Int'l Equity ETFs Most Popular In The Week
International equity ETFs attracted the bulk of fresh investor dollars in the past week ended Thursday, Aug. 13. Total U.S.-listed ETF assets hit $2.128 trillion.
Investors favored international equity ETFs over U.S.-focused funds roughly 2-to-1 in the past week, pouring more than $1.4 billion into the segment despite the shockwaves China's currency intervention triggered through global markets.
A look at the top ETF creations in the week ended Thursday, Aug. 13, show demand for exposure to European and Japanese equities stood out, with funds like the Vanguard FTSE Europe (VGK | A-97), the Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF (DBEF | B-66) and the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DXJ | B-66) among the most popular.
Perhaps more interesting is the fact that the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG | A-99) was also among the week's top creations, with net inflows $172 million, putting the fund's asset gain in 2015 at $1.8 billion.
The net new assets came even as investors fretted about China's outlook. IEMG holds China as its biggest country allocation, at about 23 percent, and so far this year, the fund has struggled to find upside, posting losses of 7.2 percent year-to-date.
In all, investors poured a net of $2.25 billion into ETFs this week, bringing total U.S.-listed ETF assets to $2.128 trillion.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| VGK | Vanguard FTSE Europe | 530.14 | 15,867.34 | 3.46% |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | 522.27 | 6,873.63 | 8.22% |
| DBEF | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF | 350.03 | 14,450.68 | 2.48% |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 318.64 | 176,385.99 | 0.18% |
| DXJ | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity | 317.82 | 18,321.55 | 1.77% |
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate | 225.10 | 4,746.43 | 4.98% |
| XOP | SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | 223.02 | 1,620.61 | 15.96% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market | 186.33 | 56,586.53 | 0.33% |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | 181.22 | 7,073.61 | 2.63% |
| IEMG | iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets | 172.43 | 7,163.22 | 2.47% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -640.79 | 39,541.16 | -1.59% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | -531.22 | 20,455.99 | -2.53% |
| XLK | Technology Select SPDR | -340.40 | 12,438.69 | -2.66% |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | -294.45 | 9,141.43 | -3.12% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | -270.95 | 15,729.22 | -1.69% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | -225.28 | 12,776.84 | -1.73% |
| EPI | WisdomTree India Earnings | -193.59 | 2,096.30 | -8.45% |
| EMB | iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond | -184.21 | 4,686.77 | -3.78% |
| AAXJ | iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan | -172.80 | 3,211.46 | -5.11% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | -168.83 | 11,223.29 | -1.48% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 667.73 | 1,175,979.75 | 0.06% |
| International Equity | 1,437.93 | 517,655.32 | 0.28% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -255.86 | 305,742.93 | -0.08% |
| International Fixed Income | -244.81 | 26,140.71 | -0.94% |
| Commodities | 351.25 | 49,973.38 | 0.70% |
| Currency | -15.53 | 1,326.78 | -1.17% |
| Leveraged | 308.70 | 24,031.27 | 1.28% |
| Inverse | 27.73 | 18,371.99 | 0.15% |
| Asset Allocation | 15.69 | 5,712.12 | 0.27% |
| Alternatives | -35.44 | 3,261.14 | -1.09% |
| Total: | 2,257.39 | 2,128,195.39 | 0.11% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| GSC | GS Connect S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Total Return Strategy ETN | 27,382 | 119,776 | 437.42% |
| TWOK | SPDR Russell 2000 | 10,306 | 43,709 | 424.10% |
| REK | ProShares Short Real Estate | 57,650 | 229,151 | 397.49% |
| CYB | WisdomTree Chinese Yuan | 67,341 | 257,416 | 382.26% |
| QLTA | iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond | 38,744 | 135,738 | 350.35% |
| GAL | SPDR SSgA Global Allocation | 38,824 | 129,198 | 332.78% |
| EIRL | iShares MSCI Ireland Capped | 62,594 | 200,308 | 320.01% |
| IPE | SPDR Barclays TIPS | 39,272 | 123,003 | 313.21% |
| INC | iShares U.S. Fixed Income Balanced Risk | 869 | 2,550 | 293.41% |
| LAG | SPDR Barclays Aggregate Bond | 73,943 | 215,740 | 291.77% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | 12.53% | 237,997 | 27.22 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | 12.44% | 37,594 | 5.79 |
| SGDJ | Sprott Junior Gold Miners | 12.26% | 95,459 | 20.58 |
| SILJ | PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) | 11.85% | 34,765 | 4.04 |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | 11.61% | 1,725,385 | 151.92 |
| JO | iPath Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN | 11.49% | 1,219,771 | 121.65 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | 9.90% | 83,108,898 | 1,251.30 |
| SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners | 9.80% | 642,686 | 121.04 |
| GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners | 9.50% | 422,341,162 | 4,747.70 |
| SLVP | iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners | 8.94% | 141,856 | 13.40 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| DIRT | iPath Pure Beta Agriculture ETN | -10.97% | 4,855 | 1.47 |
| SCIN | EGShares India Small Cap | -9.05% | 22,951 | 26.22 |
| SCIF | Market Vectors India Small-Cap | -8.14% | 375,058 | 208.76 |
| EIDO | iShares MSCI Indonesia | -8.08% | 3,500,388 | 304.29 |
| IDX | Market Vectors Indonesia | -7.98% | 592,854 | 105.00 |
| EWM | iShares MSCI Malaysia | -7.66% | 11,535,627 | 340.58 |
| EGRW | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Growth | -7.60% | 2,422 | 9.70 |
| INXX | EGShares India Infrastructure | -6.53% | 89,820 | 47.91 |
| FLN | First Trust Latin America AlphaDex | -6.51% | 1,804 | 6.77 |
| PGJ | PowerShares Golden Dragon China | -6.51% | 150,803 | 178.09 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| RODI | Barclays Return on Disability ETN | 0.77 | 0.00 | 27.63 |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 0.58 | 1.93 | 43.87 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 0.46 | 2.97 | 43.72 |
| DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 0.39 | 2.45 | 10.72 |
| BBP | BioShares Biotechnology Products | 0.30 | -1.08 | 30.50 |
| DXJF | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Financials | 0.28 | -0.49 | 36.59 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.25 | -2.10 | 2,505.51 |
| DXJS | WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity | 0.23 | 1.50 | 207.29 |
| PSCH | PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care | 0.23 | 0.01 | 270.61 |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | 0.21 | -0.62 | 9,141.43 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.59 | 0.96 | 3.21 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -0.49 | -0.82 | 7.94 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -0.49 | -0.65 | 129.88 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.49 | -0.56 | 905.77 |
| GAZ | iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.39 | 0.01 | 12.04 |
| FCG | First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas | -0.37 | 6.25 | 193.42 |
| BRF | Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap | -0.37 | -1.26 | 76.61 |
| KOL | Market Vectors Coal | -0.37 | -0.53 | 61.85 |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap | -0.37 | -1.00 | 28.38 |
| XME | SPDR S&P Metals and Mining | -0.36 | 2.45 | 273.83 |
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.
