Treasury ETFs Power Weekly Inflows

Senior ETF Analyst

Jan 04, 2019

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

Treasury bond ETFs were in favor during the week ending Thursday, Jan. 3—a period that encompassed the end of 2018 and the start of 2019. For the full rundown of flows for 2018, see our recent article.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	1,533.58	11,866.76	12.92%
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	1,495.77	9,943.94	15.04%
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF	1,368.30	94,967.72	1.44%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	1,212.91	149,847.97	0.81%
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund	1,094.70	24,042.55	4.55%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	764.16	13,012.31	5.87%
ITE	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF	725.17	1,325.54	54.71%
ACWI	iShares MSCI ACWI ETF	688.70	10,937.25	6.30%
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	615.91	57,348.28	1.07%
GOVT	iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	600.63	7,508.50	8.00%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	-8,789.54	239,062.84	-3.68%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	-1,779.95	40,064.34	-4.44%
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	-1,431.94	60,816.77	-2.35%
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund	-443.11	17,659.75	-2.51%
VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate ETF	-428.92	26,843.64	-1.60%
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	-277.18	11,706.48	-2.37%
SMH	VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF	-272.95	674.76	-40.45%
KRE	SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF	-241.03	2,888.14	-8.35%
DXJ	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund	-237.85	3,674.38	-6.47%
XBI	SPDR S&P BIOTECH ETF	-229.40	3,635.99	-6.31%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	-1,446.65	1,885,326.57	-0.08%
International Equity	2,559.52	733,429.25	0.35%
U.S. Fixed Income	8,261.14	597,195.07	1.38%
International Fixed Income	408.03	65,500.06	0.62%
Commodities	550.14	63,255.73	0.87%
Currency	-25.64	1,775.99	-1.44%
Leveraged	57.91	30,660.77	0.19%
Inverse	324.78	12,019.92	2.70%
Asset Allocation	184.52	9,438.74	1.95%
Alternatives	-71.32	5,095.73	-1.40%
Total:	10,802.44	3,403,697.84	0.32%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	-4,050.55	1,885,326.57	-0.21%
International Equity	1,865.92	733,429.25	0.25%
U.S. Fixed Income	5,352.63	597,195.07	0.90%
International Fixed Income	212.16	65,500.06	0.32%
Commodities	422.68	63,255.73	0.67%
Currency	-22.93	1,775.99	-1.29%
Leveraged	80.24	30,660.77	0.26%
Inverse	552.08	12,019.92	4.59%
Asset Allocation	71.06	9,438.74	0.75%
Alternatives	-46.78	5,095.73	-0.92%
Total:	4,436.51	3,403,697.84	0.13%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
ITE	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF	679,361	4,597,586	676.75%
PWS	Pacer WealthShield ETF	67,448	423,777	628.30%
SPTL	SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF	1,147,945	6,418,522	559.13%
ARCM	Arrow Reserve Capital Management ETF	454	3,139	691.30%
JHMT	John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF	10,514	45,318	431.04%
EQWL	Invesco Russell Top 200 Equal Weight ETF	6,279	25,049	398.93%
PPLC	PortfolioPlus S&P 500 ETF	15,279	63,960	418.61%
EPS	WisdomTree U.S. Earnings 500 Fund	118,075	721,487	611.04%
ENTR	ERShares Entrepreneur 30 ETF	6,620	19,690	297.45%
PWZ	Invesco California AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF	93,610	254,897	272.30%

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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