Jul 18, 2014

Reviewed by: etf.com Staff

Edited by: etf.com Staff

Investors bought bonds last week, as geopolitical issues took their toll on equity prices.

Investors added $1.8 billion to the ETF market in the past week ended Thursday, July 17, but tensions between Israel and Palestine and the downing of a commercial airliner in Ukraine yanked stock prices lower, pulling U.S.-listed ETF assets downward too.

The majority of new assets flowed into fixed-income funds, specifically U.S. fixed income. They gathered more than $1 billion. U.S. equities shed $637 million, while international equity funds collected $744 million.

Total ETF assets stood at more than $1.835 trillion as of Thursday, July 17, according to data compiled by ETF.com’s data screener. The S&P 500 Index’s 0.33 percent decrease pulled assets lower from $1.862 trillion at the end of the prior week.

Markets were hit hard in the previous session, fueled by new geopolitical tensions surrounding Russia and the missile attack on a Malaysian commercial airliner that killed 295 people on board.

Last week’s most popular fund was the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond (IEF | A-51), which pulled in $1.6 billion, while the week’s least popular fund was another iShares product, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM | A-80), which redeemed about $2 billion.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond	1,561.09	6,146.14	34.05%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	1,363.59	58,256.84	2.40%
MDY	SPDR S&P MidCap 400	877.96	15,865.74	5.86%
VNQI	Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate	500.74	2,043.65	32.45%
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	356.95	41,243.40	0.87%
SSO	ProShares Ultra S&P 500	346.95	2,125.65	19.51%
UST	ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury	339.21	366.32	1,251.27%
QQQ	PowerShares QQQ	314.12	45,554.63	0.69%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate	272.32	4,821.84	5.99%
FLOT	iShares Floating Rate Bond	218.22	3,801.18	6.09%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	-2,021.54	23,255.82	-8.00%
IJH	iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap	-1,394.06	22,803.41	-5.76%
HYG	iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond	-705.95	12,753.09	-5.25%
SPY	SPDR S&P 500	-598.45	171,720.81	-0.35%
HYS	PIMCO 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond	-570.25	4,549.64	-11.14%
DXJ	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity	-569.92	10,094.07	-5.34%
XLE	Energy Select SPDR	-471.15	11,897.73	-3.81%
MVV	ProShares Ultra MidCap 400	-433.61	832.50	-34.25%
IBB	iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology	-326.04	4,595.72	-6.62%
UWM	ProShares Ultra Russell 2000	-307.86	904.28	-25.40%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	-637.18	1,007,328.26	-0.06%
International Equity	744.16	450,648.44	0.17%
U.S. Fixed Income	1,049.84	254,292.02	0.41%
International Fixed Income	121.88	24,950.87	0.49%
Commodities	309.58	67,628.10	0.46%
Currency	-25.73	1,667.47	-1.54%
Leveraged	183.88	21,725.87	0.85%
Inverse	59.14	20,665.18	0.29%
Asset Allocation	22.84	4,918.26	0.46%
Alternatives	7.07	3,030.35	0.23%
Total:	1,835.48	1,856,854.81	0.10%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
PWC	PowerShares Dynamic Market	75,405	2,052,469	544.38%
IWL	iShares Russell Top 200	12,932	276,774	428.03%
VTWG	Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth	17,306	357,166	412.76%
XAR	SPDR Aerospace & Defense	6,164	114,871	372.69%
GRI	Cohen & Steers Global Realty Majors	8,226	130,547	317.40%
EWK	iShares MSCI Belgium Capped	213,951	3,070,944	287.07%
IGN	iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking	37,903	494,704	261.04%
EMCB	WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond	9,109	115,094	252.70%
IDOG	ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs	49,435	548,323	221.84%
RYJ	Guggenheim Raymond James SB-1 Equity	72,345	801,796	221.66%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
VXX	iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN	4.72%	185,027,024	1,097.34
VIXY	ProShares VIX Short-Term	4.61%	4,704,287	108.22
UAE	iShares MSCI UAE Capped	4.55%	113,433	57.13
VIIX	VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN	4.47%	287,808	7.54
FOIL	iPath Pure Beta Aluminum ETN	3.67%	6,684	3.02
QAT	iShares MSCI Qatar Capped	3.59%	369,812	34.64
CHII	Global X China Industrials	3.18%	3,436	3.08
CHXF	WisdomTree China Dividend ex-Financials	3.09%	11,838	18.92
CHXX	EGShares China Infrastructure	3.04%	44,379	8.26
EDV	Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury	3.04%	194,238	229.43

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
RSX	Market Vectors Russia	-7.59%	39,779,686	1,577.90
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech	-7.58%	3,654,274	976.58
ERUS	iShares MSCI Russia Capped	-7.24%	2,260,412	321.27
GRWN	iPath Pure Beta Softs ETN	-6.87%	1,044	0.87
RBL	SPDR S&P Russia	-6.78%	64,659	24.91
GAZ	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN	-5.60%	164,666	25.07
ESR	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe	-5.36%	53,469	140.30
RSXJ	Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap	-5.07%	431,832	55.78
BBH	Market Vectors Biotech	-5.06%	474,927	486.06
IBB	iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology	-4.86%	9,101,745	4,595.72

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
JNUG	Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bull 3X	97.25	2.09	262.83
NUGT	Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X	76.65	3.07	837.73
DRN	Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x	64.26	1.12	93.36
SOXL	Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X	63.07	-3.82	106.95
INDL	Direxion Daily India Bull 3X	55.78	-3.00	70.87
DDP	PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN	53.96	2.88	2.25
AGA	PowerShares DB Agriculture Double Short ETN	51.94	2.87	2.16
USD	ProShares Ultra Semiconductors	51.36	3.51	36.20
SILJ	PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers)	51.19	1.44	9.07
GLDX	Global X Gold Explorers	50.91	-0.84	54.04

Bottom 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
JDST	Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X	-85.49	-10.98	66.70
DUST	Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X	-65.61	-5.31	237.25
CVOL	C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN	-61.47	-0.76	5.24
TVIX	VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short Term ETN	-57.87	6.40	168.42
UVXY	ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures	-57.11	8.03	290.09
DGAZ	VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN	-52.26	9.90	335.49
SOXS	Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X	-46.91	3.21	21.91
RUSL	Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X	-46.45	-21.33	59.50
DRV	Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x	-43.88	-1.90	9.40
BRZS	Direxion Daily Brazil Bear 3x	-39.31	-0.74	4.47

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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