Equities ETFs pulled in almost $10 billion in the week ended July 5, as total U.S.-listed ETFs rose to $1.197 trillion.
Investors plowed almost $10 billion into equities ETFs in the five trading days ended July 5, with about half of that going into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY). However, sentiment began turning decidedly more risk-averse as the holiday week wore on.
Indeed on Thursday, the final day of our five-day survey, central banks around the world cut rates to help breathe new life into an economic recovery that appears to be losing steam. Then, on Friday, the U.S. government reported that the non-farms payroll report for June came in below expectations. A total of 80,000 jobs were created last month—fewer than the 95,000 economists had predicted.
But as things stood as of Thursday, net inflows amounted to $8.37 billion and total U.S.-listed ETF assets rose to $1.197 trillion from $1.58 trillion in the prior week, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse.
Much of those asset gains were linked to a 2.3 rise in the Dow Jones industrial average. However many of those gains got wiped out on Friday, July 6 in the wake of the below-expectations U.S. jobs report.
In any case, outflows from bond funds totaled more than $2 billion, with $1.67 billion of that coming from U.S. fixed-income ETFs.
The least popular ETF in the survey period was the iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSEArca: SHY), which suffered outflows of $987.0 million.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 5,151.11 | 108,613.16 | 4.98% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 690.16 | 33,446.78 | 2.11% |
| VWO | Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets | 649.96 | 51,905.92 | 1.27% |
| IVV | iShares S&P 500 | 629.71 | 30,327.12 | 2.12% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 460.88 | 7,412.61 | 6.63% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 437.51 | 15,517.87 | 2.90% |
| EMB | iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond | 297.26 | 4,816.14 | 6.58% |
| UWM | ProShares Ultra Russell 2000 | 279.15 | 433.71 | 180.61% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | 264.73 | 3,533.39 | 8.10% |
| SSO | ProShares Ultra S&P 500 | 242.41 | 1,540.86 | 18.67% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SHY | iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | -986.97 | 9,845.98 | -9.11% |
| IEI | iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | -750.18 | 2,449.49 | -23.45% |
| UST | ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury | -561.12 | 133.86 | -80.74% |
| TIP | iShares Barclays TIPS Bond | -323.31 | 22,827.80 | -1.40% |
| AGG | iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond | -189.04 | 15,327.39 | -1.22% |
| TNA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x | -182.80 | 694.20 | -20.84% |
| TLT | iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -150.73 | 3,559.86 | -4.06% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | -138.75 | 4,686.43 | -2.88% |
| IEF | iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | -129.90 | 5,055.28 | -2.51% |
| SLV | iShares Silver Trust | -118.17 | 8,816.50 | -1.32% |
ETF Weekly Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 8,606.81 | 554,048.56 | 1.55% |
| International Equity | 1,199.65 | 267,031.42 | 0.45% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -1,667.46 | 209,902.81 | -0.79% |
| International Fixed Income | 421.11 | 17,563.94 | 2.40% |
| Commodities | -45.04 | 107,730.64 | -0.04% |
| Currency | 50.70 | 3,001.91 | 1.69% |
| Leveraged | -377.84 | 12,953.29 | -2.92% |
| Inverse | 26.42 | 19,009.88 | 0.14% |
| Asset Allocation | 6.47 | 1,908.07 | 0.34% |
| Alternatives | 152.12 | 4,072.15 | 3.74% |
| Total: | 8,372.94 | 1,197,222.67 | 0.70% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1 Week Average Volume |
% of Average |
| UST | ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury | 580,618 | 13,891,875 | 478.52% |
| TDTT | FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS | 116,727 | 2,430,197 | 416.39% |
| FXZ | First Trust Materials AlphaDEX | 220,382 | 3,908,755 | 354.72% |
| JKH | iShares Morningstar Mid Growth | 10,427 | 182,924 | 350.87% |
| ACWV | iShares MSCI All Country World Minimum Volatility | 23,184 | 389,029 | 335.60% |
| GBF | iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond | 18,665 | 307,910 | 329.93% |
| GNR | SPDR Global Natural Resources | 56,723 | 915,426 | 322.77% |
| RXI | iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary | 60,622 | 973,316 | 321.11% |
| IXP | iShares S&P Global Telecommunications | 89,445 | 1,344,952 | 300.73% |
| TDTF | FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS | 53,267 | 787,590 | 295.72% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GRN | iPath Global Carbon ETN | 32.17% | 2,014 | 1.46 |
| PKOL | PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio | 10.66% | 22,573 | 10.16 |
| JJG | iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return ETN | 10.59% | 507,104 | 179.39 |
| TCHI | RBS China Trendpilot ETN | 10.57% | 3,867 | 3.79 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 10.44% | 164,531 | 28.09 |
| WEAT | Teucrium Wheat | 10.30% | 48,968 | 3.10 |
| GRU | ELEMENTS MLCX Grains - Total Return ETN | 10.23% | 263,085 | 16.45 |
| CORN | Teucrium Corn | 10.16% | 1,170,958 | 70.99 |
| KOL | Market Vectors Coal | 10.11% | 580,173 | 183.96 |
| UGA | United States Gasoline | 10.08% | 192,558 | 84.17 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -20.39% | 177,998 | 6.71 |
| VXAA | ETRACS 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN | -14.52% | 1,100 | 3.60 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -14.35% | 2,469,739 | 41.92 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -14.34% | 177,535,144 | 1,688.31 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -14.31% | 2,531,126 | 135.95 |
| VIXM | ProShares VIX Mid-term | -7.28% | 64,002 | 82.62 |
| VXZ | iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -7.14% | 1,355,683 | 258.41 |
| LSC | ELEMENTS S&P Commodity Trends Indicator - Total Return ETN | -3.90% | 150,402 | 29.24 |
| BTAL | QuantShares U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta | -2.71% | 147,985 | 9.47 |
| MES | Market Vectors Gulf States | -2.29% | 2,740 | 11.09 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| XIV | VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN | 80.49 | 14.86 | 248.89 |
| SVXY | ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures | 79.50 | 15.06 | 4.70 |
| AAVX | ETRACS Daily Short 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN | 78.86 | 17.17 | 15.50 |
| BIB | ProShares Ultra NASDAQ Biotech | 60.77 | 6.20 | 27.79 |
| RETL | Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares | 56.05 | 7.22 | 9.36 |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | 52.32 | 9.59 | 222.65 |
| BBVX | ETRACS Daily Short 2-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN | 50.57 | 13.08 | 14.46 |
| DRN | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x | 48.04 | 14.81 | 99.03 |
| BDCL | ETRACS 2X Leveraged Long Wells Fargo Business Development Company ETN | 46.00 | 6.52 | 47.79 |
| ITB | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction | 44.98 | 7.91 | 838.01 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| UVXY | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures | -88.02 | -27.65 | 297.02 |
| TVIX | VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short Term ETN | -86.82 | -26.51 | 276.95 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -68.55 | -20.39 | 6.71 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -59.59 | -14.31 | 135.95 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -59.47 | -14.34 | 1,688.31 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -59.44 | -14.35 | 41.92 |
| VXAA | ETRACS 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN | -58.08 | -14.52 | 3.60 |
| BOIL | ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Natural Gas | -51.45 | 10.29 | 67.80 |
| TVIZ | VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Mid Term ETN | -50.52 | -14.46 | 4.38 |
| FOL | FactorShares 2X: Oil Bull/S&P 500 Bear | -46.22 | 10.74 | 1.15 |
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.
