixed-income-etfs-lead-strong-weekly-inflows)
# Fixed Income ETFs Lead Strong Weekly Inflows
Year-to-date inflows now stand at $35.2 billion.
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[By Sumit Roy ](/authors/sumit-roy)
Jan 17, 2020
Edited by: Sumit Roy
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U.S. stocks kept humming this week as the S&P 500 rallied to fresh record highs. The venerable index topped 3,325 for the first time ever, bringing its year-to-date gains up to nearly 3%.
In turn, investors kept plowing money into U.S.-listed ETFs. A cool $13.4 billion flowed into the space during the week ending Thursday, Jan. 16, sending year-to-date inflows to $35.2 billion, well ahead of year-ago levels of $8.4 billion.
**Strong Inflows For Fixed Income ETFs**
Interestingly, though equity ETFs had solid inflows during the week, the bulk of new money went into U.S. fixed income products. Those funds picked up $5.6 billion of cash, more than the $2.9 billion that went into U.S. equity ETFs and the $2.8 billion that went into international equity ETFs.
On a year-to-date basis, U.S. equity ETFs are still ahead, $14.2 billion to $11.4 billion, but the gap is much smaller than you'd expect considering the record run in stocks. So far this year, most fixed income ETFs are up thanks to a modest decline in interest rates (bond prices and rates move inversely). The **[iShares Core Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG)](https://www.etf.com/agg)**, for example, has returned about 0.6%.
**Individual Names**
Taking a look at individual ETF flows, the **[Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB)](https://www.etf.com/VB)** headlined the top inflows list, with creations of $1.5 billion. It was joined by the **[iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)](https://www.etf.com/tlt)**, the **[iShares ESG MSCI U.S.A. ETF (ESGU)](https://www.etf.com/esgu)** and the aforementioned AGG, among others.
Meanwhile, on the outflows side, the **[Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH)](https://www.etf.com/VCSH)** had by far the largest redemptions of the week, at $1.6 billion. The **[SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)](https://www.etf.com/spy)**, the **[iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI)](https://www.etf.com/iei)** and the **[iShares Edge MSCI U.S.A. Size Factor ETF (SIZE)](https://www.etf.com/SIZE)** also registered outflows.
For a full list of this week's top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
TickerNameNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change[VB](https://www.etf.com/VB)[Vanguard Small-Cap ETF](https://www.etf.com/VB)1,450.2229,327.904.94%[IVV](https://www.etf.com/IVV)[iShares Core S&P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/IVV)1,315.16205,983.790.64%[TLT](https://www.etf.com/TLT)[iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/TLT)1,178.0218,124.286.50%[ESGU](https://www.etf.com/ESGU)[iShares ESG MSCI U.S.A. ETF](https://www.etf.com/ESGU)1,152.122,657.9043.35%[FTCS](https://www.etf.com/FTCS)[First Trust Capital Strength ETF](https://www.etf.com/FTCS)891.864,398.8920.27%[AGG](https://www.etf.com/AGG)[iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/AGG)823.4670,953.591.16%[MBB](https://www.etf.com/MBB)[iShares MBS ETF](https://www.etf.com/MBB)802.6922,672.553.54%[VCIT](https://www.etf.com/VCIT)[Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/VCIT)779.7227,068.682.88%[HYG](https://www.etf.com/HYG)[iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/HYG)767.2119,962.483.84%[VUG](https://www.etf.com/VUG)[Vanguard Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/VUG)642.8748,961.771.31%Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
TickerNameNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change[VCSH](https://www.etf.com/VCSH)[Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/VCSH)-1,557.4024,322.53-6.40%[SPY](https://www.etf.com/SPY)[SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/SPY)-1,343.39315,360.31-0.43%[IWM](https://www.etf.com/IWM)[iShares Russell 2000 ETF](https://www.etf.com/IWM)-981.6547,203.65-2.08%[IEI](https://www.etf.com/IEI)[iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/IEI)-971.828,768.51-11.08%[BIV](https://www.etf.com/BIV)[Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/BIV)-754.1612,986.02-5.81%[XLE](https://www.etf.com/XLE)[Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLE)-398.0710,866.81-3.66%[SIZE](https://www.etf.com/SIZE)[iShares Edge MSCI U.S.A. Size Factor ETF](https://www.etf.com/SIZE)-370.581,290.14-28.72%[IWD](https://www.etf.com/IWD)[iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF](https://www.etf.com/IWD)-355.3342,044.63-0.85%[VTV](https://www.etf.com/VTV)[Vanguard Value ETF](https://www.etf.com/VTV)-345.9055,836.10-0.62%[IYR](https://www.etf.com/IYR)[iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF](https://www.etf.com/IYR)-332.874,156.80-8.01%ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**2,911.222,590,453.410.11%**International Equity**2,786.08911,694.050.31%**U.S. Fixed Income**5,588.41773,497.930.72%**International Fixed Income**899.8992,498.520.97%**Commodities** 204.3982,938.330.25%**Currency**26.521,396.281.90%**Leveraged**428.9741,574.581.03%**Inverse**219.0611,355.411.93%**Asset Allocation**175.0611,023.021.59%**Alternatives**143.654,630.303.10%**Total:****13,383.25****4,521,061.83****0.30%**Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)
Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**14,156.072,590,453.410.55%**International Equity**6,910.75911,694.050.76%**U.S. Fixed Income**11,444.01773,497.931.48%**International Fixed Income**1,721.3292,498.521.86%**Commodities** 72.7982,938.330.09%**Currency**32.451,396.282.32%**Leveraged**372.5841,574.580.90%**Inverse**121.5011,355.411.07%**Asset Allocation**208.7211,023.021.89%**Alternatives**177.684,630.303.84%**Total:****35,217.87****4,521,061.83****0.78%**Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
TickerNameAverage Volume
(30 Day)1 Week Average
Volume% of Average[ESGU](https://www.etf.com/ESGU)[iShares ESG MSCI U.S.A. ETF](https://www.etf.com/ESGU)632,8423,909,311617.74%[ESGE](https://www.etf.com/ESGE)[iShares ESG MSCI EM ETF](https://www.etf.com/ESGE)947,0285,352,401565.18%[EEMA](https://www.etf.com/EEMA)[iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF](https://www.etf.com/EEMA)70,979308,752434.99%[SIZE](https://www.etf.com/SIZE)[iShares Edge MSCI U.S.A. Size Factor ETF](https://www.etf.com/SIZE)252,8761,088,547430.47%[CSML](https://www.etf.com/CSML)[IQ Chaikin U.S. Small Cap ETF](https://www.etf.com/CSML)53,533185,808347.09%[OSCV](https://www.etf.com/OSCV)[Opus Small Cap Value ETF](https://www.etf.com/OSCV)11,04142,466384.62%[IXN](https://www.etf.com/IXN)[iShares Global Tech ETF](https://www.etf.com/IXN)85,483288,312337.27%[SHYG](https://www.etf.com/SHYG)[iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/SHYG)1,267,7284,121,650325.12%[EMHY](https://www.etf.com/EMHY)[iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/EMHY)134,298471,273350.92%[UOCT](https://www.etf.com/UOCT)[Innovator S&P 500 Ultra Buffer ETF - October](https://www.etf.com/UOCT)22,41772,718324.38%Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
TickerNameWeekly PerformanceWeekly VolumeAUM ($, mm)[POTX](https://www.etf.com/POTX)[Global X Cannabis ETF](https://www.etf.com/POTX)19.90%128,4678.34[THCX](https://www.etf.com/THCX)[The Cannabis ETF](https://www.etf.com/THCX)15.15%282,00020.26[MJ](https://www.etf.com/MJ)[ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF](https://www.etf.com/MJ)14.05%8,286,264812.52[CNBS](https://www.etf.com/CNBS)[Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF](https://www.etf.com/CNBS)13.56%42,0955.01[YOLO](https://www.etf.com/YOLO)[AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF](https://www.etf.com/YOLO)11.35%373,94250.20[TOKE](https://www.etf.com/TOKE)[Cambria Cannabis ETF](https://www.etf.com/TOKE)10.25%52,36011.36[LIT](https://www.etf.com/LIT)[Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF](https://www.etf.com/LIT)6.86%1,234,712539.35[PALL](https://www.etf.com/PALL)[Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF](https://www.etf.com/PALL)6.32%143,657367.57[NIB](https://www.etf.com/NIB)[iPath Bloomberg Cocoa Subindex Total Return ETN](https://www.etf.com/NIB)5.26%429,63937.37[PBW](https://www.etf.com/PBW)[Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF](https://www.etf.com/PBW)4.60%633,355265.52Top 10 YTD Performers
TickerNameYTD PerformanceWeekly PerformanceAUM ($, mm)[PALL](https://www.etf.com/PALL)[Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF](https://www.etf.com/PALL)19.49%6.32%367.57[POTX](https://www.etf.com/POTX)[Global X Cannabis ETF](https://www.etf.com/POTX)11.98%19.90%8.34[CHIK](https://www.etf.com/CHIK)[Global X MSCI China Information Technology ETF](https://www.etf.com/CHIK)11.48%2.61%6.57[CHIC](https://www.etf.com/CHIC)[Global X MSCI China Communication Services ETF](https://www.etf.com/CHIC)10.78%1.22%23.93[CQQQ](https://www.etf.com/CQQQ)[Invesco China Technology ETF](https://www.etf.com/CQQQ)10.75%1.58%665.83[KWEB](https://www.etf.com/KWEB)[KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF](https://www.etf.com/KWEB)10.70%1.58%2,535.07[NGE](https://www.etf.com/NGE)[Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF](https://www.etf.com/NGE)10.69%-0.18%43.49[THCX](https://www.etf.com/THCX)[The Cannabis ETF](https://www.etf.com/THCX)10.67%15.15%20.26[PBW](https://www.etf.com/PBW)[Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF](https://www.etf.com/PBW)10.11%4.60%265.52[BUG](https://www.etf.com/BUG)[Global X Cybersecurity ETF](https://www.etf.com/BUG)9.77%2.21%2.70Disclaimer: 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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