Another week of record highs for the U.S. stock market helped fuel strong ETF inflows. On net, $13.9 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Thursday, Nov. 27, lifting year-to-date inflows to $264.3 billion, ahead of last year's $258.5 billion pace.
This week's inflows were pretty evenly distributed. U.S. equity ETFs picked up $5 billion of fresh cash, while international equity ETFs picked up $2.6 billion and U.S. fixed income ETFs picked up $4.8 billion.
In terms of individual ETFs, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) gathered the largest inflows, followed by the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) and the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG).
For a full list of this week's top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 4,112.07 | 286,459.89 | 1.44% |
| AGG | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 710.73 | 67,184.97 | 1.06% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 615.49 | 19,286.77 | 3.19% |
| IEMG | iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 556.67 | 57,543.87 | 0.97% |
| IJR | iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 500.93 | 46,831.03 | 1.07% |
| XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund | 407.98 | 26,297.78 | 1.55% |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 379.84 | 19,302.15 | 1.97% |
| IAGG | iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF | 377.06 | 2,205.10 | 17.10% |
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 375.66 | 9,155.73 | 4.10% |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 353.63 | 47,468.50 | 0.74% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust | -1,093.52 | 82,118.41 | -1.33% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | -766.78 | 22,589.90 | -3.39% |
| VXF | Vanguard Extended Market ETF | -701.24 | 7,836.72 | -8.95% |
| SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF | -652.39 | 20,945.82 | -3.11% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | -472.18 | 197,046.03 | -0.24% |
| MDYV | SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF | -331.32 | 1,517.51 | -21.83% |
| JNK | SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF | -322.67 | 9,907.28 | -3.26% |
| XLU | Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund | -308.00 | 11,081.32 | -2.78% |
| IWB | iShares Russell 1000 ETF | -266.71 | 21,603.92 | -1.23% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P Midcap 400 ETF Trust | -210.78 | 18,967.48 | -1.11% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 4,968.64 | 2,448,859.99 | 0.20% |
| International Equity | 2,591.93 | 855,287.29 | 0.30% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 4,841.41 | 747,525.81 | 0.65% |
| International Fixed Income | 952.96 | 87,917.62 | 1.08% |
| Commodities ETFs | 94.53 | 78,313.73 | 0.12% |
| Currency | -2.28 | 1,406.20 | -0.16% |
| Leveraged | 279.98 | 37,525.69 | 0.75% |
| Inverse | 122.27 | 12,112.02 | 1.01% |
| Asset Allocation | 24.81 | 10,551.20 | 0.24% |
| Alternatives | 6.92 | 4,641.21 | 0.15% |
| Total: | 13,881.17 | 4,284,140.75 | 0.32% |
Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 101,718.61 | 2,448,859.99 | 4.15% |
| International Equity | 16,306.32 | 855,287.29 | 1.91% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 120,267.72 | 747,525.81 | 16.09% |
| International Fixed Income | 18,307.20 | 87,917.62 | 20.82% |
| Commodities ETFs | 8,097.33 | 78,313.73 | 10.34% |
| Currency | -382.88 | 1,406.20 | -27.23% |
| Leveraged | -7,279.82 | 37,525.69 | -19.40% |
| Inverse | 5,564.74 | 12,112.02 | 45.94% |
| Asset Allocation | 510.33 | 10,551.20 | 4.84% |
| Alternatives | 1,150.94 | 4,641.21 | 24.80% |
| Total: | 264,260.50 | 4,284,140.75 | 6.17% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1 Week Average Volume |
% of Average |
| IQIN | IQ 500 International ETF | 73,173 | 528,479 | 722.23% |
| TPLC | Timothy Plan U.S. Large Cap Core ETF | 45,683 | 281,889 | 617.06% |
| PEJ | Invesco Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment ETF | 12,104 | 73,901 | 610.55% |
| CSML | IQ Chaikin U.S. Small Cap ETF | 58,312 | 305,612 | 524.09% |
| XMVM | Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF | 9,725 | 49,060 | 504.45% |
| RBUS | Nationwide Risk-Based U.S. Equity ETF | 191 | 1,150 | 601.41% |
| RBIN | Nationwide Risk-Based International Equity ETF | 270 | 1,226 | 453.72% |
| EWUS | iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap ETF | 20,845 | 82,745 | 396.95% |
| MXI | iShares Global Materials ETF | 13,904 | 40,855 | 293.84% |
| POCT | Innovator S&P 500 Power Buffer ETF - October | 90,048 | 220,559 | 244.94% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| BDRY | Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF | 10.11% | 14,674 | 1.83 |
| BBC | Virtus LifeSci Biotech Clinical Trials ETF | 6.68% | 53,814 | 28.07 |
| GNOM | Global X Genomics & Biotechnology ETF | 6.41% | 23,513 | 18.43 |
| ARKG | ARK Genomic Revolution ETF | 6.27% | 528,280 | 465.64 |
| SBIO | ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF | 5.20% | 215,564 | 193.05 |
| CNCR | Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF | 5.15% | 55,910 | 37.97 |
| PSCH | Invesco S&P SmallCap Health Care ETF | 5.09% | 72,221 | 474.72 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | 5.02% | 23,763,997 | 4,324.84 |
| BTEC | Principal Healthcare Innovators Index ETF | 4.44% | 7,038 | 59.30 |
| ONLN | ProShares Online Retail ETF | 4.36% | 26,586 | 22.00 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| INR | Market Vectors-Indian Rupee/USD ETN | 68.83% | 0.00% | 0.48 |
| SMH | VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF | 54.00% | 1.80% | 1,384.62 |
| XSD | SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF | 53.82% | 2.24% | 418.36 |
| ITB | iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF | 53.11% | 2.64% | 1,253.00 |
| TAN | Invesco Solar ETF | 52.45% | 1.90% | 393.80 |
| SOXX | iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF | 52.13% | 1.91% | 2,119.70 |
| FTXL | First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF | 50.94% | 2.37% | 42.18 |
| PBW | Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF | 48.27% | 2.66% | 189.16 |
| INDS | Pacer Benchmark Industrial Real Estate SCTR ETF | 46.28% | 1.34% | 36.08 |
| CHIS | Global X MSCI China Consumer Staples ETF | 46.05% | -1.83% | 7.48 |
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.