Currency-Hedged Funds Pepper Weekly Inflows Lists, Total Assets At $2.09T
The currrency-hedged strategies 'HEDJ,' 'DXJ' and 'DBEF' were all over Top-10 inflows list in week ended Thursday, Feb 26. Total U.S.-listed ETF assets ended the week at about $2.09 trillion.
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Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IEFA | iShares Core MSCI EAFE | 1,274.47 | 5,119.94 | 33.14% |
| HEDJ | WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity | 516.67 | 11,867.28 | 4.55% |
| GOVT | iShares Core U.S. Treasury Bond | 448.25 | 869.85 | 106.32% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market | 430.03 | 55,292.53 | 0.78% |
| EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE | 387.12 | 55,678.69 | 0.70% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | 358.48 | 16,437.57 | 2.23% |
| VGK | Vanguard FTSE Europe | 358.31 | 12,658.82 | 2.91% |
| DXJ | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity | 298.06 | 14,131.83 | 2.15% |
| DBEF | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF | 280.45 | 4,635.66 | 6.44% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | 274.67 | 17,963.40 | 1.55% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -1,760.36 | 28,208.93 | -5.87% |
| VEA | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets | -808.76 | 25,362.55 | -3.09% |
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate | -504.01 | 5,405.62 | -8.53% |
| IEI | iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | -431.34 | 5,149.34 | -7.73% |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | -430.84 | 7,394.70 | -5.51% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | -415.98 | 12,852.66 | -3.14% |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market | -356.80 | 26,008.69 | -1.35% |
| XIV | VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN | -288.98 | 697.03 | -29.31% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 | -287.34 | 70,577.05 | -0.41% |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | -277.15 | 7,521.50 | -3.55% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -363.71 | 1,183,455.03 | -0.03% |
| International Equity | 4,734.16 | 462,596.55 | 1.02% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 826.15 | 307,107.74 | 0.27% |
| International Fixed Income | 267.81 | 24,429.32 | 1.10% |
| Commodities | 294.83 | 59,417.34 | 0.50% |
| Currency | 7.07 | 1,306.87 | 0.54% |
| Leveraged | 441.30 | 25,634.53 | 1.72% |
| Inverse | -311.36 | 17,185.54 | -1.81% |
| Asset Allocation | 41.77 | 5,754.27 | 0.73% |
| Alternatives | 242.24 | 3,174.76 | 7.63% |
| Total: | 6,180.28 | 2,090,061.96 | 0.30% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| DBKO | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI South Korea Hedged Equity ETF | 90,592 | 541,033 | 597.22% |
| RSCO | SPDR Russell Small Cap Completeness | 7,499 | 37,746 | 503.37% |
| GOVT | iShares Core U.S. Treasury Bond | 915,971 | 3,683,762 | 402.17% |
| HYGH | iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond | 8,873 | 31,415 | 354.08% |
| IEFA | iShares Core MSCI EAFE | 1,543,100 | 5,160,084 | 334.40% |
| THRK | SPDR Russell 3000 | 10,022 | 33,164 | 330.90% |
| STPZ | PIMCO 1-5 Year U.S. TIPS | 190,026 | 616,985 | 324.69% |
| RTM | Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Materials | 19,702 | 63,671 | 323.17% |
| BSCM | Guggenheim BulletShares 2022 Corporate Bond | 67,974 | 217,554 | 320.05% |
| DWAS | PowerShares DWA SmallCap Momentum | 99,439 | 311,581 | 313.34% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| TDV | Deutsche X-trackers 2040 Target Date ETF | 8.21% | 14,463 | 36.72 |
| FAUS | First Trust Australia AlphaDEX | 5.20% | 2,010 | 1.55 |
| CPER | United States Copper | 5.10% | 8,414 | 1.82 |
| GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | 4.76% | 9,478,935 | 253.08 |
| JJT | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Tin Total Return ETN | 4.66% | 1,749 | 2.41 |
| RRF | WisdomTree Global Real Return | 4.56% | 90,194 | 4.31 |
| UGA | United States Gasoline | 4.14% | 437,822 | 91.58 |
| JUNR | Global X Junior Miners | 4.10% | 12,781 | 3.99 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | 4.06% | 6,784 | 22.54 |
| JJN | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Total Return ETN | 3.98% | 8,070 | 6.77 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -10.49% | 961,375 | 5.80 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | -8.39% | 68,204 | 6.08 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | -8.39% | 556,623 | 49.99 |
| SGAR | iPath Pure Beta Sugar ETN | -8.13% | 4,673 | 2.51 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -7.80% | 6,488,473 | 104.32 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -7.77% | 198,701,130 | 1,118.22 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -7.67% | 236,437 | 9.71 |
| OIL | iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return ETN | -6.37% | 27,308,962 | 738.66 |
| XES | SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | -5.98% | 1,447,592 | 204.73 |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas | -5.61% | 59,456,893 | 642.08 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 0.22 | -0.11 | 29.84 |
| RSX | Market Vectors Russia | 0.19 | -3.00 | 1,871.51 |
| TDV | Deutsche X-trackers 2040 Target Date ETF | 0.19 | 9.85 | 36.72 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.17 | 2.12 | 2,102.70 |
| RBL | SPDR S&P Russia | 0.17 | -3.62 | 31.52 |
| ERUS | iShares MSCI Russia Capped | 0.17 | -3.04 | 274.72 |
| DBGR | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Germany Hedged Equity ETF | 0.17 | 1.69 | 95.71 |
| BBP | BioShares Biotechnology Products | 0.16 | 2.25 | 4.54 |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | 0.16 | 2.68 | 356.48 |
| HEWG | iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany | 0.16 | 1.72 | 868.00 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| GAZ | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN | -0.28 | -7.09 | 12.82 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.21 | -5.53 | 5.80 |
| NGE | Global X MSCI Nigeria | -0.21 | 1.02 | 19.58 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | -0.18 | -8.72 | 49.99 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | -0.17 | -8.19 | 6.08 |
| WEAT | Teucrium Wheat | -0.15 | -0.55 | 20.40 |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap | -0.15 | 0.86 | 25.31 |
| COW | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Total Return ETN | -0.13 | 0.24 | 23.77 |
| OIL | iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return ETN | -0.13 | -3.97 | 738.66 |
| BRF | Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap | -0.13 | 1.66 | 87.12 |
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.
