Heavy Outflows From US ETFs; Int'l ETFs Gain

Sep 25, 2015

Reviewed by: etf.com Staff

Edited by: etf.com Staff

U.S. equity ETFs were big losers in the week ending Thursday, Sept. 24. The segment saw $6.8 billion in outflows, helping push overall ETF flows into the negative to the tune of $3.6 billion. On the other hand, international equity ETFs were big winners, garnering $2.1 billion in inflows from investors.

Fixed-income and leveraged funds also saw interest. U.S. and international fixed-income products gained nearly $900 million in assets combined, while leveraged ETFs gained $65 million.

In terms of individual ETFs, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM | B-100) took the top spot, with inflows of $664 million despite continued jitters about the health of the developing-world economies. The iShares MSCI EMU (EZU | A-82), which tracks countries that use the euro currency, is another international fund that also fared well, with inflows of $480 million.

As for ETFs that track U.S. markets, the iShares Russell 2000 (IWM | A-90) was easily the most popular during the week, adding $657 million. Sector funds like the Technology Select SPDR (XLK | A-91) and Utilities Select SPDR (XLU | A-89) also did well, with inflows of $306 million and $297 million, repsectively.

On the other end of the spectrum was the world's largest ETF, the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY | A-99), which had outflows of nearly $6 billion in the week. Following suit was the Vanguard Small-Cap (VB | A-100), with outflows of $673 million, the mirror image of the inflows into the aforementioned IWM.

On a percentage basis, the iShares U.S. Real Estate (IYR | A-97), the First Trust Dow Jones Internet (FDN | A-59), and the Schwab U.S. Small-Cap (SCHA | A-96) saw heavy outflows.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	664.09	21,227.40	3.23%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	656.62	27,081.58	2.48%
EZU	iShares MSCI EMU	480.06	10,361.86	4.86%
XLK	Technology Select SPDR	306.34	11,531.08	2.73%
XLU	Utilities Select SPDR	296.77	6,313.84	4.93%
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR	275.55	10,408.02	2.72%
SHY	iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond	263.06	13,100.07	2.05%
QQQ	PowerShares QQQ	253.30	37,402.74	0.68%
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan	226.91	18,847.12	1.22%
VEA	Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets	220.08	25,762.70	0.86%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500	-5,959.27	164,688.58	-3.49%
VB	Vanguard Small-Cap	-673.39	11,025.31	-5.76%
VO	Vanguard Mid-Cap	-463.82	12,166.21	-3.67%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate	-330.99	3,962.70	-7.71%
FDN	First Trust Dow Jones Internet	-319.29	3,456.36	-8.46%
MDY	SPDR S&P MidCap 400	-296.17	14,535.35	-2.00%
SCHA	Schwab U.S. Small-Cap	-291.49	2,885.42	-9.18%
XLI	Industrial Select SPDR	-287.33	6,036.59	-4.54%
IWF	iShares Russell 1000 Growth	-286.24	28,328.87	-1.00%
VBR	Vanguard Small-Cap Value	-258.71	5,454.49	-4.53%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	-6,766.19	1,104,147.29	-0.61%
International Equity	2,065.25	461,460.11	0.45%
U.S. Fixed Income	781.68	320,720.32	0.24%
International Fixed Income	102.75	26,462.73	0.39%
Commodities	12.62	50,577.67	0.02%
Currency	-11.76	1,308.72	-0.90%
Leveraged	220.91	22,237.67	0.99%
Inverse	64.89	21,354.47	0.30%
Asset Allocation	16.59	5,407.96	0.31%
Alternatives	-43.42	3,305.56	-1.31%
Total:	-3,556.68	2,016,982.49	-0.18%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
MLPO	Credit Suisse S&P MLP ETN	34	122	362.85%
WBIA	WBI SMID Tactical Growth	24,901	87,642	351.97%
AIA	iShares Asia 50	85,151	278,203	326.72%
WBIE	WBI Large Cap Tactical Growth	26,938	81,549	302.73%
PICK	iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers	152,453	456,358	299.34%
REK	ProShares Short Real Estate	253,242	701,639	277.06%
IBDB	iShares iBonds Mar 2018 Corporate	2,483	6,107	245.92%
WBIH	WBI Tactical High Income Shares	51,199	111,934	218.63%
VLUE	iShares MSCI USA Value Factor	13,223	28,609	216.35%
SUB	iShares Short-Term National AMT-Free Muni Bond	45,891	98,460	214.55%

Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
CVOL	C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN	21.52%	755,231	5.17
VXUP	AccuShares Spot CBOE VIX Up Shares	20.00%	358,441	0.12
VIIX	VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN	11.43%	1,511,918	8.33
VIXY	ProShares VIX Short-Term	11.41%	25,107,230	105.63
VXX	iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN	11.24%	413,577,760	899.15
VIIZ	VelocityShares VIX Mid Term ETN	10.75%	2,745	0.70
PALL	ETFS Physical Palladium	7.25%	210,847	240.77
VIXM	ProShares VIX Mid-term	7.18%	250,814	30.19
VXZ	iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN	7.06%	4,206,036	52.53
CNXT	Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext	5.88%	231,890	31.00

Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
BRAQ	Global X Brazil Consumer	-14.70%	11,266	3.36
BRAZ	Global X Brazil Mid Cap	-14.57%	15,650	2.77
COPX	Global X Copper Miners	-14.34%	512,760	16.81
BRXX	EGShares Brazil Infrastructure	-13.99%	75,048	8.09
CU	First Trust ISE Global Copper	-12.49%	111,964	13.31
KWT	Market Vectors Solar Energy	-12.01%	7,146	15.68
IDHB	PowerShares S&P International Developed High Beta	-11.70%	2,559	3.50
PLTM	First Trust ISE Global Platinum	-11.58%	21,497	5.70
SBIO	ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF	-11.26%	882,633	162.50
FBZ	First Trust Brazil AlphaDex	-11.22%	6,627	1.79

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
MOM	QuantShares U.S. Market Neutral Momentum	0.21	-4.99	2.75
CNXT	Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext	0.19	8.48	31.00
PSCH	PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care	0.19	-3.08	276.09
BBP	BioShares Biotechnology Products	0.18	-7.19	23.03
DXJH	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care	0.16	-1.96	13.57
EDEN	iShares MSCI Denmark Capped	0.15	-1.71	63.73
EIRL	iShares MSCI Ireland Capped	0.15	-4.12	162.62
CHOC	iPath Pure Beta Cocoa ETN	0.15	-0.21	6.83
BBC	BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials	0.14	-10.27	28.55
NIB	iPath Bloomberg Cocoa Subindex Total Return ETN	0.13	0.05	17.09

Bottom 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech	-0.61	-8.79	2,247.51
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation	-0.59	-5.02	264.89
XSD	SPDR S&P Semiconductor	-0.53	-3.20	110.85
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail	-0.52	-1.15	1,023.22
XSW	SPDR S&P Software & Services	-0.50	-2.03	52.89
EWZS	iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap	-0.50	-4.86	21.70
BRF	Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap	-0.49	-5.98	61.27
GAZ	iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN	-0.49	-1.79	10.29
BRAQ	Global X Brazil Consumer	-0.47	-9.73	3.36
BRXX	EGShares Brazil Infrastructure	-0.47	-8.40	8.09

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.

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