ETF Investors Brush Off Market Volatility, Add Nearly $40B
Year-to-date inflows jumped to nearly $980 billion.
Investors poured $39.5 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Friday, Oct. 10, pushing year-to-date net inflows to nearly $980 billion.
The bulk of last week’s money went into U.S. equity ETFs ($13.9 billion) and U.S. fixed income ETFs ($9.4 billion). International equity ETFs added $5.5 billion, while currency funds took in $4.7 billion and commodity ETFs collected another $2 billion.
Equity ETF Inflows Stay Strong
The S&P 500 notched fresh record highs earlier in the week before sliding 2.7% on Friday, its steepest one-day decline since April. Even so, ETF investors showed little concern.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) led with $6 billion of inflows, followed by $2.2 billion into the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPLG) and $1.8 billion into the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ).
Crypto-linked ETFs saw a burst of demand ahead of Friday’s turmoil. The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) took in $3.3 billion, while the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) gathered $925 million.
Those figures don’t capture the violent sell-off that hit digital assets at the end of the week, when bitcoin and ether prices plunged as much as 14% and 20%, respectively, and some smaller tokens fell by 50% or more on certain trading venues. Market participants described it as one of the largest crypto liquidations on record.
For unleveraged holders of spot crypto ETFs, however, the impact was limited.
Flight To Treasuries
Signs of caution did appear in the bond market. The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) pulled in $1.1 billion, while the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) added $818 million as investors sought safety amid the risk-off tone.
Treasury yields dropped sharply following President Trump’s new tariff threats on China.
Outflows Hit Riskier Segments
On the outflow side, ETF investors trimmed positions in some higher-risk assets. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) lost $925 million, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) shed $780 million, and the leveraged Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares (SOXL) saw redemptions of $692 million.
For a full breakdown of the week’s largest ETF inflows and outflows, see the tables below.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change< |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 5,996.00 | 773,888.18 | 0.77 |
| IBIT | iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 3,342.59 | 97,319.62 | 3.43 |
| SPLG | SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF | 2,178.61 | 90,524.28 | 2.41 |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust Series I | 1,798.73 | 392,280.58 | 0.46 |
| GOVT | iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF | 1,051.96 | 29,939.62 | 3.51 |
| ETHA | iShares Ethereum Trust ETF | 924.97 | 17,719.94 | 5.22 |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 920.50 | 140,261.97 | 0.66 |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 917.48 | 553,272.51 | 0.17 |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 818.42 | 49,456.87 | 1.65 |
| VXUS | Vanguard Total International Stock ETF | 754.19 | 109,083.57 | 0.69 |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | -924.58 | 68,787.26 | -1.34 |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | -780.26 | 19,029.99 | -4.10 |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | -702.30 | 704,664.62 | -0.10 |
| SOXL | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares | -691.90 | 13,510.72 | -5.12 |
| IEV | iShares Europe ETF | -618.14 | 1,587.97 | -38.93 |
| IWF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | -588.29 | 122,887.12 | -0.48 |
| RSP | Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | -548.15 | 73,391.67 | -0.75 |
| SOXX | iShares Semiconductor ETF | -485.58 | 15,379.87 | -3.16 |
| EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan ETF | -414.55 | 15,123.30 | -2.74 |
| SPXL | Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x Shares | -260.32 | 5,707.60 | -4.56 |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| Alternatives | 365.70 | 12,655.61 | 2.89% |
| Asset Allocation | 705.67 | 29,994.66 | 2.35% |
| Commodities E T Fs | 2,011.42 | 289,671.74 | 0.69% |
| Currency | 4,647.38 | 203,143.32 | 2.29% |
| International Equity | 5,482.97 | 2,125,074.10 | 0.26% |
| International Fixed Income | 2,312.26 | 339,373.34 | 0.68% |
| Inverse | 132.90 | 14,701.72 | 0.90% |
| Leveraged | 504.47 | 161,206.63 | 0.31% |
| Us Equity | 13,893.42 | 7,867,661.36 | 0.18% |
| Us Fixed Income | 9,434.57 | 1,824,576.58 | 0.52% |
| Total: | 39,490.77 | 12,868,059.06 | 0.31% |
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.
