Calm Conditions Spur Weekly Inflows

Apr 01, 2016

Reviewed by: etf.com Staff

Edited by: etf.com Staff

Calm conditions in financial markets swayed investors to add money into ETFs this week. Net inflows into U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds totaled $3.7 billion in the week-ending Thursday, March 31, led by a net $1.9 billion inflow into U.S. equity ETFs.

International equity ETFs, U.S. fixed-income ETFs, and international fixed-income ETFs all saw positive inflows as well, according to FactSet data.

In terms of individual funds, the PowerShares QQQ (QQQ | A-67) took the top spot on the flows list, with $710 million going into the ETF.

That was followed by the First Trust Energy AlphaDEX (FXN | B-47), which gathered $647 million. The inflows into FXN contrasted with the $641 million of outflows from sister fund, the First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX (FXH | B-68). The highly-popular First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 (FV | B-41) shuffles between the various First Trust ETFs based on a relative strength model.

Other funds with notable outflows for the week include the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity ETF (HEDJ | B-47), which lost $460 million; the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT | A-83), which lost $416 million; and the the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE | A-70), which lost $400 million, or 18% of its assets under management.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
QQQ	PowerShares QQQ	709.44	39,081.69	1.85%
FXN	First Trust Energy AlphaDEX	647.28	1,259.89	105.66%
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	476.36	25,333.59	1.92%
VO	Vanguard Mid-Cap	299.86	13,292.32	2.31%
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond	297.86	34,785.47	0.86%
USMV	iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility	258.92	11,214.90	2.36%
PDP	PowerShares DWA Momentum	226.32	1,451.37	18.47%
VNQ	Vanguard REIT	225.10	29,942.24	0.76%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond	224.60	27,069.20	0.84%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	216.76	71,183.79	0.31%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	-670.94	25,959.02	-2.52%
FXH	First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX	-641.15	1,365.55	-31.95%
HEDJ	WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity	-459.94	13,997.49	-3.18%
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond	-416.16	9,774.10	-4.08%
KRE	SPDR S&P Regional Banking	-400.16	1,811.41	-18.09%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate	-281.15	4,678.23	-5.67%
IAU	iShares Gold Trust	-267.94	7,388.85	-3.50%
DVY	iShares Select Dividend	-178.51	14,561.26	-1.21%
GLD	SPDR Gold	-175.29	32,553.08	-0.54%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust	-167.21	12,470.81	-1.32%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	1,873.38	476,685.08	0.39%
International Equity	517.66	189,496.97	0.27%
U.S. Fixed Income	944.50	146,201.91	0.65%
International Fixed Income	107.56	12,398.52	0.87%
Commodities	-430.25	24,106.24	-1.78%
Currency	-10.35	575.36	-1.80%
Leveraged	12.78	9,269.28	0.14%
Inverse	482.19	7,784.29	6.19%
Asset Allocation	9.59	2,169.80	0.44%
Alternatives	189.08	1,361.37	13.89%
Total:	3,696.13	870,048.83	0.42%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
JSC	SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan	3,281	16,271	495.93%
WPS	iShares International Developed Property	12,646	62,672	495.58%
RZG	Guggenheim S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth	17,881	71,216	398.27%
QEMM	SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Quality Mix	16,214	53,048	327.17%
EWO	iShares MSCI Austria Capped	94,664	298,358	315.18%
PBJ	PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage	52,644	158,688	301.43%
XMPT	Market Vectors CEF Municipal Income	44,039	119,943	272.36%
DBKO	Deutsche X-trackers MSCI South Korea Hedged Equity ETF	281,094	695,878	247.56%
PXMG	PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth	3,964	14,075	355.02%
FBND	Fidelity Total Bond	25,888	93,617	361.62%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
VSS	Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small Cap	0.00%	190,330	2,478.12
VPU	Vanguard Utilities	0.00%	499,182	2,413.06
XLB	Materials Select SPDR	0.00%	12,081,222	2,398.88
VXF	Vanguard Extended Market	0.00%	2,111,062	3,513.28
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech	0.00%	20,039,390	1,800.51
XLE	Energy Select SPDR	0.00%	41,676,438	12,849.39
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR	0.00%	15,896,447	10,769.72
PSET	Principal Price Setters	0.00%	6,310	5.06
XLU	Utilities Select SPDR	0.00%	43,314,874	8,158.51
WMCR	Guggenheim Wilshire Micro-Cap	0.00%	25,492	21.56

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
VSS	Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small Cap	0.00%	190,330	2,478.12
VPU	Vanguard Utilities	0.00%	499,182	2,413.06
XLB	Materials Select SPDR	0.00%	12,081,222	2,398.88
VXF	Vanguard Extended Market	0.00%	2,111,062	3,513.28
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech	0.00%	20,039,390	1,800.51
XLE	Energy Select SPDR	0.00%	41,676,438	12,849.39
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR	0.00%	15,896,447	10,769.72
PSET	Principal Price Setters	0.00%	6,310	5.06
XLU	Utilities Select SPDR	0.00%	43,314,874	8,158.51
WMCR	Guggenheim Wilshire Micro-Cap	0.00%	25,492	21.56

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.

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