##  [# Hot Demand For Dividend &amp; Gold ETFs ](/sections/weekly-etf-flows/hot-demand-dividend-gold-etfs) 

 
# Hot Demand For Dividend &amp; Gold ETFs 

 
Weekly inflows top $8 billion as investors flee equity ETFs for safe havens.


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[By Drew Voros](/contributors/drew-voros)

 Jul 31, 2020

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Despite weekly flows for U.S.-listed ETFs registering $1.4 billion in equity ETF outflows, a surge in demand for dividend, gold and bond ETFs pushed the weekly inflows total to $8.5 billion.

Year to date, more than $250 billion in new assets have flowed in the U.S. ETF market, well ahead of last year’s $147 billion at this time. Total assets under management in the U.S. ETF market now stand at $4.63 trillion.

But as mentioned, the wrinkle this week was equity ETFs bleeding assets as investors seemingly search for safer ground after stocks continue to sit at all-time highs. The [**SPDR S&amp;P Dividend ETF (SDY)**](https://www.etf.com/SDY) led creations, with $1.33 billion in new assets, a near 8% increase in AUM for the fund. The [**SPDR Portfolio S&amp;P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD)**](https://www.etf.com/spyd) was also on the leader board, with $573 million in inflows.

The two biggest physical gold ETFs, the [**SPDR Gold Trust (GLD)**](https://www.etf.com/GLD) and the [**iShares Gold Trust (IAU)**](https://www.etf.com/IAU), saw inflows of $918 million and $724 million, respectively, as they held down the third and fourth place spots. Rounding out the safe haven theme for the week was the more than $1 billion in new assets to the [**iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG)**](https://www.etf.com/AGG)**.**

**Equity ETF Demand Pauses**

The selling of equity ETFs was reflected across the cap spectrum.

The world’s largest ETF, the [**SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)**](https://www.etf.com/SPY), saw more than $2 billion in outflows from the large cap fund, followed by the small cap fund, the [**iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)**](https://www.etf.com/IWM), with $1.16 billion in redemptions. Also on the board for highest outflows were the [**Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF (VOO)**](https://www.etf.com/VOO), with $227 million, and the [**Financial Select SPDR Fund (XLF)**](https://www.etf.com/XLF) saw $265 million leave the fund.

U.S. fixed income ETFs carried the week, with more than $5 billion in flows, as well as commodities, with nearly $2.4 billion of new assets, although most of that went into the two physical gold ETFs: GLD and IAU.

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[SDY](https://www.etf.com/SDY)[SPDR S&amp;P Dividend ETF](https://www.etf.com/SDY)1,335.7517,048.497.84%[AGG](https://www.etf.com/AGG)[iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/AGG)1,096.4479,669.351.38%[GLD](https://www.etf.com/GLD)[SPDR Gold Trust](https://www.etf.com/GLD)918.0177,876.951.18%[IAU](https://www.etf.com/IAU)[iShares Gold Trust](https://www.etf.com/IAU)724.4830,777.002.35%[BND](https://www.etf.com/BND)[Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF](https://www.etf.com/BND)596.9658,881.001.01%[SPYD](https://www.etf.com/SPYD)[SPDR Portfolio S&amp;P 500 High Dividend ETF](https://www.etf.com/SPYD)573.362,535.7222.61%[HYG](https://www.etf.com/HYG)[iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/HYG)497.9929,984.681.66%[DIA](https://www.etf.com/DIA)[SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/DIA)478.3922,532.742.12%[TIP](https://www.etf.com/TIP)[iShares TIPS Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/TIP)362.2222,004.161.65%[BNDX](https://www.etf.com/BNDX)[Vanguard Total International Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/BNDX)340.9229,676.291.15%Top 10 Redemptions (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)-2,058.78287,641.44-0.72%[IWM](https://www.etf.com/IWM)[iShares Russell 2000 ETF](https://www.etf.com/IWM)-1,166.7139,491.47-2.95%[XLRE](https://www.etf.com/XLRE)[Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLRE)-552.052,501.27-22.07%[IWF](https://www.etf.com/IWF)[iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/IWF)-461.1956,565.94-0.82%[SLQD](https://www.etf.com/SLQD)[iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/SLQD)-349.251,901.54-18.37%[SHY](https://www.etf.com/SHY)[iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/SHY)-320.2721,896.44-1.46%[XLF](https://www.etf.com/XLF)[Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLF)-265.3517,499.11-1.52%[VOO](https://www.etf.com/VOO)[Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/VOO)-227.67154,196.90-0.15%[SHV](https://www.etf.com/SHV)[iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/SHV)-221.4721,549.23-1.03%[XLP](https://www.etf.com/XLP)[Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLP)-209.0013,795.78-1.51%ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

 Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**-1,401.952,566,279.23-0.05%**International Equity**854.15843,795.560.10%**U.S. Fixed Income**5,222.97911,160.610.57%**International Fixed Income**781.0697,806.390.80%**Commodities**2,395.17146,251.581.64%**Currency**175.181,728.3410.14%**Leveraged**278.0836,279.950.77%**Inverse**20.5415,043.400.14%**Asset Allocation**92.6610,566.810.88%**Alternatives**146.814,854.663.02%**Total:****8,564.67****4,633,766.53****0.18%**Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

 Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**71,464.592,566,279.232.78%**International Equity**-3,506.23843,795.56-0.42%**U.S. Fixed Income**118,572.58911,160.6113.01%**International Fixed Income**7,968.6297,806.398.15%**Commodities**40,969.39146,251.5828.01%**Currency**401.291,728.3423.22%**Leveraged**3,197.6636,279.958.81%**Inverse**12,828.2415,043.4085.27%**Asset Allocation**634.0710,566.816.00%**Alternatives**-699.894,854.66-14.42%**Total:****251,830.34****4,633,766.53****5.43%**Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and &lt;1,000 Shares Traded

TickerNameWeekly PerformanceWeekly VolumeAUM ($, mm)[BDRY](https://www.etf.com/BDRY)[Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF](https://www.etf.com/BDRY)15.16%647,97335.34[USV](https://www.etf.com/USV)[ETRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Silver Total Return ETN](https://www.etf.com/USV)9.58%7,3004.58[CHIK](https://www.etf.com/CHIK)[Global X MSCI China Information Technology ETF](https://www.etf.com/CHIK)6.71%87,56517.50[DBS](https://www.etf.com/DBS)[Invesco DB Silver Fund](https://www.etf.com/DBS)6.67%121,67021.13[NIB](https://www.etf.com/NIB)[iPath Bloomberg Cocoa Subindex Total Return ETN](https://www.etf.com/NIB)6.55%122,16717.50[SLV](https://www.etf.com/SLV)[iShares Silver Trust](https://www.etf.com/SLV)6.41%308,783,78913,897.38[INDS](https://www.etf.com/INDS)[Pacer Benchmark Industrial Real Estate SCTR ETF](https://www.etf.com/INDS)6.34%151,43675.81[SIVR](https://www.etf.com/SIVR)[Aberdeen Standard Physical Silver Shares ETF](https://www.etf.com/SIVR)6.31%6,500,842743.96[IBUY](https://www.etf.com/IBUY)[Amplify Online Retail ETF](https://www.etf.com/IBUY)6.17%549,471735.46[YOLO](https://www.etf.com/YOLO)[AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF](https://www.etf.com/YOLO)6.03%281,65355.16Top 10 YTD Performers

TickerNameYTD PerformanceWeekly PerformanceAUM ($, mm)[XVZ](https://www.etf.com/XVZ)[iPath S&amp;P 500 Dynamic VIX ETN](https://www.etf.com/XVZ)101.56%0.15%7.91[VXX](https://www.etf.com/VXX)[iPath Series B S&amp;P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN](https://www.etf.com/VXX)93.12%-5.30%941.96[VIXY](https://www.etf.com/VIXY)[ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF](https://www.etf.com/VIXY)92.52%-5.34%247.24[VIXM](https://www.etf.com/VIXM)[ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF](https://www.etf.com/VIXM)88.68%-0.70%68.53[VXZ](https://www.etf.com/VXZ)[iPath Series B S&amp;P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN](https://www.etf.com/VXZ)88.38%-0.76%29.99[CLIX](https://www.etf.com/CLIX)[ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF](https://www.etf.com/CLIX)70.67%4.35%214.08[ARKW](https://www.etf.com/ARKW)[ARK Next Generation Internet ETF](https://www.etf.com/ARKW)70.01%3.49%1,900.49[ONLN](https://www.etf.com/ONLN)[ProShares Online Retail ETF](https://www.etf.com/ONLN)66.26%5.38%229.53[ARKG](https://www.etf.com/ARKG)[ARK Genomic Revolution ETF](https://www.etf.com/ARKG)63.10%-0.11%1,589.11[WCLD](https://www.etf.com/WCLD)[WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund](https://www.etf.com/WCLD)62.15%5.18%637.83Disclaimer: 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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