ETF Inflows Near $600B as Stocks Keep Pulling in Cash
Investors added another $36.8 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs last week, pushing year-to-date inflows close to $600 billion as stock ETFs continued to dominate.
Investors added $36.8 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Friday, April 24. Year-to-date inflows are now just shy of $600 billion, putting ETFs on pace for a record year in 2026.
As has been the case in recent weeks, U.S. equity ETFs pulled in the most cash, with $20.8 billion of inflows. International equity ETFs remained in strong demand, adding $10.6 billion, though that cooled off from their pace earlier this year. U.S. fixed income ETFs pulled in $6.3 billion, while leveraged ETFs shed $3.9 billion and commodity ETFs lost $2.9 billion.
In terms of individual ETFs, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) topped the list with $6.3 billion. No surprise there.
But the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) made a surprise appearance, with inflows of $1.2 billion. It’s hard to say whether this inflow will last. Over the past couple of years, ARKK has periodically had big inflows related to heartbeat trades or hedge funds making short-term bets, but those inflows have reversed pretty quickly.
The ETF is actually down 0.5% this year, sharply underperforming the broader market, suggesting that this may not be sustained demand.
Another interesting name in the top 10 was the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), with inflows of $994 million. After falling into net outflow territory earlier this year, U.S.-listed crypto ETFs are back in the green in terms of flows, with $2.2 billion collectively year to date. IBIT is leading that with $3.3 billion of inflows so far this year.
Still, performance remains weak, with the ETF down 12.3% year to date.
The international stock ETF with the biggest inflows last week was the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA), with $1 billion. On the fixed income side, the leader was the Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT), with $910 million.
On the outflows side, the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (SOXL) led the list.
After a stellar 2025, gold prices have cooled off this year, though they remain up a solid 8.5% year to date. Meanwhile, small caps are outperforming this year, with a 12.8% gain for IWM versus 5% for the iShares Russell 1000 ETF (IWB).
Finally, SOXL, which has more than tripled in less than a month, has gotten hit with outflows as traders take profits.
For a full list of the top inflows and outflows from last week, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change< |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 6,299.06 | 910,178.08 | 0.69 |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 1,776.67 | 723,441.80 | 0.25 |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1,708.33 | 783,420.83 | 0.22 |
| ARKK | ARK Innovation ETF | 1,234.16 | 8,080.13 | 15.27 |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 1,233.88 | 614,881.66 | 0.20 |
| XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund | 1,125.63 | 101,439.54 | 1.11 |
| VEA | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF | 1,019.95 | 218,430.53 | 0.47 |
| IBIT | iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 993.75 | 63,142.74 | 1.57 |
| VCIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 909.83 | 66,009.40 | 1.38 |
| VT | Vanguard Total World Stock ETF | 816.36 | 70,129.20 | 1.16 |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| GLD | SPDR Gold Shares | -2,150.67 | 158,758.45 | -1.35 |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | -1,869.76 | 75,629.39 | -2.47 |
| SOXL | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares | -1,575.67 | 15,186.87 | -10.38 |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | -1,493.74 | 29,644.86 | -5.04 |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | -1,437.45 | 31,947.70 | -4.50 |
| IGV | iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF | -753.05 | 11,315.88 | -6.65 |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust Series I | -704.15 | 427,016.50 | -0.16 |
| BIL | SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | -676.66 | 46,422.77 | -1.46 |
| IWB | iShares Russell 1000 ETF | -623.18 | 45,676.02 | -1.36 |
| RSP | Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | -528.92 | 87,345.07 | -0.61 |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| Alternatives | 1,424.16 | 125,863.50 | 1.13% |
| Asset Allocation | 225.04 | 39,052.31 | 0.58% |
| Commodities E T Fs | -2,874.05 | 367,888.50 | -0.78% |
| Currency | 1,704.91 | 126,511.33 | 1.35% |
| International Equity | 10,585.08 | 2,650,428.36 | 0.40% |
| International Fixed Income | 1,733.89 | 409,558.86 | 0.42% |
| Inverse | 762.37 | 15,850.80 | 4.81% |
| Leveraged | -3,921.83 | 157,193.22 | -2.49% |
| Us Equity | 20,843.77 | 8,789,493.27 | 0.24% |
| Us Fixed Income | 6,347.64 | 2,052,365.41 | 0.31% |
| Total: | 36,830.98 | 14,734,205.55 | 0.25% |
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.
