$3.9B Flows Into Equity, Bond ETFs
Inflows were almost evenly distributed among equity and bond ETFs in a shortened holiday week, and rising markets helped push total assets to $1.756 trillion.
Inflows were almost evenly distributed among equity and bond ETFs in a shortened holiday week, and rising markets helped push total assets to $1.756 trillion.
Inflows were almost evenly distributed among equity and bond ETFs in a shortened holiday week, and rising markets helped push total assets to $1.756 trillion.
ETFs experienced total inflows of almost $4 billion in a holiday-shortened trading week, and rising markets, spurred on by stronger-than-expected earnings reports across sectors, helped push total U.S.-listed ETF assets UP about 1 percent on the week to $1.756 trillion.
Financial markets were closed on Friday, April 18, in observance of Good Friday.
In asset class segments, $596.6 million flowed into U.S. equity strategies in the week ended Thursday, April 17, while $1.9 billion flowed into international equity funds.
On the fixed-income front, U.S.-focused funds had inflows of $1.5 billion, while a mere $14 million flowed out of international fixed-income ETFs. The S&P 500 Index rose more than 13 points, or less than 1 percent, from the previous week to close at 1,878.61.
The most popular developing-world-focused funds featured equities funds, including the Energy Select SPDR ETF (XLE | A-96), which pulled in $1.4 billion, bringing its total assets up to $11.3 billion.
On the fixed-income front, investors added $487.3 million to the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT | A-76), making it the most popular fixed-income fund last week.
At the same, the PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ | A-51) led all ETF outflows, with redemptions of almost $768.8 million, bringing its assets down to $41.1 billion and earning the dubious distinction of being the least popular ETF last week.
U.S.-listed ETF assets rose to $1.756 trillion from $1.738 trillion in the previous week ending April 10, according to data compiled by ETF.com Analytics.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 1,439.27 | 11,278.80 | 14.63% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 601.55 | 18,420.38 | 3.38% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | 526.36 | 9,602.54 | 5.80% |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond | 487.27 | 3,886.05 | 14.34% |
| XLK | Technology Select SPDR | 349.52 | 12,710.18 | 2.83% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 | 331.28 | 17,695.68 | 1.91% |
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil Capped | 317.57 | 4,327.25 | 7.92% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | 234.84 | 16,943.04 | 1.41% |
| VEA | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets | 228.36 | 21,307.12 | 1.08% |
| XLB | Materials Select SPDR | 204.56 | 5,357.82 | 3.97% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -768.82 | 41,084.40 | -1.84% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -719.84 | 26,634.87 | -2.63% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | -689.81 | 9,413.89 | -6.83% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | -452.37 | 5,043.02 | -8.23% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | -352.53 | 11,724.28 | -2.92% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | -262.77 | 32,878.92 | -0.79% |
| XOP | SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | -256.49 | 779.80 | -24.75% |
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate | -255.30 | 4,829.49 | -5.02% |
| IWO | iShares Russell 2000 Growth | -218.58 | 5,683.92 | -3.70% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond | -164.78 | 9,813.56 | -1.65% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 596.57 | 950,621.09 | 0.06% |
| International Equity | 1,882.23 | 419,238.43 | 0.45% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 1,515.31 | 246,079.56 | 0.62% |
| International Fixed Income | -13.97 | 22,812.13 | -0.06% |
| Commodities | -75.12 | 66,381.01 | -0.11% |
| Currency | -26.92 | 1,781.78 | -1.51% |
| Leveraged | -174.78 | 21,953.19 | -0.80% |
| Inverse | 29.09 | 20,332.95 | 0.14% |
| Asset Allocation | 41.67 | 4,398.32 | 0.95% |
| Alternatives | 139.84 | 3,110.11 | 4.50% |
| Total: | 3,913.91 | 1,756,708.57 | 0.22% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| SCHR | Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury | 89,624 | 1,976,837 | 441.14% |
| IMLP | iPath S&P MLP ETN | 40,757 | 721,234 | 353.92% |
| CSMA | Credit Suisse Merger Arbitrage Liquid ETN | 4,696 | 73,623 | 313.56% |
| MDD | SPDR S&P International Mid Cap | 12,232 | 187,815 | 307.08% |
| WPS | iShares International Developed Property | 28,473 | 382,076 | 268.38% |
| AGOL | ETFS Physical Asian Gold | 269 | 3,317 | 246.46% |
| GSY | Guggenheim Enhanced Short Duration Bond | 161,055 | 1,960,928 | 243.51% |
| SNLN | Highland/iBoxx Senior Loan | 78,223 | 944,996 | 241.61% |
| TNDQ | RBS NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot ETN | 17,430 | 198,729 | 228.04% |
| ADRD | BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR | 6,305 | 69,670 | 220.99% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 12.69% | 833,926 | 118.66 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | 11.29% | 125,826 | 10.49 |
| TAGS | Teucrium Agricultural | 9.63% | 1,527 | 2.10 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | 7.52% | 20,827 | 29.23 |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | 6.88% | 2,576,340 | 454.64 |
| GAZ | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN | 5.94% | 505,678 | 33.53 |
| PSI | PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors | 5.04% | 59,787 | 21.02 |
| JJS | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Softs Total Return ETN | 4.90% | 242,892 | 10.05 |
| XSD | SPDR S&P Semiconductor | 4.88% | 160,190 | 149.77 |
| XPH | SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals | 4.84% | 324,523 | 842.83 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| IDXJ | Market Vectors Indonesia Small Cap | -6.61% | 106,895 | 7.05 |
| GRN | iPath Global Carbon ETN | -4.09% | 13,317 | 1.86 |
| PGM | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Total Return ETN | -3.47% | 3,246 | 16.14 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -3.40% | 95,870 | 10.24 |
| CHXX | EGShares China Infrastructure | -3.14% | 4,717 | 9.27 |
| PEK | Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share | -2.96% | 51,743 | 30.76 |
| EIDO | iShares MSCI Indonesia | -2.80% | 2,066,647 | 449.72 |
| FUE | ELEMENTS MLCX Biofuels Total Return ETN | -2.68% | 5,687 | 1.01 |
| ASHR | db X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares | -2.63% | 574,742 | 145.93 |
| CHIX | Global X China Financials | -2.57% | 234,366 | 17.81 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 94.84 | 12.69 | 118.66 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | 85.98 | 11.29 | 10.49 |
| RUSS | Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3X | 67.17 | -0.90 | 21.57 |
| GASL | Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 3X Shares | 51.04 | 8.34 | 17.84 |
| BOS | PowerShares DB Base Metals Short ETN | 49.47 | -2.53 | 1.82 |
| DDP | PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN | 45.85 | 1.10 | 3.35 |
| AGF | PowerShares DB Agriculture Long ETN | 43.51 | -1.95 | 3.81 |
| DRN | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x | 40.50 | 0.76 | 98.51 |
| UGAZ | VelocityShares 3X Long Natural Gas ETN | 33.30 | 9.91 | 64.13 |
| DPU | PowerShares DB Commodity Long ETN | 31.91 | 0.16 | 2.17 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| DGAZ | VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN | -67.59 | -11.02 | 441.96 |
| JDST | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X | -61.77 | -4.88 | 28.44 |
| RUSL | Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X | -58.19 | -4.00 | 54.10 |
| KOLD | ProShares UltraShort DJ- UBS Natural Gas | -45.80 | -6.89 | 64.72 |
| DUST | Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X | -44.97 | -2.26 | 189.31 |
| GASX | Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3X Shares | -41.71 | -7.90 | 8.28 |
| EMSA | iPath Short Enhanced MSCI Emerging Markets ETN | -32.70 | 0.00 | 4.76 |
| DRV | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x | -32.50 | -0.84 | 11.29 |
| SOXS | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X | -31.77 | -12.66 | 14.20 |
| YINN | Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X | -28.45 | -6.15 | 91.63 |
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.
