Fixed-Income ETFs Add $2B For Week

May 02, 2014

Reviewed by: etf.com Staff

Edited by: etf.com Staff

Investors flocked to fixed-income ETFs last week, as rising markets lifted total U.S.-listed ETF assets to $1.761 trillion.

ETFs experienced total inflows of $2.78 billion for the week ended Thursday, May 1, and rising markets, spurred on by stronger-than-expected job market data, helped lift total U.S.-listed ETF assets up on the week to $1.761 trillion.

In asset class segments, $221 million flowed out of U.S. equity strategies last week, while $1 billion flowed into international equity funds. On the fixed-income front, U.S.-focused funds had inflows of $2.2 billion, while $159 million flowed out of international funds.

The S&P 500 Index rose more than 10 points, or about 1 percent, from the previous week to close at 1,883.68.

The most popular fund last week was a fixed-income strategy, the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF | A-49), which pulled in $1.7 billion, bringing its total assets up to $6.2 billion.

The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK | A-77) led all ETF outflows, with redemptions of $672 million. The ETF’s assets ended the week at $12.14 billion.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond	1,680.29	6,188.58	37.27%
VEA	Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets	419.16	21,931.84	1.95%
XLU	Utilities Select SPDR	414.75	6,494.85	6.82%
IVE	iShares S&P 500 Value	271.46	7,395.47	3.81%
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	235.05	42,188.00	0.56%
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500	222.37	17,968.67	1.25%
MBB	iShares MBS	213.22	5,566.08	3.98%
IWD	iShares Russell 1000 Value	208.53	22,152.62	0.95%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	198.69	26,419.84	0.76%
IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets	176.94	4,038.50	4.58%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
XLK	Technology Select SPDR	-671.65	12,137.26	-5.24%
SPY	SPDR S&P 500	-578.61	158,522.01	-0.36%
XLE	Energy Select SPDR	-493.48	10,756.67	-4.39%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate	-463.16	4,430.25	-9.46%
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan	-280.34	13,621.50	-2.02%
GLD	SPDR Gold	-272.27	32,274.99	-0.84%
SHV	iShares Short Treasury Bond	-242.57	2,304.43	-9.52%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust	-230.88	11,533.50	-1.96%
EMB	iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond	-167.45	4,171.97	-3.86%
FDN	First Trust Dow Jones Internet	-147.23	1,737.22	-7.81%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	-220.72	951,168.23	-0.02%
International Equity	1,020.88	421,343.39	0.24%
U.S. Fixed Income	2,197.03	248,672.01	0.88%
International Fixed Income	-158.56	22,716.52	-0.70%
Commodities	-150.60	65,578.91	-0.23%
Currency	-35.91	1,750.85	-2.05%
Leveraged	-20.17	21,850.49	-0.09%
Inverse	54.45	20,311.88	0.27%
Asset Allocation	30.69	4,449.32	0.69%
Alternatives	58.25	3,130.08	1.86%
Total:	2,775.35	1,760,971.68	0.16%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
RYE	Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Energy	41,945	1,042,459	497.06%
FMAT	Fidelity MSCI Materials	59,850	1,395,011	466.17%
RHS	Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Consumer Staples	21,937	476,514	434.44%
FPA	First Trust Asia Pacific Ex-Japan AlphaDex	79,485	1,532,109	385.51%
FIDU	Fidelity MSCI Industrials	73,656	1,355,050	367.94%
FENY	Fidelity MSCI Energy	99,991	1,810,133	362.06%
GSG	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity	317,884	5,703,174	358.82%
FNCL	Fidelity MSCI Financials	82,104	1,456,511	354.80%
FRI	First Trust S&P REIT	187,891	3,323,189	353.74%
TUZ	PIMCO 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury	13,821	237,454	343.62%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
HEVY	iPath Pure Beta Industrial Metals ETN	5.09%	13,522	2.23
IPW	SPDR S&P International Energy	4.42%	118,074	14.14
TUR	iShares MSCI Turkey	4.16%	1,697,435	543.25
NORW	Global X FTSE Norway	3.98%	113,654	97.69
IPFF	iShares International Preferred Stock	3.86%	185,153	32.90
DRGS	RBS Global Big Pharma ETN	3.83%	4,119	7.56
SMIN	iShares MSCI India Small-Cap	3.30%	26,739	6.12
YDIV	First Trust International Multi-Asset Diversified Income	3.26%	17,335	7.33
IRY	SPDR S&P International Health Care	3.23%	87,202	57.47
IDXJ	Market Vectors Indonesia Small Cap	3.15%	129,682	7.18

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
URA	Global X Uranium	-6.30%	2,115,143	225.83
BDG	PowerShares DB Base Metals Long ETN	-5.87%	69,692	1.01
JJU	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Total Return ETN	-5.74%	4,499	3.06
TAN	Guggenheim Solar	-5.27%	2,430,643	454.49
QCLN	First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy	-5.25%	836,441	175.68
PBW	PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy	-5.04%	2,003,610	218.79
CQQQ	Guggenheim China Technology	-4.99%	186,815	70.48
SOCL	Global X Social Media	-4.55%	1,952,768	129.80
CHII	Global X China Industrials	-4.49%	7,775	3.35
KWEB	KraneShares CSI China Internet	-4.48%	349,080	70.91

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
JO	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN	86.77	-4.14	108.46
CAFE	iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN	78.97	-3.77	8.40
RUSS	Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3X	60.84	-3.79	23.39
BOS	PowerShares DB Base Metals Short ETN	53.29	0.85	1.86
DDP	PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN	47.96	1.45	3.39
DRN	Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x	45.67	3.68	102.05
GASL	Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 3X Shares	42.07	-5.94	16.83
AGF	PowerShares DB Agriculture Long ETN	41.69	-1.27	3.76
TMF	Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bull 3x	34.68	2.62	41.26
UGAZ	VelocityShares 3X Long Natural Gas ETN	33.12	-0.14	63.67

Bottom 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
DGAZ	VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN	-68.10	-1.57	444.77
JDST	Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X	-62.41	-1.67	27.97
RUSL	Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X	-57.74	1.08	78.00
KOLD	ProShares UltraShort DJ- UBS Natural Gas	-45.99	-0.35	66.43
DUST	Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X	-44.43	0.99	182.75
GASX	Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3X Shares	-38.64	5.27	9.49
DRV	Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x	-34.99	-3.68	10.87
EMSA	iPath Short Enhanced MSCI Emerging Markets ETN	-32.70	0.00	4.85
RSXJ	Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap	-29.07	-1.20	35.32
TMV	Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 3x	-29.01	-2.80	524.79

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.

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