Demand For US Fixed Income ETFs Pick Up
Investors piled into U.S. Treasury funds targeting one- to 10-year debt in the week ended Thursday, July 30. Among the most popular were 'IEF', 'SHY' and 'IEI.' Total net inflows of slightly more than $1 billion brought U.S.-listed ETF assets to an average of $2.128 trillion.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
DBEF | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF | 533.15 | 13,400.52 | 4.14% |
IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | 507.92 | 6,708.99 | 8.19% |
IJH | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap | 378.45 | 26,714.69 | 1.44% |
IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | 361.35 | 9,943.50 | 3.77% |
USO | United States Oil | 338.95 | 2,658.19 | 14.61% |
VNQ | Vanguard REIT | 337.03 | 25,346.52 | 1.35% |
IVW | iShares S&P 500 Growth | 288.65 | 13,550.83 | 2.18% |
SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | 212.05 | 11,011.62 | 1.96% |
IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 | 210.16 | 70,425.13 | 0.30% |
IEI | iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | 209.45 | 5,456.87 | 3.99% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | -811.62 | 24,356.38 | -3.22% |
VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market | -686.05 | 56,908.94 | -1.19% |
QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -671.50 | 41,402.35 | -1.60% |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | -473.66 | 179,022.95 | -0.26% |
XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -268.54 | 20,456.16 | -1.30% |
XIV | VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN | -261.71 | 519.45 | -33.50% |
HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | -243.58 | 14,063.95 | -1.70% |
TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -183.20 | 4,962.50 | -3.56% |
VCR | Vanguard Consumer Discretionary | -177.52 | 2,026.40 | -8.05% |
IWF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth | -166.96 | 30,649.18 | -0.54% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 276.79 | 1,177,199.11 | 0.02% |
International Equity | 295.24 | 514,880.92 | 0.06% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 658.48 | 306,802.24 | 0.21% |
International Fixed Income | -110.59 | 26,633.77 | -0.42% |
Commodities | 13.24 | 50,165.19 | 0.03% |
Currency | -13.33 | 1,347.30 | -0.99% |
Leveraged | 404.60 | 23,732.65 | 1.70% |
Inverse | -520.48 | 18,765.57 | -2.77% |
Asset Allocation | -23.61 | 5,763.56 | -0.41% |
Alternatives | 44.59 | 3,326.09 | 1.34% |
Total: | 1,024.93 | 2,128,616.39 | 0.05% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
SCJ | iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap | 114,501 | 598,854 | 523.01% |
FXEU | PowerShares Europe Currency Hedged Low Volatility | 219,845 | 974,021 | 443.05% |
SZO | DB Crude Oil Short ETN | 34,991 | 146,132 | 417.63% |
NLR | Market Vectors Uranium + Nuclear Energy | 4,110 | 17,098 | 416.01% |
NFO | Guggenheim Insider Sentiment | 17,412 | 70,728 | 406.21% |
BABS | SPDR Nuveen Barclays Build America Bond | 22,585 | 87,890 | 389.16% |
IXG | iShares Global Financials | 246,559 | 929,984 | 377.19% |
ISRA | Market Vectors Israel | 34,776 | 129,612 | 372.70% |
IXJ | iShares Global Healthcare | 162,348 | 539,269 | 332.17% |
IHY | Market Vectors International High Yield Bond | 71,694 | 236,021 | 329.20% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
AMZA | InfraCap Active MLP | 6.78% | 186,264 | 19.61 |
YMLI | Yorkville High Income Infrastructure MLP | 5.58% | 40,911 | 53.19 |
MLPA | Global X MLP | 5.55% | 385,297 | 151.36 |
MLPI | ETRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure ETN | 5.30% | 2,689,688 | 2,316.08 |
AMJ | JPMorgan Alerian MLP ETN | 5.13% | 11,305,773 | 4,798.80 |
ATMP | Barclays ETN+ Select MLP ETN | 5.13% | 1,635,765 | 311.49 |
YGRO | RBC ETNs Linked to Yorkville MLP Distribution Growth Leaders Liquid PR Index | 5.06% | 248,993 | 25.26 |
MLPC | C-Tracks Miller/Howard MLP Fundamental ETN | 4.96% | 131,130 | 149.66 |
GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | 4.90% | 236,161 | 24.35 |
AMU | ETRACS Alerian MLP ETN | 4.86% | 1,045,222 | 391.70 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | -13.45% | 565,914 | 41.47 |
PEK | Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share | -10.35% | 435,477 | 96.41 |
ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | -10.23% | 712,744 | 41.28 |
KBA | KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share | -10.14% | 49,037 | 17.95 |
ASHR | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF | -10.09% | 18,724,760 | 639.68 |
CHNA | PowerShares China A-Share | -9.52% | 28,573 | 7.43 |
FDTS | First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX | -9.47% | 11,233 | 8.60 |
AFTY | CSOP FTSE China A50 | -8.61% | 419,018 | 12.18 |
FUD | ETRACS CMCI Food Total Return ETN | -8.52% | 3,501 | 18.26 |
QQQC | Global X NASDAQ China Technology | -8.26% | 109,104 | 18.17 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
RODI | Barclays Return on Disability ETNs | 0.77 | 0.00 | 42.65 |
CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 0.52 | -8.79 | 41.47 |
ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 0.39 | -7.34 | 41.28 |
BBP | BioShares Biotechnology Products | 0.36 | -0.70 | 31.98 |
XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.36 | -1.14 | 2,862.75 |
DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 0.32 | -0.96 | 6.76 |
BBC | BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials | 0.29 | -3.04 | 37.55 |
DXJF | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Financials | 0.28 | 2.07 | 36.54 |
IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | 0.25 | 0.32 | 9,943.50 |
FBT | First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology | 0.23 | -0.17 | 3,800.30 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.58 | -5.96 | 3.14 |
VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -0.49 | -4.91 | 7.96 |
VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -0.49 | -4.89 | 130.10 |
VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.49 | -4.69 | 994.07 |
GAZ | iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.41 | -1.67 | 11.70 |
FCG | First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas | -0.36 | 0.57 | 174.14 |
KOL | Market Vectors Coal | -0.34 | 1.04 | 63.95 |
PLTM | First Trust ISE Global Platinum | -0.33 | -1.00 | 6.70 |
XME | SPDR S&P Metals and Mining | -0.33 | 2.65 | 326.10 |
EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap | -0.32 | -0.26 | 30.35 |
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.