ETF Inflows Top $350B
'QQQ' headlined a solid week for ETF inflows.
The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was in vogue this week, powering U.S.-listed ETF inflows to $18.5 billion. The tech-heavy ETF brought in $5.2 billion on its own, leading the U.S. equity ETF segment to weekly inflows of $9.5 billion.
International equity ETFs and U.S. fixed income ETFs also did well, picking up $3.5 billion and $4.5 billion of new assets, respectively, during the week ending Thursday, October 15.
Year-to-date inflows now stand at $352.6 billion, ahead of the $211.7 billion seen at this same time a year ago.
Flows Winners
In addition to QQQ, notable flows winners this week included the First Trust Capital Strength ETF (FTCS), the iShares MBS ETF (MBB) and the iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU).
The ProShares Online Retail ETF (ONLN) was another popular fund. Though it didn't make the top inflows list due to its relatively modest asset base, its assets under management jumped 69% over the past week, the most of any ETF with at least $200 million in AUM.
Prices for the fund are up a whopping 92% this year.
Outflows For 'EFA'
Meanwhile, on the outflows side, the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA), the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) and the ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) had the largest redemptions of the week.
For a full list of this week's top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust | 5,236.47 | 144,652.86 | 3.62% |
FTCS | First Trust Capital Strength ETF | 1,630.16 | 7,971.09 | 20.45% |
VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 1,403.69 | 172,467.81 | 0.81% |
MBB | iShares MBS ETF | 1,201.31 | 23,424.06 | 5.13% |
VXUS | Vanguard Total International Stock ETF | 1,113.59 | 28,321.18 | 3.93% |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 794.97 | 43,344.34 | 1.83% |
HYG | iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 693.47 | 28,293.81 | 2.45% |
ESGU | iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF | 627.33 | 10,823.60 | 5.80% |
BNDX | Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | 587.11 | 33,312.12 | 1.76% |
IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 551.80 | 223,680.92 | 0.25% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | -1,062.36 | 47,504.04 | -2.24% |
JNK | SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF | -590.25 | 12,569.53 | -4.70% |
TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | -545.31 | 9,778.11 | -5.58% |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | -497.73 | 299,446.24 | -0.17% |
SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | -432.20 | 21,299.01 | -2.03% |
TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | -306.31 | 19,414.66 | -1.58% |
XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | -304.15 | 5,709.09 | -5.33% |
IYG | iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF | -295.46 | 1,126.58 | -26.23% |
BIL | SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | -283.73 | 13,641.46 | -2.08% |
KRE | SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF | -243.00 | 1,147.90 | -21.17% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 9,541.44 | 2,762,336.45 | 0.35% |
International Equity | 3,450.36 | 898,660.16 | 0.38% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 4,487.80 | 938,419.54 | 0.48% |
International Fixed Income | 1,291.29 | 112,127.42 | 1.15% |
Commodities | 588.05 | 149,577.42 | 0.39% |
Currency | -233.81 | 1,960.00 | -11.93% |
Leveraged | -1,189.00 | 40,773.00 | -2.92% |
Inverse | 313.41 | 13,321.61 | 2.35% |
Asset Allocation | 108.96 | 12,310.14 | 0.89% |
Alternatives | 171.62 | 5,379.26 | 3.19% |
Total: | 18,530.11 | 4,934,865.00 | 0.38% |
Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 93,967.30 | 2,762,336.45 | 3.40% |
International Equity | 20,351.87 | 898,660.16 | 2.26% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 157,055.51 | 938,419.54 | 16.74% |
International Fixed Income | 15,775.93 | 112,127.42 | 14.07% |
Commodities | 46,863.07 | 149,577.42 | 31.33% |
Currency | 641.15 | 1,960.00 | 32.71% |
Leveraged | 2,105.79 | 40,773.00 | 5.16% |
Inverse | 13,560.81 | 13,321.61 | 101.80% |
Asset Allocation | 2,201.10 | 12,310.14 | 17.88% |
Alternatives | 125.97 | 5,379.26 | 2.34% |
Total: | 352,648.50 | 4,934,865.00 | 7.15% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
PY | Principal Value ETF | 4.58% | 1,037 | 14.97 |
GRU | Elements MLCX Grains Index-Total Return ETN | 4.24% | 5,931 | 3.28 |
DWAT | Arrow DWA Tactical ETF | 3.80% | 4,066 | 4.63 |
MOM | AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund | 3.53% | 26,282 | 6.26 |
QQH | HCM Defender 100 Index ETF | 3.06% | 40,307 | 131.88 |
FNGS | MicroSectors FANG+ ETN | 3.05% | 55,997 | 60.04 |
BOUT | Innovator IBD Breakout Opportunities ETF | 2.94% | 10,537 | 6.35 |
IDIV | U.S. Equity Cumulative Dividends Fund-Series 2027 | 2.73% | 10,499 | 18.75 |
RWGV | Direxion Russell 1000 Growth Over Value ETF | 2.70% | 17,268 | 33.02 |
PTNQ | Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF | 2.53% | 196,052 | 825.51 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
TAN | Invesco Solar ETF | 143.93% | -0.70% | 2,097.98 |
ARKG | ARK Genomic Revolution ETF | 118.76% | -0.65% | 3,025.01 |
XVZ | iPath S&P 500 Dynamic VIX ETN | 110.07% | -0.33% | 10.77 |
ARKW | ARK Next Generation Internet ETF | 109.01% | 2.15% | 2,981.88 |
PBW | Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF | 108.17% | 0.33% | 981.43 |
ARKK | ARK Innovation ETF | 107.33% | 0.98% | 10,618.37 |
QCLN | First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund | 104.48% | 1.18% | 740.78 |
ONLN | ProShares Online Retail ETF | 91.04% | 2.47% | 543.97 |
IBUY | Amplify Online Retail ETF | 89.22% | 2.00% | 1,028.31 |
WCLD | WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund | 85.44% | 1.52% | 923.22 |
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.