Investors Plowed More Than $7B Into ETFs

Aug 15, 2014

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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.

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