$9 Billion Enters US Listed ETFs
Investors continued to plow money into U.S.-listed ETFs in the week ending Friday, March 18.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | 1,371.95 | 23,550.75 | 6.19% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 | 870.62 | 70,763.87 | 1.25% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | 791.34 | 26,624.45 | 3.06% |
| DVY | iShares Select Dividend | 697.95 | 15,244.87 | 4.80% |
| VTV | Vanguard Value | 649.89 | 20,541.19 | 3.27% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond | 615.64 | 12,025.85 | 5.40% |
| VYM | Vanguard High Dividend Yield | 611.59 | 13,375.72 | 4.79% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | 506.82 | 16,859.04 | 3.10% |
| SPHQ | PowerShares S&P 500 Quality | 398.60 | 1,181.42 | 50.92% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 351.84 | 38,169.96 | 0.93% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | -1,239.15 | 180,733.53 | -0.68% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -429.76 | 24,484.02 | -1.72% |
| EZU | iShares MSCI Eurozone | -356.69 | 12,786.73 | -2.71% |
| FXH | First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX | -337.40 | 1,822.48 | -15.62% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -332.74 | 16,276.50 | -2.00% |
| SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond | -286.76 | 4,312.73 | -6.23% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | -277.32 | 11,526.31 | -2.35% |
| DXJ | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity | -252.87 | 10,153.94 | -2.43% |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | -229.08 | 8,045.95 | -2.77% |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | -203.25 | 11,753.11 | -1.70% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 4,726.84 | 936,582.72 | 0.50% |
| International Equity | 849.45 | 372,450.34 | 0.23% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 2,532.01 | 285,906.97 | 0.89% |
| International Fixed Income | 382.57 | 24,072.18 | 1.59% |
| Commodities | 347.74 | 45,590.82 | 0.76% |
| Currency | 54.38 | 1,134.44 | 4.79% |
| Leveraged | -468.42 | 25,275.35 | -1.85% |
| Inverse | 262.83 | 14,925.26 | 1.76% |
| Asset Allocation | -4.28 | 4,305.00 | -0.10% |
| Alternatives | 110.82 | 2,498.25 | 4.44% |
| Total: | 8,793.94 | 1,712,741.35 | 0.51% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| RSCO | SPDR Russell Small Cap Completeness | 3,651 | 12,658 | 346.74% |
| AFK | Market Vectors Africa | 38,494 | 114,436 | 297.28% |
| GSC | GS Connect S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Total Return Strategy ETN | 8,426 | 18,387 | 218.23% |
| FBND | Fidelity Total Bond | 16,862 | 34,189 | 202.76% |
| SHE | SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity | 10,661 | 16,691 | 156.56% |
| HYLS | First Trust Tactical High Yield | 224,821 | 403,586 | 179.51% |
| DGL | PowerShares DB Gold | 132,067 | 177,003 | 134.03% |
| FXN | First Trust Energy AlphaDEX | 1,318,679 | 6,497,236 | 492.71% |
| IYZ | iShares U.S. Telecommunications | 404,137 | 765,760 | 189.48% |
| PTNQ | Pacer Trendpilot 100 | 25,726 | 34,741 | 135.04% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 14.12% | 729,124 | 34.62 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 11.27% | 499,608 | 23.39 |
| DPU | DB Commodity Long ETN | 10.63% | 2,400 | 0.31 |
| HGSD | WisdomTree Global Hedged SmallCap Dividend | 9.22% | 3,600 | 34.56 |
| ASHX | Deutsche X-trackers CSI 300 China A-Shares Hedged Equity | 8.89% | 1,955 | 2.19 |
| AND | Global X FTSE Andean 40 | 7.81% | 11,836 | 3.67 |
| MLPY | Morgan Stanley Cushing MLP High Income ETN | 7.75% | 23,632 | 47.52 |
| XME | SPDR S&P Metals and Mining | 7.58% | 50,143,895 | 568.69 |
| SILJ | PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) | 7.46% | 262,732 | 7.73 |
| YMLI | Market Vectors High Income Infrastructure MLP | 7.30% | 28,995 | 26.87 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| PGM | iPath Bloomberg Platinum Subindex Total Return ETN | -10.31% | 3,458 | 7.47 |
| XPH | SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals | -9.70% | 1,237,224 | 436.67 |
| VXUP | AccuShares Spot CBOE VIX Up Shares | -7.70% | 4,491 | 2.48 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -7.62% | 1,134,212 | 2.54 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -7.58% | 13,771,494 | 104.37 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -7.44% | 934,408 | 8.42 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -7.42% | 313,934,727 | 901.69 |
| IHE | iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals | -6.36% | 408,188 | 634.65 |
| SBIO | ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF | -5.93% | 313,493 | 88.64 |
| PPH | Market Vectors Pharmaceutical | -5.50% | 994,265 | 249.17 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| SILJ | PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) | 70.41% | 9.78% | 7.73 |
| RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners | 60.58% | 6.28% | 92.93 |
| PSAU | PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals | 52.34% | 7.51% | 36.72 |
| SGDJ | Sprott Junior Gold Miners | 52.21% | 8.12% | 36.58 |
| SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners | 50.67% | 7.69% | 166.20 |
| GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners | 50.22% | 7.79% | 6,161.56 |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | 48.78% | 8.68% | 191.33 |
| SLVP | iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners | 48.04% | 5.18% | 20.95 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | 47.84% | 8.56% | 1,827.92 |
| GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | 45.40% | 7.23% | 37.10 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| GRN | iPath Global Carbon ETN | -46.23% | 1.10% | 1.35 |
| BBC | BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials | -37.93% | -4.80% | 14.40 |
| SBIO | ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF | -35.05% | -6.99% | 88.64 |
| GAZ | iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | -30.56% | -1.96% | 2.59 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | -29.19% | -4.22% | 1,519.10 |
| CNCR | Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy | -27.49% | -3.58% | 13.19 |
| PBE | PowerShares Dynamic Biotech & Genome | -27.10% | -3.66% | 256.05 |
| FBT | First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology | -25.73% | -3.18% | 848.50 |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | -25.71% | -3.86% | 5,711.77 |
| XPH | SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals | -25.20% | -9.14% | 436.67 |
Disclaimer: All data is from FactSet, 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.
