US ETF Inflows Near $100B For Year

Sumit Roy

Senior ETF Analyst

May 11, 2018

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May continued to be a positive month for ETF inflows, as the space netted $6.1 billion during the week ending Thursday, May 10. U.S. equity ETFs saw $6.8 billion in inflows, including powerhouses like the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and the PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ). Year-to-date inflows now stand at $94.7 billion.

A solid rally in equity markets this week gave investors confidence to put new money to work. The S&P 500 climbed 2.3% week-over-week thanks to a 4.1% jump in the energy sector. U.S. oil prices topped $70 for the first time since 2014 this week after President Trump pulled the country out of the Iran nuclear deal.

A weaker-than-expected reading on U.S. consumer price inflation also aided the S&P 500, which now sits at the highest level in nearly two months. That inflation reading also pushed interest rates down from their highs of the week. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield briefly hit 3.01% before falling to 2.97%. Still, it was up about 3 basis points from last week.

With yields biased upward, fixed-income investors favored short-duration bond ETFs, such as the iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) and the Schwab Short-Term US Treasury ETF (SCHO).

On the other hand, the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) and the iShares 20+ Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) were a trio of bond ETFs to fall out of favor during the week.

In aggregate, U.S. fixed-income ETFs had a net $1.1 billion of inflows.

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

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Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	5,238.54	149,966.52	3.62%
QQQ	PowerShares QQQ Trust	1,753.03	63,864.57	2.82%
SHY	iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	1,156.12	13,751.64	9.18%
VEA	Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF	472.92	72,808.37	0.65%
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	435.92	89,316.11	0.49%
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	331.82	21,214.20	1.59%
SCHO	Schwab Short-Term US Treasury ETF	329.94	2,695.45	13.95%
IJR	iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF	309.46	39,343.19	0.79%
SPYG	SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF	265.96	2,492.45	11.95%
VB	Vanguard Small-Cap ETF	227.63	22,723.54	1.01%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	-2,341.48	256,916.78	-0.90%
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	-711.12	39,864.23	-1.75%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	-571.45	14,616.99	-3.76%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	-549.59	31,628.97	-1.71%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF	-391.26	2,969.67	-11.64%
XLU	Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	-370.45	6,810.08	-5.16%
VWO	Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF	-352.95	66,378.62	-0.53%
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	-332.00	7,088.35	-4.47%
MBB	iShares MBS ETF	-321.01	11,743.13	-2.66%
EZU	iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF	-315.04	13,484.20	-2.28%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	6,770.85	1,950,584.24	0.35%
International Equity	-1,540.16	845,371.18	-0.18%
U.S. Fixed Income	1,066.83	535,788.41	0.20%
International Fixed Income	-327.15	62,740.30	-0.52%
Commodities	81.85	70,871.57	0.12%
Currency	-21.69	1,373.66	-1.58%
Leveraged	-439.01	36,353.33	-1.21%
Inverse	307.36	13,517.53	2.27%
Asset Allocation	-1.67	9,179.40	-0.02%
Alternatives	165.88	4,341.38	3.82%
Total:	6,063.10	3,530,121.00	0.17%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
RFCI	RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF	31,926	165,123	517.20%
QDF	lexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund	198,420	876,753	441.87%
IBDQ	iShares iBonds Dec 2025 Term Corporate ETF	66,544	256,131	384.91%
RFAP	First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Asia Pacific	6,477	23,718	366.20%
ACIM	SPDR MSCI ACWI IMI ETF	7,277	21,840	300.12%
ESGU	iShares MSCI U.S.A. ESG Optimized ETF	10,321	33,253	322.18%
LOWC	SPDR MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF	3,774	10,885	288.45%
BSCN	PowerShares BulletShares 2023 Corporate Bond Portfolio	100,648	289,219	287.36%
QLTA	iShares Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond ETF	8,950	21,341	238.45%
NFO	PowerShares Insider Sentiment Portfolio	2,353	5,044	214.38%

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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