$22.7B Added to ETF Asset Pile Despite Geopolitical Jitters
- While most major ETFs saw inflows, a few popular names landed in the red.
- Year-to-date inflows now stand at $462 billion.
U.S.-listed ETFs pulled in $22.7 billion in the week ending Friday, June 13, pushing year-to-date inflows to an impressive $462 billion. Despite late-week jitters over an escalation in fighting between Israel and Iran, investor sentiment remained resilient.
U.S. equity ETFs led the way with $9.1 billion of inflows, followed by international equity and U.S. fixed-income ETFs, which each gathered over $4 billion. International bond ETFs also saw notable demand, with $1.9 billion in net inflows.
UGL: Gold Shines as Geopolitical Hedge
Commodities ETFs brought in $1.5 billion—a strong showing—led by demand for gold. Investors appeared eager to hedge geopolitical risk, helping the leveraged ProShares Ultra Gold ETF (UGL) notch a surprising $1.1 billion in inflows, landing it in the week’s top 10. The more traditional SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) also gained $711 million.
Cryptocurrency remained in favor as well, with the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) adding $747 million.
Top Equity & Bond Winners
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) dominated the leaderboard, raking in $14.4 billion last week. The fund now boasts over $80 billion of inflows in 2025 alone. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) followed with $4.9 billion in net creations.
On the bond side, two Vanguard funds led the charge: the Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VTEB) and the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND), each pulling in around $1.5 billion.
International interest remained strong, with the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF (EEMA) bringing in $861 million.
Notable Outflows
While most major ETFs saw inflows, a few popular names landed in the red. The iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV), the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (SOXL) topped the outflows list.
For a complete breakdown of the top ETF inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change< |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 14,446.89 | 687,058.60 | 2.10 |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 4,867.51 | 619,381.07 | 0.79 |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 1,892.54 | 64,274.51 | 2.94 |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 1,564.94 | 129,685.80 | 1.21 |
| VTEB | Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | 1,468.17 | 37,155.87 | 3.95 |
| SPLG | SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF | 1,128.66 | 70,929.61 | 1.59 |
| UGL | ProShares Ultra Gold | 1,097.41 | 130.53 | 840.71 |
| EEMA | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF | 860.67 | 1,300.38 | 66.19 |
| IBIT | iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 746.53 | 72,002.15 | 1.04 |
| GLD | SPDR Gold Shares | 711.05 | 102,535.19 | 0.69 |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | -17,708.13 | 578,022.30 | -3.06 |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust Series I | -2,330.29 | 341,545.40 | -0.68 |
| SOXL | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares | -1,042.43 | 12,553.35 | -8.30 |
| VCSH | Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | -771.15 | 34,201.83 | -2.25 |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | -749.13 | 29,259.58 | -2.56 |
| BLV | Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF | -519.63 | 5,641.39 | -9.21 |
| BSV | Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | -358.74 | 38,048.57 | -0.94 |
| VPL | Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF | -352.79 | 7,737.37 | -4.56 |
| DFUV | Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF | -335.84 | 11,357.90 | -2.96 |
| ITOT | iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF | -295.72 | 68,640.52 | -0.43 |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| Alternatives | 29.75 | 10,076.52 | 0.30% |
| Asset Allocation | 83.67 | 25,324.08 | 0.33% |
| Commodities ETFs | 1,488.94 | 220,700.00 | 0.67% |
| Currency | 1,657.27 | 147,496.42 | 1.12% |
| International Equity | 4,044.70 | 1,843,756.13 | 0.22% |
| International Fixed Income | 1,925.03 | 296,433.89 | 0.65% |
| Inverse | 172.66 | 14,589.48 | 1.18% |
| Leveraged | 219.88 | 124,907.58 | 0.18% |
| Us Equity | 9,080.95 | 6,949,392.73 | 0.13% |
| Us Fixed Income | 4,038.52 | 1,676,173.78 | 0.24% |
| Total: | 22,741.36 | 11,308,850.61 | 0.20% |
Disclaimer: All data as of 6 a.m. Eastern time the date the article is published. Data are believed to be accurate; however, transient market data are often subject to subsequent revision and correction by the exchanges.
