Investors Pile Into Bond ETFs For Week

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

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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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