ETF Inflows Rise To $264B YTD

Senior ETF Analyst

Nov 29, 2019

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

Another week of record highs for the U.S. stock market helped fuel strong ETF inflows. On net, $13.9 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Thursday, Nov. 27, lifting year-to-date inflows to $264.3 billion, ahead of last year's $258.5 billion pace.

This week's inflows were pretty evenly distributed. U.S. equity ETFs picked up $5 billion of fresh cash, while international equity ETFs picked up $2.6 billion and U.S. fixed income ETFs picked up $4.8 billion.

In terms of individual ETFs, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) gathered the largest inflows, followed by the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) and the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG).

For a full list of this 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	4,112.07	286,459.89	1.44%
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	710.73	67,184.97	1.06%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	615.49	19,286.77	3.19%
IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	556.67	57,543.87	0.97%
IJR	iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	500.93	46,831.03	1.07%
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund	407.98	26,297.78	1.55%
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	379.84	19,302.15	1.97%
IAGG	iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF	377.06	2,205.10	17.10%
EWZ	iShares MSCI Brazil ETF	375.66	9,155.73	4.10%
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	353.63	47,468.50	0.74%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	-1,093.52	82,118.41	-1.33%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust	-766.78	22,589.90	-3.39%
VXF	Vanguard Extended Market ETF	-701.24	7,836.72	-8.95%
SHV	iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF	-652.39	20,945.82	-3.11%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	-472.18	197,046.03	-0.24%
MDYV	SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF	-331.32	1,517.51	-21.83%
JNK	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF	-322.67	9,907.28	-3.26%
XLU	Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	-308.00	11,081.32	-2.78%
IWB	iShares Russell 1000 ETF	-266.71	21,603.92	-1.23%
MDY	SPDR S&P Midcap 400 ETF Trust	-210.78	18,967.48	-1.11%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	4,968.64	2,448,859.99	0.20%
International Equity	2,591.93	855,287.29	0.30%
U.S. Fixed Income	4,841.41	747,525.81	0.65%
International Fixed Income	952.96	87,917.62	1.08%
Commodities ETFs	94.53	78,313.73	0.12%
Currency	-2.28	1,406.20	-0.16%
Leveraged	279.98	37,525.69	0.75%
Inverse	122.27	12,112.02	1.01%
Asset Allocation	24.81	10,551.20	0.24%
Alternatives	6.92	4,641.21	0.15%
Total:	13,881.17	4,284,140.75	0.32%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	101,718.61	2,448,859.99	4.15%
International Equity	16,306.32	855,287.29	1.91%
U.S. Fixed Income	120,267.72	747,525.81	16.09%
International Fixed Income	18,307.20	87,917.62	20.82%
Commodities ETFs	8,097.33	78,313.73	10.34%
Currency	-382.88	1,406.20	-27.23%
Leveraged	-7,279.82	37,525.69	-19.40%
Inverse	5,564.74	12,112.02	45.94%
Asset Allocation	510.33	10,551.20	4.84%
Alternatives	1,150.94	4,641.21	24.80%
Total:	264,260.50	4,284,140.75	6.17%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
IQIN	IQ 500 International ETF	73,173	528,479	722.23%
TPLC	Timothy Plan U.S. Large Cap Core ETF	45,683	281,889	617.06%
PEJ	Invesco Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment ETF	12,104	73,901	610.55%
CSML	IQ Chaikin U.S. Small Cap ETF	58,312	305,612	524.09%
XMVM	Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF	9,725	49,060	504.45%
RBUS	Nationwide Risk-Based U.S. Equity ETF	191	1,150	601.41%
RBIN	Nationwide Risk-Based International Equity ETF	270	1,226	453.72%
EWUS	iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap ETF	20,845	82,745	396.95%
MXI	iShares Global Materials ETF	13,904	40,855	293.84%
POCT	Innovator S&P 500 Power Buffer ETF - October	90,048	220,559	244.94%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
BDRY	Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF	10.11%	14,674	1.83
BBC	Virtus LifeSci Biotech Clinical Trials ETF	6.68%	53,814	28.07
GNOM	Global X Genomics & Biotechnology ETF	6.41%	23,513	18.43
ARKG	ARK Genomic Revolution ETF	6.27%	528,280	465.64
SBIO	ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF	5.20%	215,564	193.05
CNCR	Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF	5.15%	55,910	37.97
PSCH	Invesco S&P SmallCap Health Care ETF	5.09%	72,221	474.72
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	5.02%	23,763,997	4,324.84
BTEC	Principal Healthcare Innovators Index ETF	4.44%	7,038	59.30
ONLN	ProShares Online Retail ETF	4.36%	26,586	22.00

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
INR	Market Vectors-Indian Rupee/USD ETN	68.83%	0.00%	0.48
SMH	VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF	54.00%	1.80%	1,384.62
XSD	SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF	53.82%	2.24%	418.36
ITB	iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF	53.11%	2.64%	1,253.00
TAN	Invesco Solar ETF	52.45%	1.90%	393.80
SOXX	iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF	52.13%	1.91%	2,119.70
FTXL	First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF	50.94%	2.37%	42.18
PBW	Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF	48.27%	2.66%	189.16
INDS	Pacer Benchmark Industrial Real Estate SCTR ETF	46.28%	1.34%	36.08
CHIS	Global X MSCI China Consumer Staples ETF	46.05%	-1.83%	7.48

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.

Sumit Roy

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Sumit Roy is the senior ETF analyst for etf.com, where he has worked for 13 years. He creates a variety of content for the platform, including news articles, analysis pieces, videos and podcasts.

Before joining etf.com, Sumit was the managing editor and commodities analyst for Hard Assets Investor. In those roles, he was responsible for most of the operations of HAI, a website dedicated to education about commodities investing.

Though he still closely follows the commodities beat, Sumit covers a much broader assortment of topics for etf.com, with a particular focus on stock and bond exchange-traded funds.

He is the host of etf.com’s Talk ETFs, a popular video series that features weekly interviews with thought leaders in the ETF industry. Sumit is also co-host of Exchange Traded Fridays, etf.com’s weekly podcast series.

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys climbing the city’s steep hills, playing chess and snowboarding in Lake Tahoe.

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ETF Inflows Rise To $264B YTD

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