Sundry Bond Funds Bleed Assets In Latest Week
Are the powerful outflows out of a slew of iShares bond funds in the week ended March 5 telling us that the ETF market is laying the groundwork for a midyear rate hike by the Fed?
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 1,585.03 | 10,445.94 | 17.89% |
| HEDJ | WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity | 1,369.76 | 13,446.51 | 11.34% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 686.14 | 40,826.91 | 1.71% |
| DBEF | Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF | 588.26 | 5,246.28 | 12.63% |
| FXD | First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX | 474.32 | 2,327.81 | 25.59% |
| EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan | 472.34 | 15,423.39 | 3.16% |
| EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE | 467.86 | 55,767.01 | 0.85% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | 361.61 | 22,176.69 | 1.66% |
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate | 320.86 | 5,742.77 | 5.92% |
| TIP | iShares TIPS Bond | 226.55 | 12,826.67 | 1.80% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | -2,075.08 | 191,767.51 | -1.07% |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | -950.46 | 6,513.87 | -12.73% |
| IEI | iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | -884.82 | 4,250.61 | -17.23% |
| IDU | iShares U.S. Utilities | -763.45 | 729.56 | -51.14% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | -619.14 | 17,222.88 | -3.47% |
| AGG | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond | -618.25 | 23,382.72 | -2.58% |
| SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond | -606.43 | 4,829.83 | -11.16% |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | -534.22 | 6,768.25 | -7.32% |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -455.83 | 6,970.70 | -6.14% |
| DBC | PowerShares DB Commodity Tracking | -437.22 | 3,181.37 | -12.08% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 2,076.15 | 1,181,441.89 | 0.18% |
| International Equity | 5,630.28 | 467,401.85 | 1.20% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -4,348.52 | 302,112.13 | -1.43% |
| International Fixed Income | 25.72 | 24,562.10 | 0.10% |
| Commodities | -798.88 | 58,552.09 | -1.35% |
| Currency | -54.43 | 1,241.43 | -4.22% |
| Leveraged | -18.20 | 25,619.39 | -0.07% |
| Inverse | -31.99 | 17,253.01 | -0.19% |
| Asset Allocation | 62.19 | 5,803.52 | 1.07% |
| Alternatives | 229.31 | 3,476.94 | 6.79% |
| Total: | 2,771.63 | 2,087,464.36 | 0.13% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| FKU | First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX | 123,281 | 611,962 | 496.40% |
| FLTB | Fidelity Limited Term Bond | 74,987 | 369,585 | 492.87% |
| FJP | First Trust Japan AlphaDex | 98,706 | 458,804 | 464.82% |
| XTL | SPDR S&P Telecom | 46,584 | 208,348 | 447.25% |
| PWC | PowerShares Dynamic Market | 15,854 | 68,726 | 433.49% |
| DBV | PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest | 195,826 | 817,497 | 417.46% |
| TENZ | PIMCO 7-15 Year U.S. Treasury | 31,207 | 127,729 | 409.29% |
| FDIS | Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary | 210,904 | 847,538 | 401.86% |
| CQQQ | Guggenheim China Technology | 38,696 | 155,000 | 400.56% |
| EWK | iShares MSCI Belgium Capped | 416,207 | 1,561,865 | 375.26% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | 14.31% | 1,677,516 | 411.68 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | 11.51% | 14,064 | 25.13 |
| ICLN | iShares Global Clean Energy | 11.03% | 604,148 | 77.31 |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas | 5.50% | 35,782,391 | 661.97 |
| BBC | BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials | 5.14% | 203,222 | 8.30 |
| EGPT | Market Vectors Egypt | 4.88% | 19,326 | 53.83 |
| CQQQ | Guggenheim China Technology | 4.82% | 775,000 | 94.53 |
| DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 4.46% | 12,595 | 1.51 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 4.44% | 4,041,791 | 2,184.02 |
| OIL | iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return ETN | 4.23% | 21,873,310 | 802.31 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| TDV | Deutsche X-trackers 2040 Target Date ETF | -13.10% | 34,244 | 42.63 |
| TUR | iShares MSCI Turkey | -10.76% | 3,981,932 | 496.04 |
| GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | -7.82% | 3,275,508 | 240.79 |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap | -7.14% | 240,120 | 23.63 |
| SGAR | iPath Pure Beta Sugar ETN | -6.90% | 1,419 | 2.38 |
| BRF | Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap | -6.87% | 216,053 | 82.84 |
| CHNA | PowerShares China A-Share | -6.82% | 17,352 | 8.54 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -6.32% | 466,566 | 5.64 |
| BRAQ | Global X Brazil Consumer | -6.29% | 37,695 | 6.55 |
| BRXX | EGShares Brazil Infrastructure | -6.11% | 42,637 | 13.09 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | 0.32 | 14.23 | 411.68 |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 0.26 | 2.71 | 30.89 |
| ICLN | iShares Global Clean Energy | 0.25 | 10.52 | 77.31 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | 0.25 | 11.10 | 25.13 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.22 | 6.03 | 2,184.02 |
| RSX | Market Vectors Russia | 0.21 | -0.51 | 1,910.41 |
| BBC | BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials | 0.20 | 7.05 | 8.30 |
| BBP | BioShares Biotechnology Products | 0.19 | 3.49 | 6.23 |
| ERUS | iShares MSCI Russia Capped | 0.19 | 0.22 | 275.73 |
| RBL | SPDR S&P Russia | 0.19 | -0.58 | 31.61 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -0.26 | -4.11 | 5.64 |
| GAZ | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN | -0.26 | 2.05 | 13.91 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | -0.22 | -4.74 | 58.99 |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap | -0.21 | -7.22 | 23.63 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | -0.21 | -3.80 | 7.16 |
| BRF | Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap | -0.19 | -7.27 | 82.84 |
| WEAT | Teucrium Wheat | -0.18 | -5.19 | 20.56 |
| NGE | Global X MSCI Nigeria | -0.17 | 1.86 | 22.29 |
| TUR | iShares MSCI Turkey | -0.16 | -8.39 | 496.04 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -0.15 | -2.94 | 132.17 |
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.
