ETF Inflows Neared a Hefty $27B Last Week
The latest surge brought year-to-date inflows up to $381 billion.
Investors added a whopping $26.6 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs last week as the rebound in the U.S. stock market accelerated, following the release of a cooler-than-expected inflation report.
On net, $17.5 billion entered U.S. equity ETFs, while $8 billion went into U.S. fixed income ETFs.
That brought year-to-date inflows for all U.S.-listed ETFs up to $381.1 billion, compared with $545 billion at the same time a year ago.
The S&P 500 reached its highest level in nearly four months last week, and so naturally, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) took the top spot on the weekly in flows list. The world’s largest ETF took in $6.7 billion of fresh cash, well ahead of No. 2 on the weekly inflows list, the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF), which had inflows of $1.8 billion.
The 10-year Treasury bond yield was little changed, around 2.75% last week, even as data showed that consumer price pressures eased in July.
Other ETFs on the top 10 creations list last week include the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND), the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG).
For a full list of last week’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 6,722.41 | 386,204.70 | 1.74% |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1,761.78 | 23,308.88 | 7.56% |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 1,323.46 | 84,025.47 | 1.58% |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust | 1,321.17 | 179,058.93 | 0.74% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1,284.52 | 278,887.24 | 0.46% |
| VGIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF | 1,107.53 | 11,178.70 | 9.91% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 1,002.06 | 15,594.20 | 6.43% |
| SPYG | SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF | 949.43 | 16,082.66 | 5.90% |
| BNDX | Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | 751.59 | 46,187.00 | 1.63% |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 709.36 | 26,439.23 | 2.68% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| BBEU | JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF | -1,776.98 | 3,938.17 | -45.12% |
| ITOT | iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF | -909.54 | 43,343.17 | -2.10% |
| XLV | Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund | -428.95 | 39,599.99 | -1.08% |
| ARKK | ARK Innovation ETF | -415.26 | 9,734.16 | -4.27% |
| MUB | iShares National Muni Bond ETF | -378.30 | 29,164.71 | -1.30% |
| BIL | SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | -351.96 | 17,174.19 | -2.05% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | -288.74 | 56,937.71 | -0.51% |
| EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | -238.46 | 47,572.64 | -0.50% |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | -213.66 | 8,383.90 | -2.55% |
| SOXX | iShares Semiconductor ETF | -207.12 | 7,206.34 | -2.87% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 17,538.98 | 4,066,377.38 | 0.43% |
| International Equity | -580.61 | 1,169,870.14 | -0.05% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 8,046.78 | 1,125,706.35 | 0.71% |
| International Fixed Income | 1,605.14 | 143,441.34 | 1.12% |
| Commodities | -312.99 | 146,038.28 | -0.21% |
| Currency | 29.29 | 4,013.79 | 0.73% |
| Leveraged | 192.04 | 57,128.90 | 0.34% |
| Inverse | 87.40 | 21,512.08 | 0.41% |
| Asset Allocation | -47.07 | 17,650.52 | -0.27% |
| Alternatives | 64.40 | 7,983.78 | 0.81% |
| Total: | 26,623.37 | 6,759,722.57 | 0.39% |
Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 162,988.21 | 4,066,377.38 | 4.01% |
| International Equity | 68,430.50 | 1,169,870.14 | 5.85% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 103,038.08 | 1,125,706.35 | 9.15% |
| International Fixed Income | 6,394.54 | 143,441.34 | 4.46% |
| Commodities | 7,288.88 | 146,038.28 | 4.99% |
| Currency | 1,430.38 | 4,013.79 | 35.64% |
| Leveraged | 18,423.70 | 57,128.90 | 32.25% |
| Inverse | 11,259.38 | 21,512.08 | 52.34% |
| Asset Allocation | 454.50 | 17,650.52 | 2.58% |
| Alternatives | 1,432.56 | 7,983.78 | 17.94% |
| Total: | 381,140.73 | 6,759,722.57 | 5.64% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas Fund LP | 14.57% | 25,905,002 | 562.81 |
| GAZ | iPath Series B Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | 13.82% | 52,541 | 32.79 |
| UNL | United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP | 12.85% | 158,643 | 41.19 |
| BAL | iPath Series B Bloomberg Cotton Subindex Total Return ETN | 9.90% | 29,073 | 32.94 |
| WGMI | Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF | 9.62% | 10,144 | 4.63 |
| JJN | iPath Series B Bloomberg Nickel Subindex Total Return ETN | 9.53% | 38,841 | 40.38 |
| RIGZ | Viridi Bitcoin Miners ETF | 9.19% | 30,136 | 8.77 |
| PXI | Invesco DWA Energy Momentum ETF | 9.02% | 95,443 | 218.34 |
| MLPO | Credit Suisse S&P MLP Index ETN | 8.97% | 38,871 | 27.77 |
| PBUG | Pacer iPath Gold Trendpilot ETN | 8.92% | 20,443 | 22.28 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas Fund LP | 141.07% | 14.57% | 562.81 |
| GAZ | iPath Series B Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | 137.64% | 13.82% | 32.79 |
| UNL | United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP | 117.99% | 12.85% | 41.19 |
| PBUG | Pacer iPath Gold Trendpilot ETN | 77.98% | 8.92% | 22.28 |
| JJE | iPath Series B Bloomberg Energy Subindex Total Return ETN | 69.91% | 5.18% | 8.59 |
| RJN | Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Energy TR ETN | 63.64% | 5.62% | 11.52 |
| PXE | Invesco Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production ETF | 54.05% | 8.29% | 277.66 |
| UGA | United States Gasoline Fund LP | 50.61% | 6.22% | 108.35 |
| DBE | Invesco DB Energy Fund | 49.36% | 5.37% | 196.59 |
| BNO | United States Brent Oil Fund LP | 48.59% | 3.02% | 230.49 |
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.
