In With Int'l Stock Funds, Out With Bond ETFs
Investors poured more than $1.7 billion into international stock ETFs in the week ended Aug. 6, with developed-market funds 'DBEF,' 'EZU' and 'VGK' dominating creations. Fixed-income ETFs faced the brunt of outflows.
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Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| DBEF | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF | 886.49 | 14,454.81 | 6.53% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 | 478.46 | 34,325.04 | 1.41% |
| EZU | iShares MSCI EMU | 378.05 | 11,126.73 | 3.52% |
| VNQ | Vanguard REIT | 372.43 | 25,751.78 | 1.47% |
| VGK | Vanguard FTSE Europe | 315.43 | 15,556.82 | 2.07% |
| VUG | Vanguard Growth | 298.52 | 19,496.44 | 1.55% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 169.83 | 11,399.50 | 1.51% |
| VTV | Vanguard Value | 152.43 | 18,420.07 | 0.83% |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | 148.31 | 6,863.48 | 2.21% |
| VCSH | Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond | 142.97 | 10,545.62 | 1.37% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | -1,086.33 | 175,949.08 | -0.61% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | -786.59 | 13,111.22 | -5.66% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | -589.38 | 21,024.02 | -2.73% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -557.97 | 40,257.15 | -1.37% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | -429.90 | 23,391.20 | -1.80% |
| EMB | iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond | -347.60 | 4,866.96 | -6.67% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond | -205.61 | 9,724.00 | -2.07% |
| IWD | iShares Russell 1000 Value | -200.07 | 25,489.08 | -0.78% |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | -188.93 | 9,559.16 | -1.94% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | -156.54 | 6,873.17 | -2.23% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -446.42 | 1,179,789.20 | -0.04% |
| International Equity | 1,716.11 | 519,172.33 | 0.33% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -957.56 | 306,836.46 | -0.31% |
| International Fixed Income | -276.54 | 26,417.35 | -1.05% |
| Commodities | -472.31 | 49,413.14 | -0.96% |
| Currency | 3.63 | 1,338.72 | 0.27% |
| Leveraged | 366.76 | 23,944.44 | 1.53% |
| Inverse | -31.97 | 18,443.24 | -0.17% |
| Asset Allocation | -21.58 | 5,738.84 | -0.38% |
| Alternatives | -34.27 | 3,298.40 | -1.04% |
| Total: | -154.14 | 2,134,392.13 | -0.01% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| SIZE | iShares MSCI USA Size Factor | 1,760 | 6,993 | 397.34% |
| ITIP | iShares International Inflation-Linked Bond | 8,032 | 28,408 | 353.69% |
| IWY | iShares Russell Top 200 Growth | 51,953 | 170,927 | 329.00% |
| XRLV | PowerShares S&P 500 ex-Rate Sensitive Low Volatility | 100,044 | 320,975 | 320.83% |
| ILB | PIMCO Global Advantage Inflation-Linked Bond Strategy | 17,856 | 54,801 | 306.91% |
| EDEN | iShares MSCI Denmark Capped | 29,244 | 89,513 | 306.09% |
| GSP | iPath S&P GSCI Total Return ETN | 103,616 | 282,878 | 273.01% |
| PZD | PowerShares Cleantech | 3,380 | 8,999 | 266.22% |
| QUAL | iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor | 74,282 | 192,837 | 259.60% |
| RSCO | SPDR Russell Small Cap Completeness | 3,075 | 7,969 | 259.13% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GRN | iPath Global Carbon ETN | 9.07% | 10,365 | 2.41 |
| SCIN | EGShares India Small Cap | 4.89% | 20,459 | 28.89 |
| DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 4.86% | 107,451 | 7.12 |
| INR | Market Vectors Indian Rupee/USD ETN | 4.67% | 1,257 | 1.13 |
| SCIF | Market Vectors India Small-Cap | 3.93% | 807,491 | 246.59 |
| EGRW | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Growth | 3.86% | 5,816 | 10.07 |
| INCO | EGShares India Consumer | 3.75% | 163,885 | 83.03 |
| SMIN | iShares MSCI India Small-Cap | 3.67% | 59,231 | 71.72 |
| JETS | U.S. Global Jets | 3.44% | 396,864 | 48.56 |
| HEWI | iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Italy | 3.28% | 16,616 | 5.07 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| AMZA | InfraCap Active MLP | -14.06% | 151,541 | 19.30 |
| YGRO | RBC ETNs Linked to Yorkville MLP Distribution Growth Leaders Liquid PR Index | -11.04% | 50,931 | 24.44 |
| MLPI | ETRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure ETN | -10.59% | 2,734,282 | 2,075.36 |
| MLPN | Credit Suisse X-Links Cushing MLP Infrastructure ETN | -9.92% | 652,677 | 592.43 |
| MLPA | Global X MLP | -9.89% | 334,153 | 138.27 |
| YMLI | Yorkville High Income Infrastructure MLP | -9.76% | 102,014 | 48.14 |
| AMJ | JPMorgan Alerian MLP ETN | -9.72% | 15,281,304 | 4,332.56 |
| IMLP | iPath S&P MLP ETN | -9.69% | 331,824 | 586.69 |
| MLPC | C-Tracks Miller/Howard MLP Fundamental ETN | -9.55% | 74,694 | 134.47 |
| AMU | ETRACS Alerian MLP ETN | -9.53% | 1,813,101 | 364.05 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| RODI | Barclays Return on Disability ETNs | 0.77 | 0.00 | 42.49 |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 0.50 | -0.76 | 41.47 |
| DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 0.38 | 4.80 | 7.12 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 0.38 | 0.00 | 41.21 |
| BBP | BioShares Biotechnology Products | 0.34 | -3.08 | 31.42 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.31 | -4.76 | 2,796.00 |
| DXJF | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Financials | 0.28 | -0.46 | 36.75 |
| BBC | BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials | 0.24 | -4.54 | 36.30 |
| PSCH | PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care | 0.23 | 0.27 | 268.79 |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | 0.22 | -3.25 | 9,559.16 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.57 | 3.52 | 3.24 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -0.49 | 1.43 | 8.14 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.48 | 1.50 | 973.49 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -0.48 | 1.69 | 133.07 |
| GAZ | iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.40 | 3.42 | 11.99 |
| FCG | First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas | -0.39 | -2.34 | 180.03 |
| KOL | Market Vectors Coal | -0.36 | -4.09 | 62.32 |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap | -0.36 | -4.46 | 28.80 |
| PLTM | First Trust ISE Global Platinum | -0.35 | -2.43 | 6.50 |
| BRF | Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap | -0.35 | -4.20 | 78.03 |
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.
