TLT Attracts $637M as Trade Tensions Calm Down
- TLT gained as Treasury ETFs saw strong inflows.
- SPY led outflows despite S&P 500's fifth winning session.
The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) pulled in $636.9 million Friday, increasing its total assets under management to $48.7 billion, according to data provided by FactSet. The bond ETF's inflows came as U.S. markets posted their fifth consecutive winning session, with the S&P 500 surging 5.3% for the week amid easing U.S.-China trade tensions.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) led all ETFs with inflows of $1.6 billion to its $654.6 billion asset base. The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) attracted $986.6 million as the Nasdaq-100 jumped 6.8% for the week, while the First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) pulled in $528.7 million amid strong performance from technology stocks.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) experienced the largest outflows at $2.4 billion despite the S&P 500 climbing 0.7% on Friday. The SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) saw $911.8 million in redemptions, while the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA) lost $529.3 million as the Dow gained 332 points.
U.S. fixed-income ETFs led all asset classes with $2.5 billion in inflows, while U.S. equity ETFs collected $2.3 billion. Commodity ETFs saw outflows of $1.1 billion, and international equity ETFs lost $504 million. Overall, ETFs attracted $3.3 billion in new assets.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1,552.63 | 654,556.75 | 0.24% |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust Series I | 986.60 | 329,342.56 | 0.30% |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 636.92 | 48,698.68 | 1.31% |
| FDN | First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund | 528.65 | 7,224.82 | 7.32% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 466.04 | 15,458.15 | 3.01% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 448.34 | 29,643.70 | 1.51% |
| IBIT | iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 409.73 | 65,106.63 | 0.63% |
| VCIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 397.03 | 52,655.31 | 0.75% |
| TMF | Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares | 244.78 | 4,723.10 | 5.18% |
| XLV | Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund | 241.43 | 34,369.94 | 0.70% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | -2,419.89 | 601,804.21 | -0.40% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold Shares | -911.82 | 94,241.49 | -0.97% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | -529.27 | 37,680.98 | -1.40% |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | -413.01 | 25,017.32 | -1.65% |
| SOXL | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares | -346.48 | 12,241.41 | -2.83% |
| EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan ETF | -216.42 | 14,586.85 | -1.48% |
| EZU | iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF | -179.84 | 7,768.14 | -2.32% |
| BIL | SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | -169.40 | 45,457.85 | -0.37% |
| EWU | iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF | -167.17 | 3,032.47 | -5.51% |
| DMAY | FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - May | -164.44 | 234.17 | -70.22% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| Alternatives | 30.00 | 9,922.00 | 0.30% |
| Asset Allocation | 31.82 | 24,537.79 | 0.13% |
| Commodities ETFs | -1,077.08 | 203,026.36 | -0.53% |
| Currency | 52.36 | 136,481.02 | 0.04% |
| International Equity | -504.03 | 1,759,207.52 | -0.03% |
| International Fixed Income | 500.65 | 284,461.63 | 0.18% |
| Inverse | 37.11 | 14,922.99 | 0.25% |
| Leveraged | -580.63 | 129,084.96 | -0.45% |
| US Equity | 2,296.43 | 6,795,279.71 | 0.03% |
| US Fixed Income | 2,517.38 | 1,649,802.81 | 0.15% |
| Total: | 3,304.01 | 11,006,726.79 | 0.03% |
Disclaimer: All data as of 6 a.m. Eastern time the date the article is published. Data are believed to be accurate; however, transient market data are often subject to subsequent revision and correction by the exchanges.
