Monster $62B ETF Weekly Inflows

Year-to-date inflows now stand at $670 billion.

Sumit Roy

Senior ETF Analyst

Sep 17, 2021

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

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A near-record amount of money headed into U.S.-listed ETFs this week, led by flows into Vanguard products. On net, creations for U.S.-listed ETFs totaled $62.2 billion during the week ending Thursday, Sept. 16—a huge sum, but shy of the weekly record of $71 billion set in March.

Just like then, the latest weekly inflows look like they are at least partly related to tax-related heartbeat trades. But while some of this week’s inflows may reverse next week, much of it may stick.

Back in March, after the big $71 billion haul, only about $20 billion of that came back out in the subsequent week.

In any case, net year-to-date inflows for all U.S.-listed ETFs now stand at $669.8 billion—double the $332.5 billion seen at this same time a year ago. At the current pace, ETFs are on track for more than $900 billion of inflows in 2021.

Vanguard ETFs Lead

Of this week’s inflows, about $53 billion went into U.S. equity ETFs. That includes the aforementioned Vanguard ETFs—the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG), the Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF) and others. About half of this week’s inflows came from Vanguard products.

Also gathering assets was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), with weekly inflows of $10.6 billion. Those inflows made up for a more than a 2% slide in the S&P 500. SPY now has $410.3 billion in assets under management.

Meanwhile, on the outflows side of the ledger, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) led all ETFs, with weekly redemptions of $1.9 billion, followed by the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), with redemptions of $1.1 billion.

Investment-grade corporate bond prices were roughly flat week-over-week, while the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield edged up to 1.37% following a better-than-expected reading on U.S. retail sales for August.

For a full list of this week’s top ETF inflows and outflows, see the tables below:

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	10,581.03	410,309.53	2.58%
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF	3,473.33	274,393.55	1.27%
VIG	Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF	3,025.11	65,985.61	4.58%
VXF	Vanguard Extended Market ETF	2,875.12	20,341.96	14.13%
VO	Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF	2,810.80	55,403.12	5.07%
VUG	Vanguard Growth ETF	2,590.65	88,765.25	2.92%
VB	Vanguard Small-Cap ETF	1,841.47	49,424.27	3.73%
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	1,809.99	255,833.67	0.71%
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	1,531.98	195,165.85	0.78%
RSP	Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF	1,371.75	30,851.34	4.45%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	-1,911.68	65,130.65	-2.94%
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	-1,125.29	41,869.96	-2.69%
IVE	iShares S&P 500 Value ETF	-355.79	22,396.95	-1.59%
TECL	Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares	-242.76	2,759.45	-8.80%
VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate ETF	-234.66	44,433.45	-0.53%
PDBC	Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF	-215.68	6,033.95	-3.57%
GOVT	iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	-180.28	15,640.87	-1.15%
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	-175.93	13,392.52	-1.31%
SOXL	Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares	-169.32	3,748.67	-4.52%
SPLV	Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF	-167.29	8,036.58	-2.08%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	52,738.25	4,054,964.83	1.30%
International Equity	4,076.40	1,315,313.76	0.31%
U.S. Fixed Income	3,966.42	1,085,585.73	0.37%
International Fixed Income	511.10	150,893.29	0.34%
Commodities	-145.70	138,257.18	-0.11%
Currency	7.46	1,911.32	0.39%
Leveraged	533.61	64,035.95	0.83%
Inverse	231.25	12,404.17	1.86%
Asset Allocation	178.01	18,694.47	0.95%
Alternatives	61.20	6,789.20	0.90%
Total:	62,158.01	6,848,849.91	0.91%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	341,676.81	4,054,964.83	8.43%
International Equity	169,132.79	1,315,313.76	12.86%
U.S. Fixed Income	121,610.55	1,085,585.73	11.20%
International Fixed Income	28,860.26	150,893.29	19.13%
Commodities	-3,632.02	138,257.18	-2.63%
Currency	33.45	1,911.32	1.75%
Leveraged	-142.55	64,035.95	-0.22%
Inverse	5,694.73	12,404.17	45.91%
Asset Allocation	3,965.08	18,694.47	21.21%
Alternatives	2,619.98	6,789.20	38.59%
Total:	669,819.07	6,848,849.91	9.78%

Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
URNM	North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF	16.13%	4,702,697	755.96
GAZ	iPath Series B Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN	10.21%	35,187	7.34
UNG	United States Natural Gas Fund LP	9.91%	25,902,563	319.80
URA	Global X Uranium ETF	8.88%	15,988,913	1,118.97
FRAK	VanEck Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF	8.82%	10,334	15.59
FCG	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	8.51%	4,960,272	273.37
PXI	Invesco DWA Energy Momentum ETF	7.92%	166,691	67.16
PXE	Invesco Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production ETF	7.79%	215,017	79.96
XOP	SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF	7.48%	27,331,575	3,219.25
FTXN	First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF	7.34%	78,403	41.93

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
BDRY	Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF	292.21%	0.27%	90.66
URNM	North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF	129.30%	16.13%	755.96
UNG	United States Natural Gas Fund LP	107.28%	9.91%	319.80
GAZ	iPath Series B Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN	99.45%	10.21%	7.34
JJT	iPath Series B Bloomberg Tin Subindex Total Return ETN	87.74%	1.29%	14.74
URA	Global X Uranium ETF	87.30%	8.88%	1,118.97
UNL	United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP	84.06%	5.91%	15.30
GRN	iPath Series B Carbon ETN	83.55%	-2.57%	78.39
REMX	VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF	83.21%	2.71%	1,092.99
FCG	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	77.24%	8.51%	273.37

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.

Sumit Roy

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Sumit Roy is the senior ETF analyst for etf.com, where he has worked for 13 years. He creates a variety of content for the platform, including news articles, analysis pieces, videos and podcasts.

Before joining etf.com, Sumit was the managing editor and commodities analyst for Hard Assets Investor. In those roles, he was responsible for most of the operations of HAI, a website dedicated to education about commodities investing.

Though he still closely follows the commodities beat, Sumit covers a much broader assortment of topics for etf.com, with a particular focus on stock and bond exchange-traded funds.

He is the host of etf.com’s Talk ETFs, a popular video series that features weekly interviews with thought leaders in the ETF industry. Sumit is also co-host of Exchange Traded Fridays, etf.com’s weekly podcast series.

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys climbing the city’s steep hills, playing chess and snowboarding in Lake Tahoe.

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