ETF Weekly Flows Post $14B Loss
Equity-focused ETFs saw the largest losses.
Exchange-traded fund flows mirrored the market’s fall, losing nearly $14 billion in the week ending Sept. 23.
Hardest hit were U.S. equity-focused ETFs, which posted $11.2 billion in outflows. U.S. fixed income ETFs shed $1.3 billion, the first time the asset classes saw losses since the week ending Aug. 19, ETF.com data shows.
Equity markets plummeted after the news of the Federal Reserve’s third consecutive 75 basis point hike, sending the S&P tumbling more than 4.6%. Both the S&P and the Nasdaq composite recorded two back-to-back weeks of declines and four consecutive days of losses by Friday, Sept. 23.
The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT), the SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (BIL) and the iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) were among the week’s top asset gatherers, while the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) and the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) were among the funds that saw the largest losses.
For a full list of last week’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| ITOT | iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF | 1,765.41 | 40,467.89 | 4.36% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 1,176.58 | 50,112.19 | 2.35% |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1,107.83 | 26,948.50 | 4.11% |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust | 916.66 | 153,770.77 | 0.60% |
| BIL | SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | 901.33 | 21,671.45 | 4.16% |
| BSV | Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 692.54 | 38,717.18 | 1.79% |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | 613.86 | 10,911.92 | 5.63% |
| SCHB | Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | 533.95 | 19,750.50 | 2.70% |
| BBEU | JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF | 531.25 | 2,885.78 | 18.41% |
| GOVT | iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF | 398.11 | 22,753.07 | 1.75% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | -1,992.68 | 249,201.77 | -0.80% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | -1,744.72 | 31,494.40 | -5.54% |
| VXF | Vanguard Extended Market ETF | -1,589.35 | 12,740.93 | -12.47% |
| VO | Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF | -1,418.08 | 47,160.11 | -3.01% |
| VB | Vanguard Small-Cap ETF | -1,111.23 | 39,063.72 | -2.84% |
| XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund | -938.70 | 28,818.03 | -3.26% |
| SQQQ | ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ | -832.84 | 5,634.58 | -14.78% |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | -824.11 | 6,700.24 | -12.30% |
| EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | -784.37 | 22,358.25 | -3.51% |
| VBR | Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF | -768.77 | 21,865.88 | -3.52% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -11,241.63 | 3,635,937.80 | -0.31% |
| International Equity | -223.65 | 1,041,049.88 | -0.02% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -1,277.78 | 1,087,334.75 | -0.12% |
| International Fixed Income | -574.73 | 135,882.72 | -0.42% |
| Commodities | -993.63 | 132,630.77 | -0.75% |
| Currency | 102.74 | 4,270.93 | 2.41% |
| Leveraged | 1,089.49 | 41,634.18 | 2.62% |
| Inverse | -1,008.67 | 28,048.16 | -3.60% |
| Asset Allocation | 146.05 | 16,278.91 | 0.90% |
| Alternatives | 163.15 | 8,564.62 | 1.90% |
| Total: | -13,818.66 | 6,131,632.72 | -0.23% |
Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 176,805.01 | 3,635,937.80 | 4.86% |
| International Equity | 63,767.40 | 1,041,049.88 | 6.13% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 111,229.75 | 1,087,334.75 | 10.23% |
| International Fixed Income | 5,509.95 | 135,882.72 | 4.05% |
| Commodities | 3,361.00 | 132,630.77 | 2.53% |
| Currency | 1,776.77 | 4,270.93 | 41.60% |
| Leveraged | 19,296.71 | 41,634.18 | 46.35% |
| Inverse | 11,500.92 | 28,048.16 | 41.00% |
| Asset Allocation | 442.14 | 16,278.91 | 2.72% |
| Alternatives | 2,094.68 | 8,564.62 | 24.46% |
| Total: | 395,784.34 | 6,131,632.72 | 6.45% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CYA | Simplify Tail Risk Strategy ETF | 10.15% | 118,178 | 81.37 |
| BDRY | Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF | 8.28% | 934,860 | 47.90 |
| WEAT | Teucrium Wheat Fund | 7.57% | 8,214,636 | 384.37 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF | 6.06% | 54,730,335 | 462.20 |
| SPKX | ConvexityShares 1x SPIKES Futures ETF | 6.03% | 3,765 | 2.86 |
| IRHG | Global X Interest Rate Hedge ETF | 5.17% | 4,924 | 3.96 |
| VXX | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN | 5.11% | 13,928,938 | 504.36 |
| RRH | Advocate Rising Rate Hedge ETF | 4.38% | 75,874 | 39.79 |
| GRU | ELEMENTS Linked to ICE BofAML Commodity index eXtra Grains - Total Return ETN | 4.34% | 25,794 | 9.25 |
| IDIV | U.S. Equity Cumulative Dividends Fund-Series 2027 | 3.75% | 43,085 | 30.20 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas Fund LP | 101.36% | -8.04% | 494.50 |
| GAZ | iPath Series B Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | 99.82% | -7.55% | 26.46 |
| UNL | United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP | 96.75% | -7.72% | 39.93 |
| PFIX | Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF | 70.22% | 0.92% | 342.37 |
| JJE | iPath Series B Bloomberg Energy Subindex Total Return ETN | 60.32% | 0.00% | 7.53 |
| PXE | Invesco Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production ETF | 49.95% | -3.70% | 266.46 |
| RJN | Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Energy TR ETN | 49.43% | -2.35% | 8.37 |
| IEO | iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF | 45.63% | -3.10% | 960.34 |
| FCG | First Trust Natural Gas ETF | 42.06% | -5.78% | 875.43 |
| KMLM | KFA Mount Lucas Index Strategy ETF | 41.55% | 0.89% | 244.53 |
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.
