ETFs Add $10B For Week; Assets Top $1.8T
U.S.-listed ETF assets rise to a record high as the S&P 500 Index hit a new record.
U.S.-listed ETF assets rise to a record high as the S&P 500 Index hit a new record.
U.S.-listed ETF assets rise to a record high as the S&P 500 Index hit a new record.
Investors added $10.3 billion to ETFs in the past week, raising total U.S.-listed ETF assets to a record of $1.8 trillion as markets gained despite revised weaker-than expected gross domestic data in the first quarter.
U.S. equity ETFs attracted the most assets this week, taking in a net of $7.8 billion, followed by international equity ETFs, which gathered a net of $944 million in the past week. U.S. fixed-income ETFs saw net creations of $878 million, and international fixed-income ETFs attracted $407 million, according to our data.
The S&P 500 Index rose by 1 percent in the past week, hitting a new record closing of 1,920.03. The upward momentum was helped by better-than-expected reports on durable goods orders, home prices and consumer confidence. But a contraction in GDP growth in the first quarter, as reported by the Commerce Department this week, kept gains in check.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY | A-97) last week led all ETFs, with inflows of $5.94 billion, raising its total assets to $159.54 billion. Meanwhile, the iShares Russell 2000 (IWM | A-83) saw net redemptions of $2.1 billion in the past week.
Small-cap U.S. stocks have been under pressure so far in 2014, and this past week was no different, with funds like IWM slipping another 1.1 percent in five days. The performance of the segment has been fueling concerns that the five-year-old U.S. stock rally may be beginning to falter.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 5,940.99 | 159,536.89 | 3.87% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 1,229.85 | 43,344.86 | 2.92% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | 453.43 | 13,512.62 | 3.47% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | 380.55 | 10,368.76 | 3.81% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | 343.90 | 31,672.16 | 1.10% |
| EZU | iShares MSCI EMU | 336.94 | 11,559.70 | 3.00% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 313.79 | 5,177.42 | 6.45% |
| VEA | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets | 253.32 | 22,916.40 | 1.12% |
| EMB | iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond | 240.68 | 4,519.89 | 5.62% |
| TZA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x | 209.17 | 730.44 | 40.13% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -2,053.50 | 24,151.35 | -7.84% |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -356.35 | 3,811.85 | -8.55% |
| TNA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x | -273.05 | 1,084.77 | -20.11% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | -227.68 | 11,392.67 | -1.96% |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | -174.08 | 5,794.67 | -2.92% |
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate | -163.37 | 5,488.84 | -2.89% |
| FXI | iShares China Large-Cap | -147.49 | 4,733.67 | -3.02% |
| IGV | iShares North American Tech-Software | -110.78 | 1,127.49 | -8.95% |
| GWX | SPDR S&P International Small Cap | -104.62 | 828.61 | -11.21% |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -98.02 | 1,123.93 | -8.02% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 7,789.86 | 969,536.46 | 0.80% |
| International Equity | 944.24 | 437,339.93 | 0.22% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 878.40 | 257,375.50 | 0.34% |
| International Fixed Income | 406.99 | 23,669.08 | 1.72% |
| Commodities | 350.79 | 64,684.63 | 0.54% |
| Currency | -76.13 | 1,727.01 | -4.41% |
| Leveraged | -520.86 | 21,537.79 | -2.42% |
| Inverse | 611.10 | 20,565.16 | 2.97% |
| Asset Allocation | 29.08 | 4,641.41 | 0.63% |
| Alternatives | -101.72 | 3,045.39 | -3.34% |
| Total: | 10,311.74 | 1,804,122.37 | 0.57% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| MLPX | Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure | 105,733 | 2,505,124 | 473.86% |
| PBJ | PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage | 131,929 | 2,923,428 | 443.18% |
| FDIS | Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary | 59,260 | 1,298,604 | 438.27% |
| LDUR | PIMCO Low Duration | 1,452 | 29,675 | 408.74% |
| FCOM | Fidelity MSCI Telecommunication Services | 83,592 | 1,613,970 | 386.15% |
| CEW | WisdomTree Emerging Currency | 59,264 | 960,339 | 324.09% |
| IWX | iShares Russell Top 200 Value | 134,819 | 1,836,640 | 272.46% |
| SLY | SPDR S&P SmallCap 600 | 18,364 | 237,162 | 258.29% |
| JKI | iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | 10,963 | 137,360 | 250.59% |
| SIZE | iShares MSCI USA Size Factor | 3,531 | 42,346 | 239.83% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | 8.03% | 4,059 | 24.68 |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | 7.80% | 896,610 | 461.01 |
| URA | Global X Uranium | 7.67% | 1,108,152 | 229.94 |
| QAT | iShares MSCI Qatar Capped | 7.58% | 408,842 | 18.64 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 7.24% | 1,690,427 | 1,022.35 |
| MES | Market Vectors Gulf States | 6.88% | 171,868 | 37.12 |
| QCLN | First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy | 6.11% | 440,992 | 137.46 |
| RGRA | RBS Rogers Enhanced Agriculture ETN | 6.00% | 19,102 | 10.03 |
| UAE | iShares MSCI UAE Capped | 5.97% | 862,101 | 36.85 |
| PBW | PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy | 5.88% | 645,520 | 198.79 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| EEH | ELEMENTS Linked to SPECTRUM Large Cap U.S. Momentum ETN | -10.12% | 20,087 | 0.00 |
| GGGG | Global X PURE Gold Miners | -5.73% | 18,169 | 3.93 |
| RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners | -5.66% | 559,940 | 55.52 |
| GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners | -5.16% | 110,374,310 | 7,220.22 |
| PSAU | PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals | -5.06% | 89,265 | 23.35 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | -5.03% | 20,475,521 | 1,716.28 |
| GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | -5.00% | 214,192 | 37.70 |
| SILJ | PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) | -4.89% | 27,846 | 5.56 |
| TDD | db X-trackers 2010 Target Date | -4.77% | 2,854 | 10.16 |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | -4.59% | 975,069 | 207.82 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 64.98 | -0.08 | 89.99 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | 59.70 | 0.17 | 9.14 |
| DRN | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x | 51.69 | 2.90 | 103.37 |
| INDL | Direxion Daily India Bull 3X | 50.51 | -5.03 | 52.06 |
| GASL | Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 3X Shares | 50.03 | 7.72 | 17.76 |
| BOS | PowerShares DB Base Metals Short ETN | 49.41 | -1.08 | 1.82 |
| DDP | PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN | 48.06 | 0.88 | 2.16 |
| SCIF | Market Vectors India Small-Cap | 45.87 | 0.72 | 305.61 |
| TMF | Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bull 3x | 42.73 | 5.10 | 40.42 |
| SCIN | EGShares India Small Cap | 39.74 | -0.55 | 25.81 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| DGAZ | VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN | -66.29 | -7.17 | 391.00 |
| JDST | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X | -55.78 | 14.52 | 34.15 |
| UVXY | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures | -44.03 | -8.79 | 338.04 |
| TVIX | VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short Term ETN | -44.00 | -9.48 | 194.55 |
| GASX | Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3X Shares | -43.44 | -7.89 | 8.74 |
| KOLD | ProShares UltraShort DJ- UBS Natural Gas | -43.28 | -4.51 | 56.76 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -41.82 | -2.56 | 7.92 |
| RUSL | Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X | -39.74 | 0.43 | 76.83 |
| DRV | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x | -38.14 | -3.02 | 12.33 |
| SOXS | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X | -35.39 | -8.56 | 15.74 |
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.
