Equity ETFs Gain, Midterm Bonds Bleed In Week

Sep 19, 2014

Reviewed by: etf.com Staff

Edited by: etf.com Staff

U.S. equity ETFs attracted more than $12 billion in net inflows in the week ended Thursday, Sept. 18, helping push total U.S.-listed ETF assets up to $1.909 trillion. Not so popular were intermediate U.S. bond funds such as IEF and UST.

U.S. equity ETFs attracted more than $12 billion in net inflows in the week ended Thursday, Sept. 18.

S&P 500-linked strategies were particularly popular, bringing in more than half that total, helping push total U.S.-listed ETF assets up to $1.909 trillion. Not so popular were intermediate U.S. bond funds such as IEF and UST.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500	5,805.73	180,576.47	3.32%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	1,969.57	62,187.13	3.27%
IJH	iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap	1,495.15	24,604.44	6.47%
VO	Vanguard Mid-Cap	901.70	9,673.74	10.28%
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market	668.01	21,990.47	3.13%
XLE	Energy Select SPDR	594.27	10,914.26	5.76%
VB	Vanguard Small-Cap	391.58	9,573.85	4.26%
HYG	iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond	360.74	12,269.50	3.03%
IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets	336.32	5,872.16	6.08%
VTV	Vanguard Value	289.57	15,950.39	1.85%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond	-2,552.24	4,748.07	-34.96%
QQQ	PowerShares QQQ	-1,015.09	46,158.07	-2.15%
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	-847.51	42,335.87	-1.96%
UST	ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury	-814.40	53.18	-93.87%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust	-435.96	11,248.81	-3.73%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate	-336.32	4,641.71	-6.76%
MDY	SPDR S&P MidCap 400	-323.91	15,076.41	-2.10%
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR	-283.00	6,814.20	-3.99%
FEZ	SPDR Euro STOXX 50	-189.19	5,180.27	-3.52%
EZU	iShares MSCI EMU	-187.03	8,821.33	-2.08%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	12,615.31	1,055,593.10	1.20%
International Equity	-180.19	456,022.78	-0.04%
U.S. Fixed Income	-1,145.92	257,086.07	-0.45%
International Fixed Income	116.91	24,700.67	0.47%
Commodities	-302.43	62,386.72	-0.48%
Currency	-8.45	1,505.52	-0.56%
Leveraged	155.41	22,808.75	0.68%
Inverse	-74.54	21,195.21	-0.35%
Asset Allocation	24.65	5,422.78	0.45%
Alternatives	3.62	3,220.21	0.11%
Total:	11,204.37	1,909,941.82	0.59%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
VLUE	iShares MSCI USA Value Factor	92,141	2,306,232	500.59%
DNL	WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Dividend Growth	10,245	245,036	478.34%
QDEF	FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive	18,569	425,155	457.92%
KBWB	PowerShares KBW Bank	146,500	3,060,185	417.77%
EXT	WisdomTree Total Earnings	6,765	125,797	371.89%
SHYG	iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond	19,540	343,267	351.35%
QUAL	iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor	68,656	1,189,173	346.41%
UST	ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury	1,001,598	17,031,630	340.09%
DJCI	E-TRACS DJ-Bloomberg Commodity Total Return	40,513	675,362	333.40%
IYC	iShares U.S. Consumer Services	128,586	2,121,046	329.90%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
NIB	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Total Return ETN	5.68%	113,050	22.64
CHOC	iPath Pure Beta Cocoa ETN	5.62%	28,834	9.73
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	4.38%	362,507	1,017.46
CANE	Teucrium Sugar	3.61%	21,939	2.58
IAI	iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers	3.60%	454,155	246.48
TDV	Deutsche X-trackers 2040 Target Date ETF	3.11%	3,504	35.83
KBWC	PowerShares KBW Capital Markets	3.10%	9,856	5.29
EWD	iShares MSCI Sweden	2.89%	933,562	404.09
STPP	iPath U.S. Treasury Steepener ETN	2.84%	28,383	11.36
GXF	Global X FTSE Nordic Region	2.84%	44,981	65.72

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
EEH	ELEMENTS Linked to SPECTRUM Large Cap U.S. Momentum ETN	-39.53%	117,920	1.44
LEDD	iPath Pure Beta Lead ETN	-6.23%	23,146	2.18
GREK	Global X FTSE Greece 20	-6.05%	3,123,441	228.29
GGGG	Global X PURE Gold Miners	-6.04%	105,821	4.91
DPU	PowerShares DB Commodity Long ETN	-5.46%	1,171	1.94
BARL	Morgan Stanley S&P 500 Oil Hedged ETN	-5.43%	36,602	15.24
JYN	iPath JPY/USD Exchange Rate ETN	-5.34%	6,950	1.58
QAUS	SPDR MSCI Australia Quality Mix	-5.31%	5,831	5.85
EWZS	iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap	-5.13%	2,240,055	36.64
EMFN	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Financials	-4.96%	1,682	6.60

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
INDL	Direxion Daily India Bull 3X	86.56	0.56	75.02
EEH	ELEMENTS Linked to SPECTRUM Large Cap U.S. Momentum ETN	86.53	-39.53	1.44
AGA	PowerShares DB Agriculture Double Short ETN	85.08	4.20	2.63
SOXL	Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X	79.98	4.02	118.13
USD	ProShares Ultra Semiconductors	63.27	2.58	46.03
DDP	PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN	62.53	0.33	2.37
CURE	Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3x	56.46	3.43	129.68
JO	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN	56.22	-3.06	83.11
SCIF	Market Vectors India Small-Cap	53.85	-0.20	360.14
SMIN	iShares MSCI India Small-Cap	53.60	-0.12	14.98

Bottom 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
JDST	Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X	-79.83	3.02	66.95
CVOL	C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN	-66.76	-2.59	4.52
UVXY	ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures	-65.90	-5.88	303.90
TVIX	VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short Term ETN	-65.73	-5.17	212.40
RUSL	Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X	-55.87	-9.46	112.53
DGAZ	VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN	-53.85	-7.04	236.28
SOXS	Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X	-53.81	-4.73	19.91
DUST	Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X	-48.88	14.55	188.71
SSG	ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors	-43.78	-2.12	3.76
BRZS	Direxion Daily Brazil Bear 3x	-43.01	7.64	4.22

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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Equity ETFs Gain, Midterm Bonds Bleed In Week

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