2020 ETF Inflows Top A Whopping $73B So Far

Senior ETF Analyst

Feb 07, 2020

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

After putting a hefty $51 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs in January, investors kept at it during the first week of Feburary, adding more than $20 billion to the space.

On net, ETFs captured $24.8 billion of inflows during the week ending Thursday, Feb. 6—a period that includes four days from February and one day from January.

Year-to-date inflows now stand at $73.1 billion, compared to a mere $53 million at this same time last year.

Buying Opportunity

For the week, U.S. equity ETFs were the most popular segment as investors used a brief 3.7% correction in the S&P 500 as an opportunity to buy. After falling to as low as 3,215 on Friday, the index quickly recovered to a new all-time high of around 3,348 on Thursday.

While the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in China, investors don't yet consider it something that will do lasting damage to the global economy.

U.S. equity ETFs ended with net inflows of $15.1 billion for the week and $30.8 billion for the year-to-date period. Top asset gatherers during the week included the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV), the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), and the Invesco Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF (OMFL).

While U.S. equity ETFs are where investors focused most of their buying power, U.S. fixed income ETFs also continued to see a steady flow of demand. That segment had inflows of $5.6 billion for the week and $20.7 billion for the year-to-date period.

The iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (USHY) had the largest inflows of all fixed-income products during the week.

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
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	7,308.18	217,639.94	3.36%
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	5,290.83	142,453.79	3.71%
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	1,591.19	93,828.54	1.70%
OMFL	Invesco Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF	906.29	2,145.04	42.25%
USHY	iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	892.49	3,984.52	22.40%
VEA	Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF	832.41	80,833.63	1.03%
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	755.82	35,738.44	2.11%
IXUS	iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF	650.81	19,077.80	3.41%
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	639.12	72,716.26	0.88%
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	594.34	45,688.44	1.30%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SDY	SPDR S&P Dividend ETF	-1,030.55	19,873.82	-5.19%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	-844.11	44,957.09	-1.88%
SPHD	Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF	-640.79	3,716.34	-17.24%
JNK	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF	-436.05	9,912.75	-4.40%
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	-403.22	29,004.46	-1.39%
PKW	Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF	-391.30	1,219.92	-32.08%
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	-390.08	15,569.87	-2.51%
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan ETF	-386.24	13,118.53	-2.94%
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	-311.44	317,374.73	-0.10%
BKLN	Invesco Senior Loan ETF	-297.34	5,837.32	-5.09%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	15,100.17	2,637,062.52	0.57%
International Equity	2,421.81	900,757.72	0.27%
U.S. Fixed Income	5,610.38	785,572.69	0.71%
International Fixed Income	560.51	94,071.49	0.60%
Commodities	678.90	84,796.97	0.80%
Currency	18.95	1,406.38	1.35%
Leveraged	339.88	42,632.73	0.80%
Inverse	84.33	11,609.64	0.73%
Asset Allocation	-51.46	10,930.79	-0.47%
Alternatives	40.60	4,882.46	0.83%
Total:	24,804.08	4,573,723.39	0.54%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	30,841.38	2,637,062.52	1.17%
International Equity	13,786.86	900,757.72	1.53%
U.S. Fixed Income	20,744.74	785,572.69	2.64%
International Fixed Income	2,952.79	94,071.49	3.14%
Commodities	2,687.51	84,796.97	3.17%
Currency	50.17	1,406.38	3.57%
Leveraged	1,065.32	42,632.73	2.50%
Inverse	458.32	11,609.64	3.95%
Asset Allocation	156.86	10,930.79	1.44%
Alternatives	386.87	4,882.46	7.92%
Total:	73,130.82	4,573,723.39	1.60%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
CIL	VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF	4,259	13,261	311.37%
JKE	iShares Morningstar Large-Cap Growth ETF	38,397	159,627	415.73%
BCM	iPath Pure Beta Broad Commodity ETN	4,638	14,160	305.27%
CXSE	WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund	51,667	119,657	231.59%
HEWU	iShares Currency Hedged MSCI United Kingdom ETF	8,415	18,283	217.26%
MXDU	Nationwide Maximum Diversification U.S. Core Equity ETF	768	1,124	146.39%
DIVY	Reality Shares DIVS ETF	8,538	16,788	196.63%
SWAN	Amplify BlackSwan Growth & Treasury Core ETF	64,977	150,715	231.95%
DTH	WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund	22,774	39,437	173.17%
QCLN	First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund	82,577	205,545	248.91%

Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
ULBR	VelocityShares Long LIBOR ETN	11.07%	1,248	0.97
KURE	KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF	10.48%	68,385	24.80
KGRN	KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF	9.21%	3,317	1.93
LIT	Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF	8.95%	2,728,711	601.55
CHIK	Global X MSCI China Information Technology ETF	8.79%	46,441	12.89
BBP	Virtus LifeSci Biotech Products ETF	8.74%	4,266	26.93
PSCM	Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF	8.59%	30,526	11.83
CHIH	Global X MSCI China Health Care ETF	8.39%	41,008	2.79
TAN	Invesco Solar ETF	8.15%	1,517,899	536.41
PBW	Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF	8.06%	576,130	299.68

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
PALL	Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF	19.22%	6.20%	390.23
FNGS	MicroSectors FANG+ ETN	16.63%	5.27%	37.50
ARKW	ARK Next Generation Internet ETF	16.48%	4.83%	499.95
ACES	ALPS Clean Energy ETF	15.67%	5.46%	151.48
NIB	iPath Bloomberg Cocoa Subindex Total Return ETN	14.10%	0.12%	21.07
TAN	Invesco Solar ETF	14.09%	8.15%	536.41
PBW	Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF	13.99%	8.06%	299.68
LIT	Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF	13.97%	8.95%	601.55
QCLN	First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund	13.18%	6.43%	201.91
ARKK	ARK Innovation ETF	12.23%	7.18%	2,161.84

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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2020 ETF Inflows Top A Whopping $73B So Far

2020 ETF Inflows Top A Whopping $73B So Far

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