Int'l Equity ETFs Dominate Weekly Creations
Investors piled into international equity ETFs such as 'HEDJ,' and trimmed exposure to riskier assets such as high-yield bond funds, in the week ended Thursday, July 23. Total U.S.-listed ETF assets hit $2.163 trillion.
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Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 1,879.17 | 42,104.86 | 4.67% |
| HEDJ | WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity | 539.32 | 22,000.73 | 2.51% |
| IWF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 403.12 | 30,769.05 | 1.33% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | 396.55 | 16,129.00 | 2.52% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 384.62 | 20,792.72 | 1.88% |
| VGK | Vanguard FTSE Europe | 362.90 | 15,157.80 | 2.45% |
| IEFA | iShares Core MSCI EAFE | 297.22 | 6,366.15 | 4.90% |
| MBB | iShares MBS | 239.42 | 7,316.58 | 3.38% |
| EWG | iShares MSCI Germany | 216.59 | 7,652.22 | 2.91% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market | 203.72 | 57,471.86 | 0.36% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | -4,935.79 | 178,910.51 | -2.68% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -2,371.22 | 27,982.43 | -7.81% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | -949.06 | 11,474.27 | -7.64% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | -835.36 | 24,148.18 | -3.34% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond | -471.91 | 9,904.49 | -4.55% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 | -274.87 | 70,017.72 | -0.39% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | -262.27 | 14,210.00 | -1.81% |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | -247.53 | 1,031.48 | -19.35% |
| FTSM | First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity | -212.86 | 236.84 | -47.33% |
| XRT | SPDR S&P Retail | -207.17 | 1,037.66 | -16.64% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -3,993.47 | 1,196,856.90 | -0.33% |
| International Equity | 2,519.23 | 527,221.17 | 0.48% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 578.08 | 306,371.42 | 0.19% |
| International Fixed Income | 156.18 | 26,691.15 | 0.59% |
| Commodities | -931.85 | 51,882.92 | -1.80% |
| Currency | -12.81 | 1,368.10 | -0.94% |
| Leveraged | -366.19 | 24,868.08 | -1.47% |
| Inverse | 320.19 | 18,790.06 | 1.70% |
| Asset Allocation | 2.99 | 5,828.73 | 0.05% |
| Alternatives | 164.27 | 3,235.11 | 5.08% |
| Total: | -1,563.38 | 2,163,113.64 | -0.07% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| FIW | First Trust ISE Water | 63,385 | 289,249 | 456.33% |
| PBJ | PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage | 139,882 | 556,488 | 397.83% |
| NFRA | FlexShares STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure | 45,538 | 177,217 | 389.16% |
| FVL | First Trust Value Line 100 | 9,472 | 36,119 | 381.33% |
| URTH | iShares MSCI World | 97,827 | 323,727 | 330.92% |
| IHDG | WisdomTree International Hedged Dividend Growth | 263,998 | 865,392 | 327.80% |
| ZROZ | PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury | 33,886 | 106,511 | 314.32% |
| QEMM | SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Quality Mix | 554 | 1,696 | 306.01% |
| XLG | Guggenheim Russell Top 50 Mega Cap | 16,096 | 46,593 | 289.47% |
| GURU | Global X Guru | 65,209 | 183,596 | 281.55% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 12.42% | 658,354 | 47.92 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 11.40% | 752,654 | 45.95 |
| KBA | KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share | 6.81% | 73,315 | 19.93 |
| FDTS | First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX | 5.69% | 10,477 | 7.04 |
| ASHR | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF | 5.20% | 14,645,700 | 606.27 |
| QEM | Market Vectors MSCI Emerging Markets Quality | 5.04% | 10,777 | 5.15 |
| CN | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI All China Equity ETF | 4.58% | 12,574 | 16.35 |
| PEK | Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share | 4.45% | 480,698 | 107.54 |
| ZROZ | PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury | 4.25% | 532,553 | 107.13 |
| EDV | Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury | 3.81% | 184,704 | 363.35 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| SGDJ | Sprott Junior Gold Miners | -17.53% | 72,751 | 15.32 |
| RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners | -16.54% | 1,215,389 | 43.33 |
| SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners | -16.21% | 1,045,482 | 112.00 |
| SILJ | PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) | -16.10% | 35,588 | 3.69 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | -15.95% | 95,416,874 | 1,118.38 |
| GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | -15.95% | 280,752 | 23.38 |
| GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners | -15.67% | 436,095,854 | 4,549.08 |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | -15.59% | 2,413,298 | 135.34 |
| PSAU | PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals | -14.56% | 187,411 | 16.88 |
| SLVP | iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners | -13.67% | 177,347 | 11.36 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| RODI | Barclays Return on Disability ETNs | 0.77 | 40.08 | 28.08 |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 0.75 | 5.11 | 47.92 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 0.54 | 6.77 | 45.95 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.43 | -2.23 | 3,127.64 |
| BBP | BioShares Biotechnology Products | 0.42 | -0.62 | 33.32 |
| BBC | BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials | 0.38 | -3.26 | 40.10 |
| DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 0.34 | 1.35 | 5.19 |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | 0.30 | -0.96 | 9,961.88 |
| DXJF | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Financials | 0.28 | -1.21 | 35.23 |
| FBT | First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology | 0.27 | -1.31 | 3,908.04 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.57 | 5.41 | 3.19 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -0.48 | -0.45 | 8.09 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.48 | -0.67 | 964.02 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -0.48 | -0.55 | 122.23 |
| GAZ | iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.39 | -2.94 | 12.19 |
| FCG | First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas | -0.34 | -6.73 | 186.80 |
| JJT | iPath Bloomberg Tin Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.34 | -12.19 | 1.94 |
| XME | SPDR S&P Metals and Mining | -0.34 | -5.20 | 316.03 |
| KOL | Market Vectors Coal | -0.33 | -4.01 | 65.79 |
| JO | iPath Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.33 | -5.25 | 100.75 |
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.
