VOO Soaks Up $5.2B in Strong Week for ETF Inflows

The Vanguard ETF once again topped the weekly inflows list.

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Jan 21, 2025
Edited by: Kiran Aditham
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It appears that investors bought the dip in ETFs.

Entering last week, the S&P 500 was sitting more than 4% off its all-time highs. By the end of the week, though, it was down just 1.5%.

All told, investors put $25.3 billion to work in U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds during the week ending Friday, Jan. 17.

Of that, $15.6 billion went into U.S. equity ETFs, $7.8 billion went into U.S. fixed-income ETFs and $2.9 billion went into international equity ETFs. Flows for other categories, meanwhile, were relatively modest.

A drop in bond yields following the release of cooler-than-expected inflation figures lent support to both stocks and bonds.

The 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.63% Friday from 4.78% at the start of the week.

The VOO Stampede Continues

In terms of individual ETFs, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) once again topped the charts with inflows of $5.2 billion, running its 2025 inflows tally up to a whopping $13.5 billion already.

VOO was followed by the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and the Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQM), with inflows of $2.6 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively. 

Meanwhile, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), and the iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV) were three fixed-income ETFs to make the top 10 creations list, with inflows ranging from $800 million to $1.1 billion. 

SPY Sheds Assets

On the outflows side of the ledger, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) took the top spot, with redemptions of $1.7 billion.

The world’s largest ETF now has $623.5 billion in assets under management, only $23 billion more than the aforementioned VOO. At the current pace, SPY could lose its crown to VOO as soon as next month.

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

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

TickerNameNet Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change<
VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF5,204.77603,122.070.86
IVViShares Core S&P 500 ETF2,585.07594,248.830.44
QQQMInvesco NASDAQ 100 ETF1,833.6540,970.194.48
XLFFinancial Select Sector SPDR Fund1,413.6250,692.082.79
VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF1,226.38465,141.120.26
HYGiShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF1,101.7115,748.037.00
TLTiShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF1,039.9252,028.712.00
SGOViShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF828.9131,685.442.62
SPLGSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF782.9955,295.761.42
IEIiShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF726.3115,371.504.73



 

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

TickerNameNet Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change
SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-1,731.20623,506.56-0.28
IWDiShares Russell 1000 Value ETF-1,689.9962,927.71-2.69
DIASPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust-1,007.1837,283.48-2.70
IWFiShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF-963.34105,010.01-0.92
USHYiShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF-611.3618,826.99-3.25
EEMiShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF-573.1515,531.03-3.69
SPXLDirexion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x Shares-564.534,547.22-12.41
XLCCommunication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund-554.9220,371.75-2.72
SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF-523.1623,919.42-2.19
TQQQProShares UltraPro QQQ-522.0924,135.50-2.16



 

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

 Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUM
Alternatives137.229,020.201.52%
Asset Allocation-54.8121,495.97-0.25%
Commodities ETFs666.92167,293.010.40%
Currency762.76116,134.160.66%
International Equity-922.351,528,126.50-0.06%
International Fixed Income2,851.08256,552.811.11%
Inverse359.3411,505.973.12%
Leveraged-1,898.00116,840.93-1.62%
U.S. Equity15,611.646,696,163.510.23%
U.S. Fixed Income7,785.281,547,126.150.50%
Total:25,299.0810,470,259.200.24%



 

Disclaimer: All data as of 6 a.m. Eastern time the date the article is published. Data are believed to be accurate; however, transient market data are often subject to subsequent revision and correction by the exchanges.