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 $2.165 trillion.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,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.