The Year’s ETF Inflows Near $80B

May 03, 2019

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

A brief sell-off midweek for stocks didn’t dampen investors’ appetite for ETFs. All told, investors added a solid $4.4 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Thursday, May 2, pushing year-to-date inflows to $79.4 billion—a bit below the $90.4 billion at the same time last year.

On an asset class basis, the bulk of this week’s money flowed into U.S. equity ETFs, which picked up $4.8 billion in fresh cash. That was followed by inflows of $841 million for international equity ETFs and $359 million for international fixed income ETFs.

Fed Dashes Hopes

On the other hand, U.S. fixed income ETFs registered a rare outflow of $1.4 billion as the Fed dampened hopes of an imminent rate cut at its meeting on Wednesday.

Individual ETF flows winners this week included the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), the First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU) and the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI).

Conversely, the iShares TIPS Bond ETF (TIP), the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) and the First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund (FXH) saw the largest outflows of the week.

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

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	2,684.37	280,187.08	0.96%
FXU	First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund	683.62	1,238.24	55.21%
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF	524.83	114,608.48	0.46%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust	478.20	22,244.09	2.15%
IJR	iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF	421.32	44,605.85	0.94%
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	407.22	112,744.55	0.36%
IEFA	iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	397.76	64,336.94	0.62%
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	359.28	13,786.58	2.61%
VB	Vanguard Small-Cap ETF	280.39	25,344.60	1.11%
USMV	iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol U.S.A. ETF	274.50	25,535.47	1.07%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
TIP	iShares TIPS Bond ETF	-781.70	20,045.84	-3.90%
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	-725.71	31,960.93	-2.27%
FXH	First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund	-624.26	1,258.08	-49.62%
XLE	Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	-604.24	12,932.13	-4.67%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	-564.89	42,616.00	-1.33%
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	-447.67	12,318.82	-3.63%
VGT	Vanguard Information Technology ETF	-330.73	20,788.11	-1.59%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF	-288.79	4,270.51	-6.76%
MINT	PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF	-270.22	11,705.16	-2.31%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	-268.64	16,697.24	-1.61%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	4,839.97	2,228,897.67	0.22%
International Equity	840.75	841,072.12	0.10%
U.S. Fixed Income	-1,363.36	640,995.96	-0.21%
International Fixed Income	359.26	74,179.83	0.48%
Commodities	-245.65	62,113.67	-0.40%
Currency	-7.18	1,474.46	-0.49%
Leveraged	-82.27	38,897.52	-0.21%
Inverse	-39.51	11,569.24	-0.34%
Asset Allocation	36.72	9,571.66	0.38%
Alternatives	70.31	4,883.33	1.44%
Total:	4,409.05	3,913,655.47	0.11%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	28,158.89	2,228,897.67	1.26%
International Equity	12,558.82	841,072.12	1.49%
U.S. Fixed Income	34,397.07	640,995.96	5.37%
International Fixed Income	6,559.82	74,179.83	8.84%
Commodities	-2,079.95	62,113.67	-3.35%
Currency	-312.48	1,474.46	-21.19%
Leveraged	-1,835.74	38,897.52	-4.72%
Inverse	2,704.49	11,569.24	23.38%
Asset Allocation	-546.05	9,571.66	-5.70%
Alternatives	-232.25	4,883.33	-4.76%
Total:	79,372.61	3,913,655.47	2.03%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
QMOM	Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Momentum ETF	9,861	54,116	548.81%
ISDX	Invesco RAFI Strategic Developed ex-US ETF	82	401	488.62%
UCI	ETRACS UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity Index TR ETN	16,838	84,016	498.98%
USMC	Principal U.S. Mega-Cap Multi-Factor Index ETF	47,467	238,029	501.46%
USHY	iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	710,366	2,445,457	344.25%
IG	Principal Investment Grade Corporate Active ETF	795	2,804	352.90%
IMOM	Alpha Architect International Quantitative Momentum ETF	3,881	12,355	318.36%
RCD	Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF	6,166	19,790	320.95%
PDP	Invesco DWA Momentum ETF	122,385	408,409	333.71%
QVAL	Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF	7,960	20,334	255.45%

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's worked for 12 years. Before joining the company, Roy was the managing editor and commodities analyst for Hard Assets Investor. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys climbing the city’s steep hills, playing pickleball and snowboarding.

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