Int'l Funds Lead Inflows; Total ETF Asset Rise To $2.172T In Week
International equity funds like 'HEDJ,' 'VEU' and 'FXI' paced inflows in week ended Thursday, May 21, as total U.S.-listed ETF assets rose to $2.172 trillion.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market | 930.18 | 58,815.63 | 1.61% |
| IWF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 432.11 | 30,183.12 | 1.45% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 402.01 | 39,296.97 | 1.03% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 | 386.87 | 32,601.95 | 1.20% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | 374.68 | 12,031.83 | 3.21% |
| HEDJ | WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity | 369.03 | 20,619.30 | 1.82% |
| VO | Vanguard Mid-Cap | 328.19 | 12,545.00 | 2.69% |
| VEU | Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US | 311.20 | 14,851.98 | 2.14% |
| VEA | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets | 253.08 | 28,860.49 | 0.88% |
| FXI | iShares China Large-Cap | 208.89 | 7,557.12 | 2.84% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | -2,600.17 | 178,190.16 | -1.44% |
| SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond | -1,466.72 | 2,536.44 | -36.64% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -767.56 | 28,274.46 | -2.64% |
| SPLV | PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility | -713.85 | 4,967.90 | -12.56% |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market | -540.50 | 27,122.58 | -1.95% |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | -364.77 | 9,197.74 | -3.81% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | -339.06 | 27,702.13 | -1.21% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | -288.47 | 10,569.59 | -2.66% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | -283.16 | 22,062.26 | -1.27% |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | -245.44 | 7,707.90 | -3.09% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -504.36 | 1,183,899.31 | -0.04% |
| International Equity | 3,427.11 | 542,343.27 | 0.63% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -1,789.06 | 306,330.56 | -0.58% |
| International Fixed Income | 160.88 | 26,446.47 | 0.61% |
| Commodities | -412.30 | 58,029.72 | -0.71% |
| Currency | -25.38 | 1,446.43 | -1.75% |
| Leveraged | -173.32 | 25,815.37 | -0.67% |
| Inverse | 563.74 | 18,974.79 | 2.97% |
| Asset Allocation | -26.10 | 5,998.27 | -0.44% |
| Alternatives | 99.02 | 3,577.76 | 2.77% |
| Total: | 1,320.22 | 2,172,861.95 | 0.06% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| WBII | WBI Tactical Income Shares | 178,316 | 1,013,783 | 568.53% |
| UCI | ETRACS CMCI Total Return ETN | 61,831 | 314,701 | 508.97% |
| CWI | SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US | 286,612 | 1,222,791 | 426.64% |
| WBIH | WBI Tactical High Income Shares | 192,857 | 809,481 | 419.73% |
| FYLD | Cambria Foreign Shareholder Yield | 22,678 | 90,973 | 401.15% |
| WBIF | WBI Large Cap Tactical Value | 40,019 | 160,073 | 399.99% |
| IBDJ | iShares iBonds Dec 2017 Corporate | 801 | 3,023 | 377.55% |
| JKF | iShares Morningstar Large-Cap Value | 11,916 | 44,057 | 369.72% |
| WBIL | WBI Large Cap Tactical Select Shares | 34,358 | 125,724 | 365.92% |
| SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond | 896,028 | 2,874,183 | 320.77% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 13.99% | 442,830 | 53.73 |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 13.24% | 1,055,505 | 74.28 |
| EVAL | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Value | 9.93% | 9,831 | 25.11 |
| KBA | KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share | 9.32% | 60,420 | 35.63 |
| ASHR | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF | 9.16% | 7,754,827 | 1,295.73 |
| CHNA | PowerShares China A-Share | 8.63% | 46,300 | 11.42 |
| PEK | Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share | 8.48% | 526,673 | 145.73 |
| AFTY | CSOP FTSE China A50 | 7.70% | 261,506 | 136.80 |
| CN | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI All China Equity ETF | 7.52% | 62,215 | 16.07 |
| EGPT | Market Vectors Egypt | 7.30% | 18,771 | 58.90 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| IBDQ | iShares iBonds Dec 2025 Corporate | -75.28% | 4,109 | 9.80 |
| IBDH | iShares iBonds Dec 2018 Corporate | -75.24% | 11,521 | 30.18 |
| IBDK | iShares iBonds Dec 2019 Corporate | -75.17% | 9,504 | 9.94 |
| IBDM | iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Corporate | -75.14% | 9,859 | 9.93 |
| IBDL | iShares iBonds Dec 2020 Corporate | -75.14% | 10,592 | 25.33 |
| IBDN | iShares iBonds Dec 2022 Corporate | -75.12% | 2,307 | 9.88 |
| IBDO | iShares iBonds Dec 2023 Corporate | -75.11% | 1,198 | 9.85 |
| IBDJ | iShares iBonds Dec 2017 Corporate | -75.06% | 15,117 | 9.94 |
| IBDF | iShares iBonds Dec 2016 Corporate | -74.90% | 5,897 | 25.02 |
| IBMF | iShares iBonds Sep 2017 AMT-Free Muni Bond | -50.05% | 79,509 | 156.18 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 1.08 | 9.52 | 74.28 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 0.86 | 12.01 | 53.73 |
| ECNS | iShares MSCI China Small-Cap | 0.46 | 2.28 | 47.72 |
| KBA | KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share | 0.44 | 10.16 | 35.63 |
| PEK | Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share | 0.43 | 10.34 | 145.73 |
| CHII | Global X China Industrials | 0.40 | 5.51 | 11.62 |
| ASHR | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF | 0.40 | 10.52 | 1,295.73 |
| RSX | Market Vectors Russia | 0.38 | -1.99 | 2,316.66 |
| QQQC | Global X NASDAQ China Technology | 0.37 | 1.75 | 22.86 |
| HAO | Guggenheim China Small Cap | 0.37 | 4.08 | 291.95 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| IBDF | iShares iBonds Dec 2016 Corporate | -0.75 | -74.91 | 25.02 |
| IBDH | iShares iBonds Dec 2018 Corporate | -0.75 | -75.17 | 30.18 |
| IBDL | iShares iBonds Dec 2020 Corporate | -0.74 | -75.14 | 25.33 |
| IBME | iShares iBonds Sep 2016 AMT-Free Muni Bond | -0.50 | -50.01 | 127.78 |
| IBMF | iShares iBonds Sep 2017 AMT-Free Muni Bond | -0.50 | -49.92 | 156.18 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.49 | -3.53 | 3.79 |
| CSM | ProShares Large Cap Core Plus | -0.49 | -49.99 | 500.62 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -0.41 | -3.87 | 142.58 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -0.41 | -3.69 | 8.27 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.41 | -3.81 | 1,143.13 |
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.
