More than $4 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs as total assets rose to $1.297 trillion in a week marred by Hurricane Sandy.
Investors plowed than $4.3 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs in a trading week abridged by Hurricane Sandy, as New York City bore some of the huge storm’s worst damage.
Overall, total U.S-listed ETF assets rose to more than $1.297 trillion in the period ended Thursday, Nov.1, from $1.284 trillion in the prior week, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse. Hurricane Sandy closed markets on Monday and Tuesday, crimping some of the investment flows.
Markets bounced higher on the week, egged on by encouraging data on U.S. and Chinese manufacturing. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 129 points, or just shy of 1 percent, in the Thursday-to-Thursday period, fueling some of the ETF asset gains.
The week’s most popular fund was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), which collected $1.72 billion in fresh assets.
The least popular ETF was the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NasdaqGM: QQQ). It suffered outflows of $568.9 million.
U.S. equities garnered $2.15 billion in inflows, while U.S. fixed income captured $1.44 billion. Commodities ETFs meanwhile had net outflows of slightly more than $6 million.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 1,721.06 | 109,286.56 | 1.60% |
| IJH | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap | 914.06 | 12,463.47 | 7.91% |
| IEI | iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | 837.22 | 3,004.13 | 38.64% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 299.79 | 17,023.87 | 1.79% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 194.71 | 8,451.70 | 2.36% |
| SPLV | PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility | 123.13 | 2,753.37 | 4.68% |
| IYJ | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrial | 113.30 | 699.66 | 19.32% |
| XOP | SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | 113.25 | 819.48 | 16.04% |
| FXI | iShares FTSE China 25 | 105.33 | 6,077.25 | 1.76% |
| IYR | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate | 104.76 | 5,087.92 | 2.10% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -568.93 | 30,615.20 | -1.82% |
| XLB | Materials Select SPDR | -242.73 | 2,154.29 | -10.13% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | -228.97 | 10,415.85 | -2.15% |
| IYE | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy | -189.80 | 884.74 | -17.66% |
| IVW | iShares S&P 500 Growth | -151.79 | 7,004.81 | -2.12% |
| XLK | Technology Select SPDR | -141.42 | 9,382.28 | -1.48% |
| URE | ProShares Ultra Real Estate | -129.23 | 286.04 | -31.12% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | -82.89 | 16,777.15 | -0.49% |
| DBC | PowerShares DB Commodity Tracking | -71.92 | 6,466.91 | -1.10% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | -71.81 | 9,448.14 | -0.75% |
ETF Weekly Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 2,145.37 | 583,268.75 | 0.37% |
| International Equity | 692.89 | 303,695.27 | 0.23% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 1,441.22 | 225,716.85 | 0.64% |
| International Fixed Income | 166.93 | 23,477.09 | 0.71% |
| Commodities | -6.37 | 120,492.55 | -0.01% |
| Currency | -16.76 | 2,782.09 | -0.60% |
| Leveraged | 157.01 | 13,068.97 | 1.20% |
| Inverse | -154.97 | 18,683.18 | -0.83% |
| Asset Allocation | 1.09 | 2,295.13 | 0.05% |
| Alternatives | -75.49 | 3,826.61 | -1.97% |
| Total: | 4,350.92 | 1,297,306.49 | 0.34% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1 Week Average Volume |
% of Average |
| IEI | iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | 413,121 | 8,899,830 | 430.86% |
| WPS | iShares S&P Developed Ex-US. Property | 26,973 | 578,572 | 429.01% |
| IYJ | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrial | 106,632 | 2,235,097 | 419.22% |
| IYE | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy | 436,041 | 8,426,511 | 386.50% |
| FXN | First Trust Energy AlphaDEX | 167,905 | 3,166,854 | 377.22% |
| FXZ | First Trust Materials AlphaDEX | 154,659 | 2,883,269 | 372.85% |
| IXG | iShares S&P Global Financials | 96,923 | 1,801,812 | 371.80% |
| FXU | First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX | 104,399 | 1,880,972 | 360.34% |
| FXR | First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX | 100,719 | 1,673,817 | 332.37% |
| FXL | First Trust Technology AlphaDEX | 196,382 | 2,887,253 | 294.04% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| EGRW | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Growth | 7.56% | 1,950 | 2.68 |
| DWAS | PowerShares DWA SmallCap Technical Leaders | 7.15% | 117,755 | 14.36 |
| ECNS | iShares MSCI China Small Cap | 5.72% | 30,477 | 16.31 |
| PEK | Market Vectors China | 5.02% | 10,288 | 12.08 |
| PLTM | First Trust ISE Global Platinum | 4.84% | 13,124 | 8.27 |
| FCA | First Trust China AlphaDex | 4.66% | 2,350 | 2.26 |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | 4.64% | 2,720,780 | 388.72 |
| HAO | Guggenheim China Small Cap | 4.57% | 403,686 | 219.89 |
| QCLN | First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy | 4.39% | 8,717 | 14.16 |
| SLVP | iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners | 4.31% | 10,226 | 2.44 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | -16.56% | 307,530 | 24.11 |
| JYN | iPath JPY/USD Exchange Rate ETN | -9.19% | 1,750 | 5.84 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -8.68% | 1,224,885 | 10.10 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -8.64% | 3,038,544 | 163.17 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -8.62% | 87,738,824 | 1,473.09 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -6.64% | 70,956 | 5.28 |
| VIXM | ProShares VIX Mid-term | -6.23% | 327,776 | 94.14 |
| VXZ | iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -6.06% | 1,188,263 | 120.98 |
| GAZ | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN | -5.62% | 143,939 | 42.78 |
| GWO | ELEMENTS Credit Suisse Global Warming ETN | -5.59% | 1,400 | 2.97 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| ITB | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction | 78.01 | 2.33 | 1,530.01 |
| XHB | SPDR S&P Homebuilders | 58.22 | 3.63 | 2,082.01 |
| TUR | iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market | 52.93 | 3.51 | 623.31 |
| EGPT | Market Vectors Egypt | 51.97 | -4.79 | 52.61 |
| TAO | Guggenheim China Real Estate | 44.40 | 4.09 | 42.66 |
| BBH | Market Vectors Biotech | 42.63 | -0.31 | 143.19 |
| PKB | PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction | 40.26 | 3.64 | 47.77 |
| IFAS | iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Asia | 37.59 | 2.26 | 32.29 |
| INCO | EGShares India Consumer | 37.03 | 1.10 | 2.19 |
| EPHE | iShares MSCI Philippines Investable Market | 37.01 | 2.10 | 136.14 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -76.04 | -8.62 | 1,473.09 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -76.00 | -8.64 | 163.17 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -76.00 | -8.68 | 10.10 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -74.45 | -6.64 | 5.28 |
| VXZ | iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -50.43 | -6.06 | 120.98 |
| VIXM | ProShares VIX Mid-term | -50.26 | -6.23 | 94.14 |
| VIIZ | VelocityShares VIX Mid Term ETN | -48.32 | 0.47 | 5.47 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | -44.10 | -3.81 | 9.50 |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | -39.22 | -0.38 | 40.62 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | -35.74 | -3.63 | 41.55 |
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.
