2019 ETF Inflows Keeping Pace With 2018
Investors added nearly $11 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs this week, enough to keep pace with last year’s inflows.
New record highs in U.S. stocks corresponded with fresh inflows for U.S.-listed ETFs. On net, $10.9 billion flowed into the space during the week ending Thursday, July 11, according to the latest data from FactSet. Of that, $8.3 billion headed into U.S. equity ETFs and almost $2 billion went into U.S. fixed income ETFs.
The S&P 500 eclipsed the 3,000 level for the first time this week, after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell hinted the U.S. central bank will cut interest rates at the end of the month. The move was also supportive of sentiment in bond markets, even as the 10-year Treasury yield rallied modestly from multiyear lows.
Year-to-date inflows for all U.S.-listed ETFs now stand at $129.2 billion, close to last year’s $131.2 pace.
SPY Heads Inflows List
The usual suspects fueled this week’s inflows. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) all made it to the top 10 inflows list.
At the same time, fixed income inflows were fueled by the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) and the iShares MBS ETF (MBB).
On the flip side, the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) lost some assets this week, as did the Invesco Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF (OMFL), the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), the iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB) and the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (BIL).
For a full list of this week’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 3,706.20 | 277,497.61 | 1.34% |
HYG | iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 833.31 | 18,814.32 | 4.43% |
IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 778.61 | 180,803.65 | 0.43% |
VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 707.32 | 118,001.67 | 0.60% |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 661.31 | 43,110.12 | 1.53% |
MBB | iShares MBS ETF | 558.45 | 17,435.03 | 3.20% |
USMV | iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol U.S.A. ETF | 372.19 | 30,022.39 | 1.24% |
VXF | Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 356.96 | 7,488.12 | 4.77% |
XLB | Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund | 332.99 | 4,553.49 | 7.31% |
IWO | iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF | 252.71 | 9,263.45 | 2.73% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
LQD | iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | -816.11 | 36,115.23 | -2.26% |
OMFL | Invesco Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF | -696.36 | 1,036.41 | -67.19% |
XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund | -328.20 | 21,347.69 | -1.54% |
XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund | -239.85 | 24,593.82 | -0.98% |
IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF | -238.31 | 4,395.72 | -5.42% |
TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | -237.05 | 13,647.23 | -1.74% |
XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | -224.94 | 11,889.08 | -1.89% |
EMB | iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | -202.85 | 15,692.61 | -1.29% |
BIL | SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | -169.18 | 9,243.72 | -1.83% |
IWF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | -161.03 | 45,902.22 | -0.35% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 8,265.24 | 2,284,241.93 | 0.36% |
International Equity | 522.61 | 831,757.56 | 0.06% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 1,967.00 | 686,661.01 | 0.29% |
International Fixed Income | 201.01 | 78,377.33 | 0.26% |
Commodities | 74.36 | 69,094.29 | 0.11% |
Currency | 25.81 | 1,443.63 | 1.79% |
Leveraged | -400.72 | 38,787.42 | -1.03% |
Inverse | 342.47 | 11,838.86 | 2.89% |
Asset Allocation | 6.84 | 9,760.12 | 0.07% |
Alternatives | -106.18 | 4,604.02 | -2.31% |
Total: | 10,898.44 | 4,016,566.18 | 0.27% |
Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 41,312.86 | 2,284,241.93 | 1.81% |
International Equity | 9,636.96 | 831,757.56 | 1.16% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 68,553.65 | 686,661.01 | 9.98% |
International Fixed Income | 8,926.67 | 78,377.33 | 11.39% |
Commodities | 514.21 | 69,094.29 | 0.74% |
Currency | -346.26 | 1,443.63 | -23.99% |
Leveraged | -3,716.75 | 38,787.42 | -9.58% |
Inverse | 3,706.77 | 11,838.86 | 31.31% |
Asset Allocation | -198.91 | 9,760.12 | -2.04% |
Alternatives | 792.12 | 4,604.02 | 17.20% |
Total: | 129,181.31 | 4,016,566.18 | 3.22% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
AWTM | Aware Ultra-Short Duration Enhanced Income ETF | 8,972 | 46,932 | 523.10% |
JHEM | John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF | 9,681 | 37,467 | 387.03% |
UIVM | VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF | 13,392 | 63,737 | 475.92% |
FEU | SPDR STOXX Europe 50 ETF | 79,760 | 230,362 | 288.82% |
FLJP | Franklin FTSE Japan ETF | 20,409 | 58,716 | 287.69% |
FEMB | First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF | 29,245 | 80,418 | 274.98% |
ISRA | VanEck Vectors Israel ETF | 1,869 | 4,014 | 214.76% |
IHY | VanEck Vectors International High Yield Bond ETF | 18,617 | 45,502 | 244.41% |
DWFI | SPDR Dorsey Wright Fixed Income Allocation ETF | 14,847 | 36,801 | 247.87% |
MFUS | PIMCO RAFI Dynamic Multi-Factor U.S. Equity ETF | 4,799 | 10,468 | 218.11% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
BDRY | Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF | 5.91% | 123,453 | 3.58 |
EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF | 5.35% | 406,631 | 96.05 |
OILX | ETRACS S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return ETN | 4.86% | 6,156 | 3.59 |
USO | United States Oil Fund LP | 4.85% | 90,039,435 | 1,432.41 |
OIL | iPath Series B S&P GSCI Crude Oil ETN | 4.82% | 36,220 | 92.44 |
OILK | ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF | 4.70% | 30,098 | 12.02 |
FBZ | First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund | 4.66% | 83,650 | 150.15 |
JJN | iPath Series B Bloomberg Nickel Subindex Total Return ETN | 4.47% | 8,873 | 8.17 |
USOI | Credit Suisse X-Links Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETN | 4.22% | 17,365 | 8.21 |
UGA | United States Gasoline Fund LP | 4.19% | 80,249 | 41.06 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
TAN | Invesco Solar ETF | 56.66% | -0.68% | 398.43 |
PTF | Invesco DWA Technology Momentum ETF | 46.99% | 1.90% | 243.57 |
ARGT | Global X MSCI Argentina ETF | 44.78% | 2.46% | 99.86 |
AGT | iShares MSCI Argentina and Global Exposure ETF | 44.37% | 2.21% | 27.35 |
ARKG | ARK Genomic Revolution ETF | 43.95% | 0.38% | 462.81 |
UGA | United States Gasoline Fund LP | 43.39% | 4.19% | 41.06 |
PBW | Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF | 41.90% | -0.82% | 177.20 |
CHIS | Global X MSCI China Consumer Staples ETF | 41.02% | 0.92% | 2.04 |
GREK | Global X MSCI Greece ETF | 40.04% | -3.32% | 392.85 |
IPO | Renaissance IPO ETF | 39.88% | 0.93% | 58.42 |
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.