Equity ETFs Gain, Midterm Bonds Bleed In Week
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, 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, 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.
