2020 ETF Inflows Top A Whopping $73B So Far
Year-to-date inflows top $73 billion, well ahead of last year's pace.
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.