Investors Pile Into US Equities, Trim Int'l ETFs
A roster of U.S. equities funds topped the week’s net creations, as investors grew jittery over volatile market action in China and an uncertain outlook for Greece. Total U.S.-listed ETF assets ended down to an average of $2.109 trillion in the five-day period ended Thursday, July 9.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 5,723.92 | 174,523.89 | 3.39% |
XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 1,141.59 | 20,873.58 | 5.79% |
VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 | 1,038.52 | 33,358.40 | 3.21% |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 729.48 | 29,334.23 | 2.55% |
DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | 607.56 | 12,173.56 | 5.25% |
IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 | 550.80 | 68,311.12 | 0.81% |
XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | 527.37 | 6,301.03 | 9.13% |
JNK | SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond | 485.41 | 10,198.21 | 5.00% |
USO | United States Oil | 376.54 | 2,407.61 | 18.54% |
SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | 365.13 | 10,181.91 | 3.72% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE | -928.71 | 58,760.99 | -1.56% |
EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | -725.00 | 25,744.38 | -2.74% |
QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -642.01 | 37,334.90 | -1.69% |
FXH | First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX | -532.34 | 4,100.78 | -11.49% |
VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market | -501.67 | 55,598.00 | -0.89% |
XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | -462.28 | 6,664.32 | -6.49% |
LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | -291.06 | 20,957.99 | -1.37% |
XLK | Technology Select SPDR | -278.84 | 12,558.82 | -2.17% |
BSV | Vanguard Short-Term Bond | -248.67 | 16,119.01 | -1.52% |
AAXJ | iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan | -206.41 | 3,784.60 | -5.17% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 10,541.06 | 1,160,499.77 | 0.91% |
International Equity | -1,370.38 | 511,640.57 | -0.27% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 721.86 | 301,846.04 | 0.24% |
International Fixed Income | 61.87 | 26,798.84 | 0.23% |
Commodities | 350.07 | 54,530.74 | 0.64% |
Currency | -14.22 | 1,407.02 | -1.01% |
Leveraged | 955.64 | 24,520.36 | 3.90% |
Inverse | 49.23 | 18,826.45 | 0.26% |
Asset Allocation | -2.77 | 5,825.23 | -0.05% |
Alternatives | -204.38 | 3,480.15 | -5.87% |
Total: | 11,087.97 | 2,109,375.17 | 0.53% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
TIPZ | PIMCO Broad U.S. TIPS | 13,479 | 82,468 | 611.85% |
JPEM | JPMorgan Diversified Return Emerging Markets Equity | 21,057 | 127,593 | 605.95% |
VLUE | iShares MSCI USA Value Factor | 10,604 | 64,241 | 605.83% |
PSL | PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum | 51,703 | 307,232 | 594.23% |
IPS | SPDR S&P International Consumer Staples | 11,999 | 66,598 | 555.05% |
IFEU | iShares Europe Developed Real Estate | 37,005 | 194,140 | 524.63% |
IPFF | iShares International Preferred Stock | 133,238 | 597,573 | 448.50% |
PTF | PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum | 113,184 | 469,449 | 414.76% |
TUZ | PIMCO 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury | 27,634 | 111,967 | 405.18% |
DBP | PowerShares DB Precious Metals | 37,658 | 146,876 | 390.03% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
AGF | DB Agriculture Long ETN | 37.25% | 5,348 | 2.27 |
CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | 12.28% | 538,002 | 4.61 |
VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | 7.98% | 586,791 | 12.43 |
VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 7.71% | 331,872,111 | 1,065.63 |
VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | 7.60% | 11,839,686 | 169.06 |
VXUP | AccuShares Spot CBOE VIX Up Shares | 6.97% | 169,720 | 9.37 |
AFTY | CSOP FTSE China A50 | 4.55% | 1,714,643 | 61.61 |
VIXM | ProShares VIX Mid-term | 4.10% | 60,470 | 27.80 |
VXZ | iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | 4.07% | 3,157,290 | 47.15 |
ISCF | iShares FactorSelect MSCI Intl Small-Cap | 3.48% | 4,679 | 2.43 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
ECNS | iShares MSCI China Small-Cap | -14.73% | 379,464 | 35.35 |
CHIM | Global X China Materials | -14.61% | 79,726 | 2.28 |
HAO | Guggenheim China Small Cap | -13.41% | 3,337,037 | 218.96 |
AZIA | Global X Central Asia & Mongolia | -12.60% | 9,810 | 2.44 |
CHIX | Global X China Financials | -12.60% | 1,868,978 | 89.43 |
ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | -12.29% | 2,172,632 | 37.60 |
EWHS | iShares MSCI Hong Kong Small-Cap | -12.06% | 30,217 | 7.35 |
CHII | Global X China Industrials | -11.78% | 104,364 | 7.23 |
QQQC | Global X NASDAQ China Technology | -11.51% | 189,637 | 18.26 |
FXI | iShares China Large-Cap | -10.72% | 273,610,754 | 7,092.06 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 0.39 | 0.00 | 40.09 |
XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.33 | 0.00 | 2,824.58 |
BBP | BioShares Biotechnology Products | 0.31 | 0.00 | 22.22 |
BBC | BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials | 0.29 | 0.00 | 32.15 |
RODI | Barclays Return on Disability ETNs | 0.26 | 0.00 | 27.52 |
ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 0.26 | 0.00 | 37.60 |
DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 0.22 | 0.00 | 4.76 |
IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | 0.21 | 0.00 | 9,003.47 |
UGA | United States Gasoline | 0.20 | 0.00 | 103.00 |
PJP | PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals | 0.20 | 0.00 | 2,057.92 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
GAZ | iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.42 | 0.00 | 11.63 |
CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.41 | 0.00 | 4.61 |
VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -0.32 | 0.00 | 169.06 |
VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -0.32 | 0.00 | 12.43 |
VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.32 | 0.00 | 1,065.63 |
JO | iPath Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.31 | 0.00 | 102.40 |
KOL | Market Vectors Coal | -0.30 | 0.00 | 68.94 |
CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | -0.29 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
JJT | iPath Bloomberg Tin Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.29 | 0.00 | 1.84 |
JJN | iPath Bloomberg Nickel Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.27 | 0.00 | 7.38 |
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.