$10B Weekly Inflows As Stocks Near Highs

Sumit Roy

Senior ETF Analyst

Aug 10, 2018

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The U.S. stock market challenged its all-time highs this week, prompting investors to add a cool $10.3 billion to ETFs. U.S. equity ETFs garnered net inflows of $8.5 billion, while international equity ETFs picked up $1.2 billion, according to the latest data from FactSet.

The data, which measure the week ending Thursday, Aug. 9, also showed a $749 million net inflow for U.S. fixed-income ETFs.

For 2018 as a whole, net inflows into U.S.-listed ETFs now total $155.6 billion. For context, inflows totaled $285.1 billion during the same period in 2017, a record year for flows that was juiced by the fiduciary rule and an ever-climbing stock market.

Inflows For ‘IVV’ As S&P Nears Record

The usual suspects topped the inflows list for the week, such as the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV).

The S&P 500 briefly reached as high as 2,863 during the week, just a smidgen below its record level of 2,873 set in late January.

Other ETFs to make the top weekly inflows list included the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), the iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR) and the Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV).

Meanwhile, the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) and the Invesco Senior Loan ETF (BKLN) filled out the top three spots on the weekly outflows list.

For a full list of the top inflows and outflows of the week, see the tables below:

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	1,604.52	70,757.01	2.32%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	933.13	155,858.81	0.60%
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund	861.36	32,708.05	2.70%
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	755.75	275,422.48	0.28%
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	665.90	96,906.46	0.69%
IEFA	iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	639.66	58,981.37	1.10%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	471.67	16,346.64	2.97%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF	454.01	4,710.07	10.67%
BSV	Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF	358.85	25,867.92	1.41%
IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	286.40	49,647.03	0.58%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	-437.04	34,098.92	-1.27%
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	-414.15	30,566.46	-1.34%
BKLN	Invesco Senior Loan ETF	-350.88	7,524.71	-4.46%
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	-313.24	23,078.03	-1.34%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust	-307.27	21,703.35	-1.40%
SCZ	iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF	-300.83	10,769.08	-2.72%
TIP	iShares TIPS Bond ETF	-278.04	23,590.84	-1.16%
IVW	iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF	-257.81	22,263.23	-1.14%
XLE	Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	-257.07	18,642.49	-1.36%
IGSB	iShares Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF	-233.10	10,242.56	-2.23%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	8,468.30	2,111,684.62	0.40%
International Equity	1,222.07	805,662.19	0.15%
U.S. Fixed Income	749.03	581,555.40	0.13%
International Fixed Income	-6.89	63,645.92	-0.01%
Commodities	-459.28	61,701.61	-0.74%
Currency	-9.87	1,128.57	-0.87%
Leveraged	148.72	37,869.96	0.39%
Inverse	109.46	12,886.78	0.85%
Asset Allocation	0.35	9,469.12	0.00%
Alternatives	124.12	4,468.28	2.78%
Total:	10,346.02	3,690,072.44	0.28%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	58,228.01	2,111,684.62	2.76%
International Equity	33,963.05	805,662.19	4.22%
U.S. Fixed Income	49,405.29	581,555.40	8.50%
International Fixed Income	7,367.77	63,645.92	11.58%
Commodities	267.48	61,701.61	0.43%
Currency	-60.16	1,128.57	-5.33%
Leveraged	3,033.64	37,869.96	8.01%
Inverse	2,417.81	12,886.78	18.76%
Asset Allocation	640.86	9,469.12	6.77%
Alternatives	292.37	4,468.28	6.54%
Total:	155,556.12	3,690,072.44	4.22%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
XRLV	Invesco S&P 500 ex-Rate Sensitive Low Volatility ETF	52,382	216,525	413.36%
BCM	iPath Pure Beta Broad Commodity ETN	3,904	12,946	331.59%
EWO	iShares MSCI Austria ETF	216,203	769,159	355.76%
TUZ	PIMCO 1-3 Year US Treasury Index ETF	6,020	16,225	269.53%
ROAM	Hartford Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF	8,428	20,203	239.71%
CORP	PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index ETF	51,825	135,599	261.65%
PSCE	Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF	39,687	127,048	320.12%
ENTR	ERShares Entrepreneur 30 ETF	5,609	10,211	182.05%
XMLV	Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF	144,168	294,467	204.25%
MXI	iShares Global Materials ETF	30,902	57,076	184.70%

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.

Sumit Roy

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Sumit Roy is the senior ETF analyst for etf.com, where he has worked for 13 years. He creates a variety of content for the platform, including news articles, analysis pieces, videos and podcasts.

Before joining etf.com, Sumit was the managing editor and commodities analyst for Hard Assets Investor. In those roles, he was responsible for most of the operations of HAI, a website dedicated to education about commodities investing.

Though he still closely follows the commodities beat, Sumit covers a much broader assortment of topics for etf.com, with a particular focus on stock and bond exchange-traded funds.

He is the host of etf.com’s Talk ETFs, a popular video series that features weekly interviews with thought leaders in the ETF industry. Sumit is also co-host of Exchange Traded Fridays, etf.com’s weekly podcast series.

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys climbing the city’s steep hills, playing chess and snowboarding in Lake Tahoe.

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