ETF Inflows Edge Up To $311B
Investors added $3 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs last week.
Last week was a quiet one for ETF flows, as investors added a modest $3 billion to their U.S.-listed ETF holdings.
Two big categories saw net outflows—U.S. equity ETFs and commodity ETFs—but that was more than made up for by a solid $7.1 billion of net inflows for U.S. fixed income ETFs.
The bottom line was that $3 billion entered U.S.-listed ETFs as a whole during the week ending Friday, July 8. That pushed year-to-date inflows up to $311.1 billion, compared with $477.6 billion at this same time a year ago.
Individual Movers
Two funds focused on similar parts of the Treasury yield curve topped the weekly inflows list: the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) and the SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF (SPTI). They had inflows of $2.8 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively.
Other fixed income ETFs to make the weekly top 10 included the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) and the WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR).
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ledger, the iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV), the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) and the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) were among the funds with the largest outflows.
For a full list of last week’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 2,788.77 | 22,334.51 | 12.49% |
| SPTI | SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF | 1,532.24 | 5,341.70 | 28.68% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1,256.07 | 288,173.43 | 0.44% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 1,161.09 | 14,281.26 | 8.13% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 1,147.39 | 32,398.14 | 3.54% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1,043.44 | 253,351.87 | 0.41% |
| USFR | WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund | 593.08 | 7,552.88 | 7.85% |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 578.74 | 20,608.75 | 2.81% |
| USMV | iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 491.10 | 26,939.96 | 1.82% |
| SPXU | ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 | 468.46 | 1,556.08 | 30.11% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | -3,387.75 | 353,496.60 | -0.96% |
| SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF | -1,400.45 | 20,620.08 | -6.79% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | -1,142.60 | 52,097.84 | -2.19% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold Trust | -1,047.86 | 57,501.17 | -1.82% |
| IJR | iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | -635.40 | 61,131.52 | -1.04% |
| XLE | Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund | -491.82 | 32,914.81 | -1.49% |
| XLI | Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund | -455.29 | 12,297.07 | -3.70% |
| SLV | iShares Silver Trust | -447.02 | 10,058.50 | -4.44% |
| IJJ | iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF | -421.66 | 6,803.80 | -6.20% |
| IEUR | iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF | -416.21 | 3,690.27 | -11.28% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -3,500.62 | 3,714,863.21 | -0.09% |
| International Equity | 1,229.95 | 1,107,981.46 | 0.11% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 7,124.15 | 1,079,946.97 | 0.66% |
| International Fixed Income | -33.23 | 137,140.88 | -0.02% |
| Commodities | -2,879.21 | 145,438.87 | -1.98% |
| Currency | 104.25 | 3,870.86 | 2.69% |
| Leveraged | 271.00 | 45,498.15 | 0.60% |
| Inverse | 578.70 | 22,300.96 | 2.59% |
| Asset Allocation | -52.35 | 17,214.39 | -0.30% |
| Alternatives | 190.80 | 7,814.85 | 2.44% |
| Total: | 3,033.44 | 6,282,070.60 | 0.05% |
Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 127,449.07 | 3,714,863.21 | 3.43% |
| International Equity | 65,509.95 | 1,107,981.46 | 5.91% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 73,072.53 | 1,079,946.97 | 6.77% |
| International Fixed Income | 4,183.08 | 137,140.88 | 3.05% |
| Commodities | 11,456.52 | 145,438.87 | 7.88% |
| Currency | 1,374.66 | 3,870.86 | 35.51% |
| Leveraged | 18,611.22 | 45,498.15 | 40.91% |
| Inverse | 7,575.77 | 22,300.96 | 33.97% |
| Asset Allocation | 722.34 | 17,214.39 | 4.20% |
| Alternatives | 1,154.36 | 7,814.85 | 14.77% |
| Total: | 311,109.51 | 6,282,070.60 | 4.95% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| BYLD | iShares Yield Optimized Bond ETF | 0.00% | 11,507 | 80.77 |
| AAAU | Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF | 0.00% | 1,494,351 | 574.62 |
| ABEQ | Absolute Core Strategy ETF | 0.00% | 1,744 | 68.07 |
| ACES | ALPS Clean Energy ETF | 0.00% | 77,261 | 651.96 |
| ACIO | Aptus Collared Income Opportunity ETF | 0.00% | 22,864 | 445.96 |
| ACTV | LeaderShares Activist Leaders ETF | 0.00% | 1,155 | 79.99 |
| ACVF | American Conservative Values ETF | 0.00% | 2,819 | 30.75 |
| ACWF | iShares MSCI Global Multifactor ETF | 0.00% | 6,087 | 113.41 |
| ACWI | iShares MSCI ACWI ETF | 0.00% | 4,452,517 | 17,274.27 |
| ACWV | iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF | 0.00% | 535,222 | 4,398.36 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas Fund LP | 69.26% | 0.00% | 466.58 |
| GAZ | iPath Series B Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | 68.17% | 0.00% | 23.11 |
| UNL | United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP | 67.14% | 0.00% | 37.54 |
| RJN | Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Energy TR ETN | 60.04% | 0.00% | 12.27 |
| UGA | United States Gasoline Fund LP | 58.89% | 0.00% | 127.72 |
| PFIX | Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF | 56.10% | 0.00% | 311.98 |
| JJE | iPath Series B Bloomberg Energy Subindex Total Return ETN | 54.06% | 0.00% | 7.70 |
| BNO | United States Brent Oil Fund LP | 49.26% | 0.00% | 244.61 |
| DBE | Invesco DB Energy Fund | 46.37% | 0.00% | 246.01 |
| USO | United States Oil Fund LP | 40.82% | 0.00% | 2,553.70 |
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.
