ETFs Gather $4.6B In Week
Inflows continue into equity ETFs, but total ETF assets dip.
Inflows continue into equity ETFs, but total ETF assets dip.
Inflows continue into equity ETFs, but total ETF assets dip.
Investors added nearly $5 billion to the ETF market in the past week, but U.S.-listed ETF assets edged lower thanks in part to fresh signals from the Federal Reserve that rates may rise sooner rather than later in 2015.
The majority of new assets flowed into equity funds—more than $3.6 billion flowed into equities, with U.S. and international equities each collecting about $1.8 billion. Meanwhile, fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $493 million. Total ETF assets stood at almost $1.854 trillion as of Thursday, June 26, according to data compiled by ETF.com. The S&P 500 Index’s 0.12 percent decline pulled assets lower.
This week, financial markets continued their downtrend in part on James Bullard’s, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, bullish assessment of the U.S. economy and his views that the economy is improving enough to withstand an increase in short-term interest rates.
The most popular fund was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY | A-98), which pulled in $1.55 billion, while the week’s least popular fund, the Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG | A-89), bled $658.7 million.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 1,545.13 | 168,779.21 | 0.92% |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 1,049.56 | 25,877.16 | 4.23% |
XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | 855.67 | 6,954.94 | 14.03% |
XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | 706.33 | 10,245.81 | 7.40% |
EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | 657.41 | 39,679.15 | 1.68% |
XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | 474.60 | 6,950.91 | 7.33% |
MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | 359.55 | 15,536.33 | 2.37% |
VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 319.22 | 1,235.96 | 34.82% |
XHB | SPDR S&P Homebuilders | 305.12 | 1,833.19 | 19.97% |
IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate | 264.43 | 4,995.13 | 5.59% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
VUG | Vanguard Growth | -658.68 | 14,701.09 | -4.29% |
QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -505.40 | 43,524.45 | -1.15% |
VO | Vanguard Mid-Cap | -473.31 | 8,133.45 | -5.50% |
VB | Vanguard Small-Cap | -407.48 | 9,183.41 | -4.25% |
VBR | Vanguard Small-Cap Value | -324.86 | 4,398.84 | -6.88% |
VBK | Vanguard Small-Cap Growth | -278.30 | 3,803.23 | -6.82% |
HDV | iShares Core High Dividend | -258.08 | 4,003.74 | -6.06% |
VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market | -222.60 | 44,397.94 | -0.50% |
XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -205.05 | 18,783.58 | -1.08% |
CSJ | iShares 1-3 Year Credit Bond | -200.37 | 11,871.00 | -1.66% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 1,812.68 | 1,009,341.86 | 0.18% |
International Equity | 1,808.01 | 445,585.08 | 0.41% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 430.98 | 255,017.51 | 0.17% |
International Fixed Income | 62.24 | 24,571.09 | 0.25% |
Commodities | 259.42 | 67,192.19 | 0.39% |
Currency | -41.03 | 1,714.52 | -2.39% |
Leveraged | -190.71 | 22,010.79 | -0.87% |
Inverse | 92.59 | 20,524.31 | 0.45% |
Asset Allocation | 42.98 | 4,857.33 | 0.88% |
Alternatives | 315.48 | 3,127.08 | 10.09% |
Total: | 4,592.64 | 1,853,941.76 | 0.25% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
FGM | First Trust Germany AlphaDEX | 31,060 | 665,815 | 428.73% |
FSTA | Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples | 64,755 | 1,243,313 | 384.00% |
NORW | Global X FTSE Norway | 146,801 | 2,764,583 | 376.64% |
YAO | Guggenheim China All-Cap | 10,889 | 178,178 | 327.25% |
PAGG | PowerShares Global Agriculture | 10,161 | 165,843 | 326.45% |
IWY | iShares Russell Top 200 Growth | 18,836 | 303,338 | 322.08% |
FUTY | Fidelity MSCI Utilities | 79,740 | 1,264,875 | 317.25% |
GBF | iShares Government/Credit Bond | 14,954 | 225,381 | 301.43% |
EXI | iShares Global Industrials | 28,358 | 426,777 | 300.99% |
EIS | iShares MSCI Israel Capped | 28,107 | 420,636 | 299.31% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
GRN | iPath Global Carbon ETN | 8.86% | 11,220 | 2.06 |
JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 6.83% | 786,742 | 87.55 |
CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | 6.69% | 40,869 | 6.89 |
ARGT | Global X FTSE Argentina 20 | 4.89% | 139,945 | 10.52 |
SCIF | Market Vectors India Small-Cap | 4.34% | 1,018,540 | 402.14 |
GGBP | AdvisorShares Gartman Gold/British Pound | 4.04% | 8,430 | 1.26 |
LEDD | iPath Pure Beta Lead ETN | 4.00% | 9,600 | 1.53 |
JJC | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Copper Total Return ETN | 3.67% | 222,089 | 76.32 |
ZROZ | PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury | 3.55% | 62,287 | 77.34 |
MLPG | ETRACS Alerian Natural Gas MLP ETN | 3.40% | 11,226 | 36.63 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
UAE | iShares MSCI UAE Capped | -5.73% | 267,691 | 55.92 |
GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | -5.38% | 4,527,512 | 285.38 |
EEH | ELEMENTS Linked to SPECTRUM Large Cap U.S. Momentum ETN | -5.17% | 6,777 | 1.48 |
QAT | iShares MSCI Qatar Capped | -4.62% | 83,874 | 30.75 |
INR | Market Vectors Indian Rupee/USD ETN | -4.61% | 5,655 | 1.78 |
GAZ | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN | -4.58% | 544,890 | 28.94 |
UNL | United States 12 Month Natural Gas | -4.45% | 31,900 | 17.58 |
GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | -4.16% | 39,191,517 | 2,258.03 |
EPOL | iShares MSCI Poland Capped | -3.96% | 2,933,519 | 413.27 |
CTNN | iPath Pure Beta Cotton ETN | -3.81% | 4,715 | 2.22 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
JNUG | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bull 3X | 65.07 | -14.16 | 186.12 |
GASL | Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 3X Shares | 63.70 | -4.70 | 27.67 |
JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 61.52 | 6.83 | 87.55 |
INDL | Direxion Daily India Bull 3X | 61.09 | -0.73 | 64.28 |
SCIF | Market Vectors India Small-Cap | 59.91 | 4.34 | 402.14 |
NUGT | Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X | 59.87 | -1.81 | 838.93 |
SOXL | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X | 58.11 | -2.67 | 109.12 |
DRN | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x | 55.83 | -0.99 | 94.56 |
CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | 55.28 | 6.69 | 6.89 |
DDP | PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN | 47.24 | 0.33 | 2.15 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
JDST | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X | -79.44 | 9.55 | 59.27 |
DGAZ | VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN | -65.05 | 10.36 | 360.73 |
DUST | Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X | -59.98 | 0.46 | 204.86 |
UVXY | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures | -58.82 | -0.75 | 318.18 |
TVIX | VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short Term ETN | -58.67 | -0.32 | 153.92 |
CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -56.47 | -1.33 | 5.92 |
GASX | Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3X Shares | -49.59 | 3.23 | 8.44 |
SOXS | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X | -44.43 | 3.37 | 22.91 |
KOLD | ProShares UltraShort DJ- UBS Natural Gas | -41.29 | 6.82 | 54.48 |
DRV | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x | -40.15 | 1.37 | 11.85 |
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.