'QQQ,' 'EZU' And 'GLD' Among Top Inflows This Week
Inflows into these varied ETFs more than offset outflows from 'SPY' in the week ending Thursday, Oct. 15.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 1,114.87 | 39,997.74 | 2.87% |
| EZU | iShares MSCI EMU | 696.44 | 12,472.97 | 5.91% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | 546.97 | 7,419.19 | 7.96% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | 485.02 | 26,647.83 | 1.85% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 386.50 | 27,120.48 | 1.45% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 348.68 | 11,061.96 | 3.25% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | 326.11 | 23,541.08 | 1.40% |
| VNQ | Vanguard REIT | 293.24 | 26,199.49 | 1.13% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 281.48 | 12,673.33 | 2.27% |
| AGG | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond | 252.50 | 27,234.99 | 0.94% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | -1,473.29 | 175,797.41 | -0.83% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -524.98 | 17,120.76 | -2.98% |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | -323.23 | 13,203.61 | -2.39% |
| EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan | -302.94 | 19,567.34 | -1.52% |
| BIL | SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill | -296.99 | 3,084.13 | -8.78% |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | -288.00 | 7,836.28 | -3.54% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | -278.13 | 14,555.04 | -1.88% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | -276.95 | 13,217.82 | -2.05% |
| HEDJ | WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity | -220.84 | 18,950.66 | -1.15% |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -184.74 | 6,564.05 | -2.74% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 2,322.93 | 1,130,100.90 | 0.21% |
| International Equity | 1,121.73 | 485,392.69 | 0.23% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 536.75 | 329,523.90 | 0.16% |
| International Fixed Income | 113.10 | 26,784.17 | 0.42% |
| Commodities | 615.91 | 52,811.68 | 1.17% |
| Currency | 17.96 | 1,351.89 | 1.33% |
| Leveraged | -121.44 | 23,358.66 | -0.52% |
| Inverse | 421.15 | 20,447.46 | 2.06% |
| Asset Allocation | 8.59 | 5,466.40 | 0.16% |
| Alternatives | 183.39 | 3,143.94 | 5.83% |
| Total: | 5,220.07 | 2,078,381.68 | 0.25% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| IPS | SPDR S&P International Consumer Staples | 29,237 | 159,367 | 545.08% |
| PSJ | PowerShares Dynamic Software | 29,727 | 152,850 | 514.17% |
| LOWC | SPDR MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target | 1,404 | 7,144 | 508.78% |
| FBG | UBS AG FI Enhanced Big Cap Growth ETN | 13,796 | 64,230 | 465.58% |
| MLPC | C-Tracks Miller/Howard MLP Fundamental ETN | 49,976 | 216,605 | 433.41% |
| DBE | PowerShares DB Energy | 122,703 | 499,062 | 406.72% |
| FTGC | First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy | 135,391 | 541,315 | 399.82% |
| KBWP | PowerShares KBW Property & Casualty Insurance | 25,950 | 99,590 | 383.78% |
| KCE | SPDR S&P Capital Markets | 21,561 | 80,776 | 374.64% |
| DBEM | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Hedged Equity ETF | 159,241 | 580,702 | 364.67% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| SILJ | PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) | 14.93% | 93,489 | 4.43 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | 11.30% | 66,147,603 | 1,488.87 |
| GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | 11.17% | 168,611 | 31.62 |
| SGDJ | Sprott Junior Gold Miners | 10.96% | 23,621 | 28.23 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 10.31% | 221,697 | 33.40 |
| RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners | 9.95% | 722,636 | 55.28 |
| GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners | 9.60% | 383,035,926 | 5,414.06 |
| PSAU | PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals | 9.52% | 63,086 | 20.92 |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | 9.20% | 1,099,952 | 164.33 |
| SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners | 8.82% | 382,095 | 136.99 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -8.95% | 999,514 | 3.39 |
| UGA | United States Gasoline | -7.00% | 210,889 | 68.04 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -6.50% | 936,288 | 7.94 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -6.42% | 9,992,760 | 94.91 |
| BNO | United States Brent Oil | -6.42% | 257,820 | 84.84 |
| OIL | iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return ETN | -6.12% | 13,294,516 | 903.29 |
| FCG | First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas | -5.84% | 14,285,365 | 209.72 |
| USO | United States Oil | -5.67% | 143,527,177 | 2,735.35 |
| RJN | ELEMENTS Rogers International Commodity - Energy Total Return ETN | -5.52% | 373,805 | 22.11 |
| DBE | PowerShares DB Energy | -5.39% | 2,495,309 | 122.54 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 0.38 | 8.99 | 52.93 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 0.22 | 10.62 | 33.40 |
| RSX | Market Vectors Russia | 0.21 | 2.84 | 2,055.20 |
| ERUS | iShares MSCI Russia Capped | 0.20 | 2.31 | 239.37 |
| DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 0.19 | 2.87 | 10.70 |
| RBL | SPDR S&P Russia | 0.19 | 2.90 | 25.95 |
| EIRL | iShares MSCI Ireland Capped | 0.18 | 2.45 | 165.65 |
| DFJ | WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend | 0.16 | 2.15 | 335.33 |
| EDEN | iShares MSCI Denmark Capped | 0.16 | -1.42 | 51.01 |
| FDN | First Trust Dow Jones Internet | 0.16 | 1.17 | 3,647.94 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| XTN | SPDR S&P Transportation | -0.56 | -0.63 | 280.49 |
| GAZ | iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | -0.54 | -1.25 | 8.95 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.54 | -9.68 | 3.39 |
| XHS | SPDR S&P Health Care Services | -0.48 | 0.61 | 191.25 |
| XSW | SPDR S&P Software & Services | -0.48 | -0.50 | 52.27 |
| XSD | SPDR S&P Semiconductor | -0.47 | 4.11 | 121.88 |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap | -0.44 | -2.86 | 24.86 |
| BRF | Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap | -0.43 | -3.59 | 70.45 |
| BRXX | EGShares Brazil Infrastructure | -0.42 | -4.28 | 9.27 |
| IDXJ | Market Vectors Indonesia Small Cap | -0.38 | -5.35 | 6.51 |
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.
