Investors Retreat From International, Turn to U.S. Equities Ahead of Rate Cut
The highly anticipated Federal Reserve interest rate meeting this week kept investors focused domestically Tuesday, September 16, 2025. A collective retreat from international equities turned instead to an influx into U.S. equities as an asset class. Strategies that benefited spanned the range of equity exposures, including growth, value, mid- and small-cap, as well as broad large-cap equity ETFs.
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Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 2,378.43 | 673,017.03 | 0.35% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 2,338.76 | 795,188.05 | 0.29% |
| VUG | Vanguard Growth ETF | 1,834.55 | 195,356.30 | 0.94% |
| VB | Vanguard Small-Cap ETF | 1,119.05 | 68,636.89 | 1.63% |
| VBR | Vanguard Small Cap Value ETF | 1,038.72 | 32,580.25 | 3.19% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 740.54 | 542,362.18 | 0.14% |
| IWD | iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF | 567.09 | 64,293.73 | 0.88% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P Midcap 400 ETF Trust | 525.25 | 24,441.30 | 2.15% |
| VO | Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF | 466.04 | 88,779.17 | 0.52% |
| VTV | Vanguard Value ETF | 449.00 | 147,370.61 | 0.30% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| ARKK | ARK Innovation ETF | -2,462.11 | 8,601.46 | -28.62% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | -2,423.63 | 636,817.87 | -0.38% |
| ARKW | ARK Next Generation Internet ETF | -620.70 | 2,913.13 | -21.31% |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust Series I | -532.50 | 373,816.47 | -0.14% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | -528.98 | 39,693.54 | -1.33% |
| GLDM | SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust | -391.07 | 19,796.28 | -1.98% |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | -385.04 | 15,860.00 | -2.43% |
| VCIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | -371.68 | 56,002.08 | -0.66% |
| TSLL | Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares | -303.83 | 7,337.06 | -4.14% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund | -240.68 | 24,633.97 | -0.98% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| Alternatives | 7.71 | 11,707.69 | 0.07% |
| Asset Allocation | 59.47 | 29,794.37 | 0.20% |
| Commodities E T Fs | 37.19 | 253,778.02 | 0.01% |
| Currency | 691.14 | 189,295.34 | 0.37% |
| International Equity | -2,135.31 | 2,068,111.53 | -0.10% |
| International Fixed Income | 380.45 | 329,153.83 | 0.12% |
| Inverse | 211.42 | 14,766.48 | 1.43% |
| Leveraged | 62.28 | 148,241.27 | 0.04% |
| Us Equity | 10,260.82 | 7,711,690.21 | 0.13% |
| Us Fixed Income | -81.55 | 1,804,159.16 | 0.00% |
| Total: | 9,493.64 | 12,560,697.90 | 0.08% |
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.
