Demand For Equity ETFs Picks Up Pace

Investors piled into equity ETFs such as ‘SPY’ and ‘VTI’ in the past week, but trimmed exposure to gold trust ‘GLD’ and Treasury fund ‘TLT,’ pushing total U.S.-listed ETF assets up to $2.165 trillion.

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May 15, 2015

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Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500	2,889.26	179,002.99	1.64%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	1,779.22	29,181.14	6.49%
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	905.81	57,749.08	1.59%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond	742.78	22,258.96	3.45%
XLV	Health Care Select SPDR	487.93	14,096.18	3.59%
VEA	Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets	399.88	28,565.30	1.42%
JNK	SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond	343.47	11,335.61	3.12%
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail	343.22	1,259.95	37.44%
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market	286.81	27,561.84	1.05%
VO	Vanguard Mid-Cap	273.60	12,354.45	2.26%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
GLD	SPDR Gold	-574.04	28,505.01	-1.97%
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond	-477.13	4,871.19	-8.92%
EZU	iShares MSCI EMU	-427.74	10,521.26	-3.91%
QQQ	PowerShares QQQ	-363.15	38,650.06	-0.93%
VNQ	Vanguard REIT	-256.85	26,518.80	-0.96%
IYK	iShares U.S. Consumer Goods	-172.48	625.47	-21.62%
XLF	Financial Select SPDR	-167.30	17,852.85	-0.93%
VQT	Barclays S&P Veqtor ETN	-128.76	595.99	-17.77%
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond	-127.41	6,377.59	-1.96%
VBK	Vanguard Small-Cap Growth	-120.75	4,479.60	-2.62%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	6,650.49	1,179,778.86	0.57%
International Equity	1,992.26	537,675.69	0.37%
U.S. Fixed Income	1,972.20	307,049.05	0.64%
International Fixed Income	318.16	26,289.93	1.22%
Commodities	-636.28	59,070.47	-1.10%
Currency	8.15	1,488.81	0.56%
Leveraged	-348.76	26,144.91	-1.35%
Inverse	488.70	18,469.43	2.68%
Asset Allocation	19.60	6,157.31	0.32%
Alternatives	54.17	3,600.30	1.50%
Total:	10,518.70	2,165,724.76	0.49%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
USDU	WisdomTree Bloomberg US Dollar Bullish	342,686	1,432,760	418.10%
IXG	iShares Global Financials	108,983	444,005	407.41%
EXT	WisdomTree Total Earnings	9,101	37,065	407.28%
FTGC	First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy	127,971	495,575	387.26%
RXI	iShares Global Consumer Discretionary	102,247	393,510	384.86%
MLPA	Global X MLP	103,518	384,707	371.63%
VQT	Barclays S&P Veqtor ETN	44,152	163,313	369.89%
IYG	iShares U.S. Financial Services	109,489	389,637	355.87%
MBG	SPDR Barclays Mortgage Backed Bond	37,113	122,289	329.50%
GMM	SPDR S&P Emerging Markets	31,101	93,820	301.66%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
GRN	iPath Global Carbon ETN	16.57%	6,364	2.27
GAZ	iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN	14.84%	185,608	14.36
CNXT	Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext	14.19%	623,042	66.70
ASHS	Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF	12.84%	313,020	49.18
UNG	United States Natural Gas	9.52%	30,275,025	697.50
TUR	iShares MSCI Turkey	9.35%	1,983,322	513.88
SIL	Global X Silver Miners	8.17%	1,970,535	198.86
SILJ	PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers)	7.99%	41,824	5.22
FKU	First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX	7.75%	406,716	218.30
SLVP	iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners	7.47%	53,032	14.90

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
VIXY	ProShares VIX Short-Term	-6.72%	6,157,656	147.01
VIIX	VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN	-6.65%	519,910	7.10
VXX	iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN	-6.64%	174,251,502	1,170.73
CVOL	C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN	-6.12%	277,084	4.24
EVAL	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Value	-5.92%	11,859	25.26
EGPT	Market Vectors Egypt	-5.75%	23,436	54.86
ZROZ	PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury	-4.71%	135,832	115.57
EDV	Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury	-3.99%	491,544	400.01
ICOL	iShares MSCI Colombia Capped	-3.28%	23,105	18.04
LTPZ	PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS	-2.88%	44,002	93.71

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
CNXT	Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext	0.85	8.22	66.70
ASHS	Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF	0.65	7.67	49.18
TAN	Guggenheim Solar	0.41	2.38	450.86
RSX	Market Vectors Russia	0.40	1.33	2,354.55
ERUS	iShares MSCI Russia Capped	0.37	0.90	304.39
RBL	SPDR S&P Russia	0.37	0.94	33.53
ECNS	iShares MSCI China Small-Cap	0.37	1.77	46.82
QQQC	Global X NASDAQ China Technology	0.35	3.47	22.57
KBA	KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share	0.34	3.29	34.46
PEK	Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share	0.34	3.81	141.57

Bottom 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
CVOL	C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN	-0.42	-1.04	4.24
VIIX	VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN	-0.36	-1.48	7.10
VIXY	ProShares VIX Short-Term	-0.36	-1.68	147.01
VXX	iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN	-0.36	-1.70	1,170.73
GAZ	iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN	-0.27	8.09	14.36
JO	iPath Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN	-0.22	2.69	86.47
CAFE	iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN	-0.22	1.65	5.48
JJT	iPath Bloomberg Tin Subindex Total Return ETN	-0.18	0.00	2.08
EWZS	iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap	-0.16	-0.33	35.58
CANE	Teucrium Sugar	-0.16	-2.72	2.80

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.

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