Investors Plowed More Than $7B Into ETFs
Investors put more than $7 billion into ETFs in the week ended Thursday, Aug. 14, including more than $4 billion into equities and $2.5 billion into fixed-income funds. Geopolitical tensions seemed meanwhile to ease a bit, helping lift the S&P 500 2.3 percent and total U.S.-listed ETF assets to $1.859 trillion.
Investors put more than $7 billion into ETFs in the week ended Thursday, Aug. 14, including more than $4 billion into equities and $2.5 billion into fixed-income funds. Geopolitical tensions seemed meanwhile to ease a bit, helping lift the S&P 500 2.3 percent and total U.S.-listed ETF assets to $1.859 trillion.
Investors put more than $7 billion into ETFs in the week ended Thursday, Aug. 14, including more than $4 billion into equities and $2.5 billion into fixed-income funds. Geopolitical tensions seemed meanwhile to ease a bit, helping lift the S&P 500 2.3 percent and total U.S.-listed ETF assets to $1.859 trillion.
Investors put more than $7 billion into ETFs in the week ended Thursday, Aug. 14, including more than $4 billion into equities and $2.5 billion into fixed-income funds. Geopolitical tensions seemed meanwhile to ease a bit, helping lift the S&P 500 2.3 percent and total U.S.-listed ETF assets to $1.859 trillion.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 3,940.27 | 165,555.63 | 2.44% |
XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | 633.49 | 6,754.36 | 10.35% |
IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 | 457.30 | 60,531.95 | 0.76% |
HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | 417.93 | 12,340.68 | 3.51% |
EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | 398.44 | 43,285.41 | 0.93% |
IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | 371.20 | 5,389.86 | 7.40% |
LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | 333.58 | 17,890.50 | 1.90% |
FXG | First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX | 312.23 | 1,371.05 | 29.49% |
VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 | 303.52 | 20,682.25 | 1.49% |
AGG | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond | 295.29 | 18,404.40 | 1.63% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -1,413.81 | 22,952.50 | -5.80% |
QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -720.87 | 44,257.96 | -1.60% |
XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | -532.45 | 8,135.97 | -6.14% |
VGK | Vanguard FTSE Europe | -373.04 | 15,325.29 | -2.38% |
DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | -313.70 | 10,830.69 | -2.81% |
EWI | iShares MSCI Italy Capped | -270.53 | 1,584.35 | -14.58% |
IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate | -190.08 | 4,872.46 | -3.75% |
XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -179.22 | 17,308.24 | -1.02% |
MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | -168.68 | 15,062.71 | -1.11% |
EZU | iShares MSCI EMU | -151.61 | 8,764.57 | -1.70% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 3,525.36 | 1,003,156.62 | 0.35% |
International Equity | 866.64 | 450,887.03 | 0.19% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 2,347.64 | 260,760.02 | 0.90% |
International Fixed Income | 196.77 | 24,560.04 | 0.80% |
Commodities | -134.80 | 66,774.91 | -0.20% |
Currency | -70.41 | 1,621.17 | -4.34% |
Leveraged | -11.92 | 21,984.27 | -0.05% |
Inverse | 296.89 | 21,560.70 | 1.38% |
Asset Allocation | 13.80 | 4,997.73 | 0.28% |
Alternatives | 104.61 | 2,899.10 | 3.61% |
Total: | 7,134.57 | 1,859,201.60 | 0.38% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
GMM | SPDR S&P Emerging Markets | 38,754 | 801,578 | 413.67% |
VLUE | iShares MSCI USA Value Factor | 9,047 | 171,807 | 379.79% |
SIZE | iShares MSCI USA Size Factor | 10,452 | 191,238 | 365.95% |
VIOV | Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value | 16,240 | 290,674 | 357.98% |
MBG | SPDR Barclays Mortgage Backed Bond | 6,353 | 113,708 | 357.97% |
ILTB | iShares Core Long-Term USD Bond | 52,677 | 875,566 | 332.43% |
SLY | SPDR S&P SmallCap 600 | 16,247 | 250,330 | 308.16% |
AGOL | ETFS Physical Asian Gold | 178 | 2,577 | 289.27% |
GAF | SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa | 12,649 | 182,419 | 288.42% |
IAT | iShares U.S. Regional Banks | 113,469 | 1,556,084 | 274.28% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
MLPW | ETRACS Wells Fargo MLP ETN | 23.36% | 9,539 | 18.25 |
RSXJ | Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap | 7.32% | 249,436 | 54.08 |
RBL | SPDR S&P Russia | 6.45% | 77,697 | 23.89 |
XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 6.33% | 1,396,695 | 1,164.68 |
MLPN | Credit Suisse Cushing 30 MLP ETN | 6.21% | 1,330,372 | 898.90 |
RSX | Market Vectors Russia | 6.07% | 40,745,582 | 1,620.24 |
GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | 5.99% | 4,404,191 | 233.13 |
ERUS | iShares MSCI Russia Capped | 5.93% | 2,218,381 | 287.16 |
EMLP | First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure | 5.88% | 519,705 | 840.98 |
EEH | ELEMENTS Linked to SPECTRUM Large Cap U.S. Momentum ETN | 5.80% | 63,229 | 0.92 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -25.36% | 517,626 | 5.24 |
VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -16.58% | 200,012,669 | 909.95 |
VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -16.50% | 248,202 | 7.34 |
VIIZ | VelocityShares VIX Mid Term ETN | -8.89% | 4,975 | 1.55 |
VXZ | iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -8.75% | 6,885,936 | 61.75 |
VIXM | ProShares VIX Mid-term | -8.67% | 227,625 | 43.12 |
EEME | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EMEA | -5.20% | 4,370 | 10.45 |
CRUD | Teucrium WTI Crude Oil | -5.18% | 1,385 | 2.09 |
WEAT | Teucrium Wheat | -4.59% | 825,669 | 25.40 |
COW | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Total Return ETN | -4.30% | 137,469 | 42.32 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
NUGT | Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X | 77.23 | 4.34 | 763.69 |
INDL | Direxion Daily India Bull 3X | 72.34 | 11.52 | 78.83 |
DRN | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x | 66.84 | 7.50 | 94.92 |
JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 63.73 | -0.34 | 85.98 |
JNUG | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bull 3X | 60.52 | -2.42 | 268.92 |
CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | 59.63 | -0.38 | 7.27 |
AGA | PowerShares DB Agriculture Double Short ETN | 57.07 | 4.40 | 2.23 |
DDP | PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN | 56.16 | 1.28 | 2.28 |
TMF | Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bull 3x | 53.56 | 1.83 | 43.52 |
SOXL | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X | 49.90 | 9.70 | 103.46 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
JDST | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X | -83.94 | 1.78 | 81.48 |
DUST | Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X | -66.83 | -4.76 | 248.71 |
TVIX | VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short Term ETN | -61.87 | -30.75 | 164.30 |
CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -61.47 | -25.36 | 5.24 |
UVXY | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures | -61.13 | -30.92 | 183.46 |
DGAZ | VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN | -51.13 | -2.15 | 264.11 |
RUSL | Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X | -49.00 | 18.78 | 117.22 |
DRV | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x | -45.44 | -7.21 | 10.88 |
SOXS | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X | -43.63 | -9.11 | 20.09 |
TMV | Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 3x | -40.19 | -1.94 | 620.02 |
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.