'ARKK' Powers 2020 ETF Inflows Above $455B

Senior ETF Analyst

Dec 11, 2020

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

ETF inflows for 2020 climbed ever closer to record highs this week as investors added $12.6 billion to the space. U.S. stocks pulled back slightly during the period, but sentiment remained ebullient as two big IPOs listed on Wednesday and Thursday. DoorDash and Airbnb jumped 86% and 113%, respectively, on their first days of trading, pushing their market capitalizations into the tens of billions (over $100 billion in the case of ABNB).

Year-to-date ETF inflows now stand at $455.1 billion, ahead of the $289.5 billion seen at this same time a year ago and not far from the all-time annual record haul of $476.1 billion set in 2017.

'ARKK' Assets Surge

This week’s top inflows list was mostly made up of familiar names. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), the Vanguard Value ETF (VTV) and the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) each picked up more than $1.1 billion of new money during the week ending Thursday, Dec. 10.

Meanwhile, the ARK innovation ETF (ARKK) registered weekly inflows of $757 million, pushing its assets under management above $15 billion. As first noted by Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas, ARKK is now the world’s largest actively managed ETF, surpassing the JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST).

Assets in ARKK stood at less than $9 billion at the end of September and $1.85 billion at the end of 2019.

Outflows For 'GLD'

On the other side of the ledger, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) and the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) topped the outflows list for the week.

The high-flying Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) also shed more than $550 million of assets each.

For a full list of this week’s top inflow sand outflows, see the tables below:

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF	2,445.54	194,992.54	1.25%
VTV	Vanguard Value ETF	1,167.12	61,731.26	1.89%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1,140.70	54,853.65	2.08%
VXUS	Vanguard Total International Stock ETF	948.38	36,705.58	2.58%
TIP	iShares TIPS Bond ETF	809.08	25,909.80	3.12%
IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	766.58	65,085.47	1.18%
ARKK	ARK Innovation ETF	756.93	15,064.26	5.02%
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	706.50	83,931.56	0.84%
BNDX	Vanguard Total International Bond ETF	688.03	36,028.86	1.91%
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	677.15	66,441.75	1.02%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	-6,318.18	320,797.51	-1.97%
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	-2,672.22	55,158.34	-4.84%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	-1,646.90	25,926.08	-6.35%
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	-788.18	145,080.83	-0.54%
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	-568.28	69,852.53	-0.81%
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	-418.19	36,376.65	-1.15%
SHV	iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF	-288.45	18,566.05	-1.55%
TQQQ	ProShares UltraPro QQQ	-284.15	9,615.91	-2.96%
SHY	iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	-241.80	19,981.85	-1.21%
SMH	VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF	-237.49	3,909.95	-6.07%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	4,475.08	3,020,798.14	0.15%
International Equity	6,569.24	1,017,231.57	0.65%
U.S. Fixed Income	398.71	958,281.81	0.04%
International Fixed Income	1,240.42	120,404.05	1.03%
Commodities	-96.00	139,213.76	-0.07%
Currency	1.52	1,862.33	0.08%
Leveraged	-261.97	43,851.98	-0.60%
Inverse	172.95	11,569.32	1.49%
Asset Allocation	64.14	13,088.28	0.49%
Alternatives	38.87	5,196.20	0.75%
Total:	12,602.94	5,331,497.45	0.24%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	148,326.77	3,020,798.14	4.91%
International Equity	51,680.32	1,017,231.57	5.08%
U.S. Fixed Income	174,118.28	958,281.81	18.17%
International Fixed Income	22,492.21	120,404.05	18.68%
Commodities	39,961.02	139,213.76	28.70%
Currency	517.65	1,862.33	27.80%
Leveraged	1,255.72	43,851.98	2.86%
Inverse	13,662.14	11,569.32	118.09%
Asset Allocation	2,774.99	13,088.28	21.20%
Alternatives	261.50	5,196.20	5.03%
Total:	455,050.59	5,331,497.45	8.54%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
IYC	iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF	297.73%	575,478	1,184.93
IYW	iShares U.S. Technology ETF	294.17%	1,942,446	6,473.96
IDU	iShares U.S. Utilities ETF	100.34%	168,406	776.88
ITA	iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF	99.63%	1,644,671	3,011.95
IYJ	iShares U.S. Industrials ETF	99.55%	292,357	1,242.81
IYY	iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF	98.65%	193,228	1,408.20
SUSA	iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF	98.50%	638,712	2,158.50
DSI	iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF	98.37%	598,139	2,551.20
IWP	iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF	98.29%	2,668,627	14,665.08
IYF	iShares U.S. Financials ETF	97.65%	918,915	1,405.14

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
ARKG	ARK Genomic Revolution ETF	173.81%	2.35%	5,349.99
PBW	Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF	162.86%	0.45%	1,684.76
TAN	Invesco Solar ETF	160.42%	-1.49%	2,668.16
QCLN	First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund	147.75%	0.00%	1,537.22
ARKW	ARK Next Generation Internet ETF	142.47%	0.41%	4,634.39
ARKK	ARK Innovation ETF	139.72%	2.38%	15,064.26
PBD	Invesco Global Clean Energy ETF	110.69%	0.88%	226.02
IPO	Renaissance IPO ETF	108.56%	-0.57%	643.80
IBUY	Amplify Online Retail ETF	108.46%	0.89%	1,236.31
ACES	ALPS Clean Energy ETF	105.92%	-0.04%	621.74

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.

Sumit Roy

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Sumit Roy is the senior ETF analyst for etf.com, where he has worked for 13 years. He creates a variety of content for the platform, including news articles, analysis pieces, videos and podcasts.

Before joining etf.com, Sumit was the managing editor and commodities analyst for Hard Assets Investor. In those roles, he was responsible for most of the operations of HAI, a website dedicated to education about commodities investing.

Though he still closely follows the commodities beat, Sumit covers a much broader assortment of topics for etf.com, with a particular focus on stock and bond exchange-traded funds.

He is the host of etf.com’s Talk ETFs, a popular video series that features weekly interviews with thought leaders in the ETF industry. Sumit is also co-host of Exchange Traded Fridays, etf.com’s weekly podcast series.

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys climbing the city’s steep hills, playing chess and snowboarding in Lake Tahoe.

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'ARKK' Powers 2020 ETF Inflows Above $455B

'ARKK' Powers 2020 ETF Inflows Above $455B

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