US ETFs Fuel $8.5B Weekly Inflows

Senior ETF Analyst

Jul 13, 2018

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

New highs in the U.S. stock market encouraged investors to put money to work in ETFs this week. On net, $8.5 billion entered U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Thursday, July 12, according to the latest data from FactSet. That pushed year-to-date inflows up to $131.2 billion.

During the period, the small-cap Russell 2000 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite notched record highs. At the same time, the S&P 500 touched a five-month high.

Eyeing the rally in stocks, investors added $4.4 billion of fresh money into U.S. equity ETFs, including $918 million into the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) and nearly $500 million into the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ).

Fixed Income ETFs Continue To Roll

Yet, as solid as the inflows for U.S. equity ETFs were this week, they were once again outpaced by inflows into U.S. fixed income ETFs. The latter segment took in $4.5 billion thanks to strong interest in funds like the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) and the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK).

For a second week in a row, the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was little changed near 2.83%. Meanwhile, the 2-year Treasury yield edged up by 3 basis points to 2.58%. The spread between the two narrowed to about 25 basis points, an 11-year low.

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

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	1,360.37	15,831.15	9.40%
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	928.02	264,954.33	0.35%
SCHX	Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF	918.37	13,902.27	7.07%
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	620.05	34,070.75	1.85%
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund	573.64	16,287.02	3.65%
JNK	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF	496.13	9,508.24	5.51%
VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate ETF	495.57	32,259.70	1.56%
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	483.91	67,707.69	0.72%
NEAR	iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF	450.76	4,375.38	11.49%
IXN	iShares Global Tech ETF	411.69	2,274.04	22.11%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	-1,083.88	47,364.22	-2.24%
IWB	iShares Russell 1000 ETF	-542.75	20,076.22	-2.63%
VWO	Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF	-363.40	59,954.05	-0.60%
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	-329.65	7,540.81	-4.19%
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	-320.87	31,989.63	-0.99%
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan ETF	-257.27	17,940.14	-1.41%
EZU	iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF	-256.60	10,336.71	-2.42%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	-240.03	151,587.88	-0.16%
CIU	iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF	-239.05	6,606.56	-3.49%
MTUM	iShares Edge MSCI U.S.A. Momentum Factor ETF	-212.14	9,210.34	-2.25%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	4,441.46	2,044,105.31	0.22%
International Equity	-831.80	789,788.91	-0.11%
U.S. Fixed Income	4,524.10	559,808.72	0.81%
International Fixed Income	317.84	62,464.98	0.51%
Commodities ETFs	-260.61	64,100.60	-0.41%
Currency	-12.56	1,198.84	-1.05%
Leveraged	-186.79	36,754.53	-0.51%
Inverse	248.33	13,089.19	1.90%
Asset Allocation	53.02	9,320.87	0.57%
Alternatives	240.69	4,466.64	5.39%
Total:	8,533.68	3,585,098.59	0.24%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	40,879.16	2,044,105.31	2.00%
International Equity	29,726.45	789,788.91	3.76%
U.S. Fixed Income	47,222.31	559,808.72	8.44%
International Fixed Income	6,112.67	62,464.98	9.79%
Commodities ETFs	1,016.91	64,100.60	1.59%
Currency	1.75	1,198.84	0.15%
Leveraged	2,714.00	36,754.53	7.38%
Inverse	2,730.17	13,089.19	20.86%
Asset Allocation	605.63	9,320.87	6.50%
Alternatives	143.62	4,466.64	3.22%
Total:	131,152.67	3,585,098.59	3.66%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
KFYP	KraneShares Zacks New China ETF	6.69%	1,020	3.27
REMX	VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF	5.02%	199,368	156.42
SCIN	Columbia India Small Cap ETF	4.32%	16,857	22.03
CHIM	Global X China Materials ETF	4.06%	4,626	3.65
CNXT	VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF	3.98%	22,776	22.64
HILO	Columbia EM Quality Dividend ETF	3.72%	3,688	9.34
ASHX	Xtrackers MSCI China A Inclusion Equity ETF	3.70%	541,346	11.79
KSA	iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF	3.69%	206,224	278.84
FLRU	Franklin FTSE Russia ETF	3.65%	5,366	7.08
OIH	VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF	3.59%	25,403,180	1,515.17

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
VMAX	REX VolMAXX Long VIX Futures Strategy ETF	51.55%	-6.62%	2.62
PSCH	Invesco S&P SmallCap Health Care ETF	37.05%	0.12%	842.31
XWEB	SPDR S&P Internet ETF	35.94%	-0.97%	45.33
FDN	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund	32.94%	0.35%	9,356.62
OILX	ETRACS S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return ETN	31.99%	0.00%	16.41
CLIX	ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF	30.20%	0.00%	61.57
XITK	SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF	29.81%	0.70%	44.39
NIB	iPath Bloomberg Cocoa Subindex Total Return ETN	29.67%	0.71%	37.38
IBUY	Amplify Online Retail	29.11%	-0.59%	494.99
ARKG	ARK Genomic Revolution Multi-Sector ETF	29.03%	-0.13%	226.86

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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US ETFs Fuel $8.5B Weekly Inflows

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