##  [# ETFs Add $77B In October](/sections/monthly-etf-flows/etfs-add-77b-october) 

 

# ETFs Add $77B In October

 

 

The month’s inflows were virtually tied with June for the second-largest inflows by month in 2021.



 

 

 

 

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Inflows into U.S.-based ETFs in October amounted to $76.9 billion during the month, making it the third-largest inflow month in the year so far, and just $100 million shy of June for second.

The nearly 30% gain from September is primarily from a rebound in U.S. equity investing, which jumped from $25.5 billion worth of inflows in September to $51.2 billion last month, according to ETF.com data provider FactSet.

The U.S. ETF industry had $6.9 trillion in assets under management as of Oct. 29, placing it within reach of the $7 trillion mark in early November.

**Broad Equities, Inflation Play Lead Gainers**

U.S. equity funds recovered from a shaky September for stocks to occupy the majority of the top 10 ETFs by inflow for September. Several early beats in the third-quarter earnings season drove the S&amp;P 500 past 4,600 points for the first time in its history, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average sat just below the 36,000 mark in the waning sessions of the month.

The [**iShares Core S&amp;P 500 ETF (IVV)**](https://etf.com/IVV) was a zero-to-hero leader, going from having the largest outflow in September at almost $3.1 billion to gaining a whopping $9.1 billion in October. That figure is enough to account for nearly 44% of IVV’s entire year-to-date inflows. The [**Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ)**](https://etf.com/QQQ) was a distant second, with just shy of $4.3 billion in inflows.

Other broad funds that appeared in the month’s top 10 include the [**SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)**](https://etf.com/SPY), the [**Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF (VOO)**](https://etf.com/VOO) and the [**Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)**](https://etf.com/VTI), which gained a combined $10.2 billion.

Inflation-protected Treasury funds also gained as a sector during the month, as warnings continue to pile up over a snarled supply chain heading into the holiday season, along with shortages of various forms of energy.

The [**iShares TIPS Bond ETF (TIP)**](https://etf.com/TIP) gained $1.9 billion on the month, while the [**Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF (SCHP)**](https://etf.com/SCHP) gained $1.4 billion.

**Bonds Sell Off**

Fixed income funds saw the largest outflows on the month, as investors retook risk-on positions and feared that inflation would cut further into bottom-scraping yields.

The [**iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD)**](https://etf.com/LQD) lost $2.9 billion in assets during the month, followed by the [**iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)**](https://etf.com/TLT) , with losses of $1.8 billion and the [**iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGSB)**](https://etf.com/IGSB) with $1.4 billion lost.

A handful of sector-specific ETFs also suffered outflows. The [**iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR)**](https://etf.com/IYR) lost $574 million, while the [**iShares Global Tech ETF (IXN)**](https://etf.com/IXN) dropped $557 million and the [**Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI)**](https://etf.com/XLI) lost $549 million.

XLI was likely affected by ongoing fears of supply chain issuer, while IYR investors may have been looking to get out of their real estate exposures ahead of the usually mum winter selling season and a potential Federal Reserve rate hike announcement.

*For a full list of this month’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:*

Top Gainers (October 2021)

TickerNameIssuerNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($M)% of AUMYTD 2021 Net Flows($,M)[IVV](https://www.etf.com/IVV)[iShares Core S&amp;P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/IVV)Blackrock9,119.51315,543.912.89%21,029.04[QQQ](https://www.etf.com/QQQ)[Invesco QQQ Trust](https://www.etf.com/QQQ)Invesco4,260.19200,420.282.13%13,928.85[SPY](https://www.etf.com/SPY)[SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/SPY)State Street Global Advisors3,965.20416,428.260.95%14,418.11[VOO](https://www.etf.com/VOO)[Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/VOO)Vanguard3,834.17267,483.861.43%44,306.45[VTI](https://www.etf.com/VTI)[Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF](https://www.etf.com/VTI)Vanguard2,441.59282,562.070.86%34,121.58[IEFA](https://www.etf.com/IEFA)[iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF](https://www.etf.com/IEFA)Blackrock2,134.15104,012.932.05%10,507.67[TIP](https://www.etf.com/TIP)[iShares TIPS Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/TIP)Blackrock1,897.9535,841.175.30%9,174.73[NUGO](https://www.etf.com/NUGO)[Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF](https://www.etf.com/NUGO)Nuveen Securities1,636.441,677.9197.53%1,636.44[XLF](https://www.etf.com/XLF)[Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLF)State Street Global Advisors1,447.6145,525.933.18%9,636.46[SCHP](https://www.etf.com/SCHP)[Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF](https://www.etf.com/SCHP)Charles Schwab1,440.1121,428.286.72%7,020.54Top Gainers (Year-to-Date)

TickerNameIssuerNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($M)% of AUMOctober 2021 Net Flows($,M)[VOO](https://www.etf.com/VOO)[Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/VOO)Vanguard44,306.45267,483.8616.56%3,834.17[VTI](https://www.etf.com/VTI)[Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF](https://www.etf.com/VTI)Vanguard34,121.58282,562.0712.08%2,441.59[IVV](https://www.etf.com/IVV)[iShares Core S&amp;P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/IVV)Blackrock21,029.04315,543.916.66%9,119.51[BND](https://www.etf.com/BND)[Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF](https://www.etf.com/BND)Vanguard17,103.3383,001.2620.61%1,185.89[SPY](https://www.etf.com/SPY)[SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/SPY)State Street Global Advisors14,418.11416,428.263.46%3,965.20[QQQ](https://www.etf.com/QQQ)[Invesco QQQ Trust](https://www.etf.com/QQQ)Invesco13,928.85200,420.286.95%4,260.19[BSV](https://www.etf.com/BSV)[Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/BSV)Vanguard13,686.2542,632.1432.10%711.22[VTV](https://www.etf.com/VTV)[Vanguard Value ETF](https://www.etf.com/VTV)Vanguard13,550.6888,393.0115.33%1,062.64[IEMG](https://www.etf.com/IEMG)[iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF](https://www.etf.com/IEMG)Blackrock10,719.7680,272.6413.35%0.00[IEFA](https://www.etf.com/IEFA)[iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF](https://www.etf.com/IEFA)Blackrock10,507.67104,012.9310.10%2,134.15Biggest Losers (October 2021)

TickerNameIssuerNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($M)% of AUMYTD 2021 Net Flows($,M)[LQD](https://www.etf.com/LQD)[iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/LQD)Blackrock-2,917.1637,903.46-7.70%-15,507.00[TLT](https://www.etf.com/TLT)[iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/TLT)Blackrock-1,862.8515,243.40-12.22%-2,422.00[IGSB](https://www.etf.com/IGSB)[iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/IGSB)Blackrock-1,460.1823,596.06-6.19%1,659.72[BBJP](https://www.etf.com/BBJP)[JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF](https://www.etf.com/BBJP)JPMorgan Chase-967.448,002.81-12.09%1,532.64[PDP](https://www.etf.com/PDP)[Invesco DWA Momentum ETF](https://www.etf.com/PDP)Invesco-645.621,865.14-34.61%-690.95[IYR](https://www.etf.com/IYR)[iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF](https://www.etf.com/IYR)Blackrock-574.187,330.02-7.83%610.58[IXN](https://www.etf.com/IXN)[iShares Global Tech ETF](https://www.etf.com/IXN)Blackrock-557.385,552.61-10.04%-383.01[XLI](https://www.etf.com/XLI)[Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLI)State Street Global Advisors-549.3617,833.61-3.08%-1,341.88[FAS](https://www.etf.com/FAS)[Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares](https://www.etf.com/FAS)Direxion-519.073,643.71-14.25%-1,076.10[TQQQ](https://www.etf.com/TQQQ)[ProShares UltraPro QQQ](https://www.etf.com/TQQQ)ProShares-484.0217,122.40-2.83%1,188.32Biggest Losers (Year-to-Date)

TickerNameIssuerNet Flows ($,mm)AUM ($M)% of AUMOctober 2021 Net Flows($,M)[LQD](https://www.etf.com/LQD)[iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/LQD)Blackrock-15,507.0037,903.46-40.91%-2,917.16[GLD](https://www.etf.com/GLD)[SPDR Gold Trust](https://www.etf.com/GLD)State Street Global Advisors-10,482.4756,931.49-18.41%-426.86[USMV](https://www.etf.com/USMV)[iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF](https://www.etf.com/USMV)Blackrock-7,969.4829,090.12-27.40%732.34[HYG](https://www.etf.com/HYG)[iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/HYG)Blackrock-5,715.6120,052.35-28.50%770.15[SHV](https://www.etf.com/SHV)[iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/SHV)Blackrock-4,200.1913,622.57-30.83%-361.20[JNK](https://www.etf.com/JNK)[SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/JNK)State Street Global Advisors-3,991.678,528.93-46.80%-456.14[EFAV](https://www.etf.com/EFAV)[iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF](https://www.etf.com/EFAV)Blackrock-2,728.068,339.83-32.71%-67.99[USO](https://www.etf.com/USO)[United States Oil Fund LP](https://www.etf.com/USO)Concierge Technologies-2,621.312,739.03-95.70%-98.20[TLT](https://www.etf.com/TLT)[iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/TLT)Blackrock-2,422.0015,243.40-15.89%-1,862.85[XLP](https://www.etf.com/XLP)[Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/XLP)State Street Global Advisors-2,008.6211,792.49-17.03%-408.19Asset Classes (October 2021)

 Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**51,225.994,168,658.431.23%**International Equity**10,084.171,323,105.360.76%**U.S. Fixed Income**12,905.411,095,280.851.18%**International Fixed Income**980.93149,475.520.66%**Commodities**542.34140,771.430.39%**Currency**1,321.953,140.7042.09%**Leveraged**-1,633.2869,494.52-2.35%**Inverse**556.3612,541.614.44%**Asset Allocation**434.9919,287.962.26%**Alternatives**474.757,061.446.72%**Total:****76,893.61****6,988,817.83****1.10%**Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

 Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM**U.S. Equity**357,785.744,168,658.438.58%**International Equity**181,551.731,323,105.3613.72%**U.S. Fixed Income**143,250.811,095,280.8513.08%**International Fixed Income**29,725.63149,475.5219.89%**Commodities**-3,535.58140,771.43-2.51%**Currency**1,339.713,140.7042.66%**Leveraged**1,853.1069,494.522.67%**Inverse**6,245.2512,541.6149.80%**Asset Allocation**4,542.5819,287.9623.55%**Alternatives**3,166.297,061.4444.84%**Total:****725,925.27****6,988,817.83****10.39%**October 2021 ETF Issuer League Table

IssuerNet Flows ($,M)AUM ($,M)% of AUMYTD 2021 Net Flows($,M)Blackrock20,559.972,410,769.140.85%151,570.10Vanguard21,213.942,011,458.951.05%275,034.52State Street Global Advisors8,704.571,052,376.640.83%62,510.37Invesco7,818.52394,434.901.98%44,257.40Charles Schwab4,577.98266,998.531.71%36,415.51First Trust2,367.52146,028.531.62%21,030.47JPMorgan Chase42.8870,659.360.06%20,865.48ProShares1,579.0266,207.842.38%9,996.98VanEck409.4962,811.580.65%8,342.59WisdomTree1,095.2847,085.132.33%4,232.29Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.1,656.3941,947.273.95%17,549.81ARK-200.9141,681.08-0.48%11,458.80Dimensional Holdings506.7233,721.771.50%3,117.76Fidelity27.6832,505.030.09%4,045.25Direxion-1,290.5327,256.59-4.73%491.06Allianz-260.4927,214.67-0.96%1,275.76Goldman Sachs260.9626,238.630.99%1,059.20Deutsche Bank3.3623,679.000.01%2,049.32Northern Trust130.7519,390.610.67%2,978.44CICC1,728.3615,360.2811.25%11,294.45Franklin Templeton227.999,642.472.36%557.25SS&amp;C150.949,409.711.60%196.56Pacer Advisors384.989,195.734.19%2,413.10American Century Investments479.218,751.265.48%3,986.20Exchange Traded Concepts224.818,215.622.74%2,311.06ETFMG44.716,966.620.64%1,342.31Abrdn Plc81.696,955.731.17%846.75Crestview142.566,901.512.07%1,240.89Nuveen Securities1,830.046,779.9326.99%3,522.96Principal725.256,293.6611.52%1,805.12Innovator115.505,861.591.97%1,399.24Manulife29.305,312.340.55%-527.19Amplify Investments77.624,866.221.60%1,413.50New York Life-55.254,592.81-1.20%437.00Janus Henderson121.294,493.952.70%497.91Concierge Technologies26.564,313.700.62%-2,901.44The Hartford51.224,238.921.21%319.22BMO95.414,051.022.36%710.66US Global Investors-108.543,511.65-3.09%590.08Barclays385.123,467.3811.11%1,825.35Toroso Investments-27.662,728.11-1.01%994.91Prudential28.922,095.431.38%763.80AdvisorShares0.221,982.880.01%1,408.21Ameriprise Financial11.961,701.850.70%438.09Aptus Capital Advisors14.531,672.520.87%608.80Defiance ETFs18.531,577.491.17%445.55O’Shares Investments-29.501,542.89-1.91%-51.21Vident4.841,481.670.33%-34.92GraniteShares-139.001,418.92-9.80%49.22Virtus Investment Partners25.301,389.011.82%382.42Rational Capital LLC90.971,332.316.83%1,081.52UBS0.001,312.230.00%-72.68Davis Advisers-6.551,279.80-0.51%108.48The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.82.841,137.537.28%524.31Nationwide80.301,136.507.07%596.85Cambria19.651,135.801.73%269.44Inspire20.201,114.671.81%251.57Main Management5.591,080.790.52%264.08Credit Suisse Group AG-8.731,073.97-0.81%275.47EMPIRICAL FINANCE LLC14.501,037.751.40%299.13Horizon Kinetics LLC148.19892.7416.60%822.41Simplify Asset Management Inc.73.35846.748.66%654.28Aegon0.00816.700.00%-45.90The Motley Fool-5.79724.41-0.80%77.20Roundhill Investments13.27628.672.11%341.44Howard Capital Management32.20625.045.15%227.12Merk13.87576.682.41%156.02T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.21.64544.223.98%253.09Renaissance Capital-20.66532.02-3.88%-237.88Tortoise15.59529.142.95%-0.48Timothy Plan3.01519.110.58%53.19Redwood Investment Management-7.26510.65-1.42%46.56TrimTabs9.10465.011.96%38.88Distillate Capital38.12456.068.36%183.59Liquid Strategies11.18441.902.53%117.07SRN Advisors5.08388.301.31%54.88Regents Park Funds15.84380.104.17%96.91ClearShares LLC9.95362.232.75%109.41Sprott0.00358.600.00%17.90Donald L. Hagan LLC28.90346.218.35%159.79Al Marketing LLC-5.21333.14-1.56%-62.26Little Harbor Advisors60.52322.2118.78%246.29ProFund Advisors LLC23.71314.607.54%385.78Government of Sweden0.58300.220.19%-11.67Teucrium3.81289.661.32%-108.47WBI0.00287.870.00%-6.79Core Alternative Capital10.33240.454.30%92.90Cavalier168.56213.654.01%54.13Mcivy Co. LLC4.90204.892.39%131.09Intangible Capital0.08201.620.04%5.02Syntax Advisors1.67198.760.84%49.75TrueMark Investments6.01189.223.18%104.38Capital Impact Advisors0.11185.790.06%-7.03Impact Shares9.61178.645.38%133.53Advisors Asset Management13.59157.338.64%108.64Wahed2.90155.901.86%68.31Arrow Funds-1.04139.13-0.75%5.99Swan Global Investments12.76133.679.55%124.47Wainwright, Inc.12.11132.119.17%106.63Tuttle Tactical Management, LLC-13.97126.18-11.07%-17.49Gadsden1.27121.321.04%20.70ProcureAM-3.88120.05-3.23%66.38Kingsview Partners LLC-3.97112.16-3.54%102.18AGF1.77107.831.64%-13.61CornerCap Investment Counsel, Inc.0.00106.030.00%28.06Humankind USA LLC6.93105.796.55%94.52Change Finance5.03101.424.96%57.02Emles Advisors LLC3.4495.443.60%28.08Pettee Investors6.5791.797.16%34.51Neil Azous Revocable Trust0.6987.950.78%67.01Exponential ETFs-1.4882.01-1.80%-0.27Beyond Investing2.0969.962.98%22.76Metaurus Advisors-4.2667.85-6.28%6.65Groupe BPCE1.6067.092.38%11.22Alger Group Holdings LLC3.5259.145.95%45.27Guinness Atkinson Asset Management0.7154.871.30%13.72Toews Corp.3.7254.686.80%5.52Absolute Investment Advisers LLC1.3953.282.61%11.92Valkyrie Funds LLC53.2852.98100.56%53.28RBS Securities46.7548.1197.19%46.75Alexis Investment Partners LLC2.0346.564.36%27.34Esoterica0.0045.900.00%17.77Infusive Asset Management0.0043.570.00%6.84Premise Capital0.0040.780.00%-14.10Formidable Asset Management0.0040.430.00%39.67Rayliant Investment Research0.0140.200.02%40.692nd Vote Value Investments, Inc0.0039.600.00%30.41Highland Capital Management0.0238.480.05%-14.60ETF Series Solutions-2.8938.29-7.55%8.12Red Gate Advisers LLC-0.1737.43-0.46%6.10Power Corporation of Canada0.0037.210.00%4.72Pacific Life4.8936.7213.32%7.33Inverdale Capital Management LLC-1.8036.66-4.90%29.70New Age Alpha Advisors LLC3.0933.879.13%30.40Ridgeline Research LLC1.6630.825.39%25.58Uncommon Investment Advisors LLC3.9629.4213.45%27.84Truist2.3229.057.97%4.69Charger Corp.19.4727.6070.55%26.20AlphaMark Advisors0.0026.800.00%-1.41Cabot ETF Partners LLC0.0025.620.00%32.34Knights of Columbus0.0023.630.00%23.13Mairs &amp; Power, Inc.3.4818.4218.90%18.55MCCM Group LLC-0.4318.26-2.37%29.97ASYMmetric ETFs2.4917.9513.85%17.23Changebridge Capital LLC0.0017.880.00%10.96The Leuthold Group LLC0.7516.364.59%2.18GAMCO Investors, Inc.0.2915.101.92%7.84Point Bridge Capital-0.9713.51-7.15%0.97Future Fund Advisors0.9813.397.31%12.59EquBot0.0011.790.00%4.82Cohanzick Management4.4010.3242.62%10.20Alternative Access Funds LLC0.0010.030.00%0.00Whitford Asset Management0.009.790.02%5.85Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC0.008.990.00%-3.60Applied Finance Group-6.508.78-74.00%7.34Jacob Asset Management0.008.180.00%7.47Water Island Capital Partners LP0.007.890.00%1.29Reflection Asset Management, LLC2.147.2329.58%4.16Global Beta Advisors0.005.030.00%-2.97Banhazl1.064.7422.42%1.34Spear Advisors LLC0.004.340.00%4.05Democracy Investment Management LLC0.003.990.00%3.28Lifegoal Investments LLC0.243.237.46%1.98Zacks Investment Management0.632.6623.80%2.60Lyrical Partners1.902.5973.38%1.90Wilshire Phoenix Funds LLC0.001.790.00%0.00Chadds Ford Investment Management LLC0.000.740.00%0.75Litman Gregory Capital Partners LLC0.000.000.00%20.26Eaton Vance Corp.0.000.000.00%0.00Disclaimer: 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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