Weekly ETF Flows: Equity ETFs Add $6.5B

Apr 04, 2014

Reviewed by: etf.com Staff

Edited by: etf.com Staff

Six billion dollars flowed into equity ETFs last week, and rising markets helped push total assets up to a new weekly high of $1.753 trillion.

Investors plowed $6.5 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs last week—more than half of that going into emerging markets strategies, as rising markets, spurred on by positive housing and manufacturing data, helped raised total ETF assets 2 percent on the week to $1.753 trillion.

In asset class segments, $2.39 billion flowed into U.S. equity strategies in the week ended Thursday, April 3, while a further $2.56 billion flowed into international equity funds. On the fixed-income side, U.S.-focused funds had inflows of $865.6 million, while $611.8 million flowed into international fixed-income ETFs. The S&P 500 Index rose more than 31 points from the previous week to close at 1,888.65.

The most popular developing-world-focused funds featured equities as well as bond funds, and included:

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM | B-100), which pulled in $1.68 billion, bringing its total assets up to $33.04 billion.
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB | B-24), which pulled in $442 million.

Overall, U.S.-listed ETF assets rose to $1.753 trillion from $1.717 trillion in the previous week ending March 27, according to data compiled by ETF.com Analytics.

At the same, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM | A-83) led all ETF outflows, with redemptions of $884.6 million, bringing its assets down to $28.18 billion and making it the least popular ETF last week.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	1,678.94	33,041.25	5.35%
SPY	SPDR S&P 500	1,356.45	162,950.51	0.84%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	801.91	55,209.15	1.47%
XLI	Industrial Select SPDR	624.43	9,311.78	7.19%
EMB	iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond	442.27	4,175.01	11.85%
SHV	iShares Short Treasury Bond	407.93	2,513.93	19.37%
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond	378.91	3,500.25	12.14%
VWO	Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets	324.64	42,549.82	0.77%
CSJ	iShares 1-3 Year Credit Bond	284.26	13,450.95	2.16%
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500	220.33	17,015.59	1.31%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	-884.61	28,184.50	-3.04%
TIP	iShares TIPS Bond	-457.38	12,271.60	-3.59%
XLF	Financial Select SPDR	-329.20	18,754.33	-1.73%
IYR	iShares U.S. Real Estate	-295.44	4,331.81	-6.38%
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market	-291.09	19,152.18	-1.50%
GLD	SPDR Gold	-248.38	33,463.56	-0.74%
DXJ	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity	-234.84	11,448.00	-2.01%
MBB	iShares MBS	-211.92	5,269.84	-3.87%
IWO	iShares Russell 2000 Growth	-184.72	6,242.18	-2.87%
VB	Vanguard Small-Cap	-157.22	8,811.17	-1.75%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	2,389.47	958,041.10	0.25%
International Equity	2,556.93	412,366.86	0.62%
U.S. Fixed Income	865.56	242,475.17	0.36%
International Fixed Income	611.79	22,120.98	2.77%
Commodities	-277.22	66,694.13	-0.42%
Currency	-54.83	1,856.25	-2.95%
Leveraged	223.12	22,003.60	1.01%
Inverse	169.58	20,425.56	0.83%
Asset Allocation	36.11	4,280.76	0.84%
Alternatives	-6.12	2,964.70	-0.21%
Total:	6,514.40	1,753,229.11	0.37%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
SIZE	iShares MSCI USA Size Factor	1,481	34,650	468.08%
MDYV	SPDR S&P MidCap 400 Value	12,775	293,245	459.11%
FVL	First Trust Value Line 100	16,942	345,593	407.97%
EQL	ALPS Equal Weight	32,677	665,242	407.16%
EXI	iShares Global Industrials	43,190	713,203	330.27%
RCD	Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary	15,579	253,112	324.95%
CEFL	ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Closed-End Fund ETN	61,096	912,076	298.57%
CLY	iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond	33,600	475,196	282.86%
FXU	First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX	88,969	1,215,665	273.28%
PBS	PowerShares Dynamic Media	330,375	4,483,172	271.40%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
TUR	iShares MSCI Turkey	9.75%	4,169,831	640.98
TAO	Guggenheim China Real Estate	6.96%	123,370	27.39
SCIF	Market Vectors India Small-Cap	6.42%	794,286	165.20
CHII	Global X China Industrials	6.40%	2,483	4.25
CHXX	EGShares China Infrastructure	6.38%	11,685	9.54
JJU	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Total Return ETN	5.89%	13,831	2.61
EIDO	iShares MSCI Indonesia	5.81%	3,139,373	494.51
FCA	First Trust China AlphaDex	5.47%	7,563	4.47
FHK	First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX	5.42%	1,398	3.87
IDX	Market Vectors Indonesia	5.39%	1,309,595	240.64

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
VIXY	ProShares VIX Short-Term	-7.28%	2,754,887	116.12
VIIX	VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN	-7.24%	290,499	9.35
VXX	iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN	-7.24%	131,438,199	1,020.19
GRN	iPath Global Carbon ETN	-7.12%	52,546	1.49
EGPT	Market Vectors Egypt	-5.91%	301,160	66.89
VIXM	ProShares VIX Mid-term	-4.48%	450,286	56.62
VIIZ	VelocityShares VIX Mid Term ETN	-4.47%	39,005	1.85
VXZ	iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN	-4.47%	3,048,685	78.74
SGG	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Total Return ETN	-4.07%	129,375	36.30
SGAR	iPath Pure Beta Sugar ETN	-3.31%	2,795	2.54

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
JO	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN	59.64	-1.06	98.03
CAFE	iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN	55.38	-0.91	8.41
RUSS	Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3X	51.65	-8.51	20.34
SOXL	Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X	36.61	12.09	84.61
NUGT	Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X	33.39	2.70	730.63
JNUG	Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bull 3X	32.39	-3.26	84.40
DRN	Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x	31.99	5.23	100.04
IDXJ	Market Vectors Indonesia Small Cap	28.97	4.32	6.78
TAN	Guggenheim Solar	27.22	3.16	484.07
EIDO	iShares MSCI Indonesia	26.93	5.81	494.51

Bottom 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
JDST	Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X	-62.82	-1.03	26.26
DGAZ	VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN	-62.43	3.19	413.27
RUSL	Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X	-49.85	6.51	60.72
DUST	Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X	-44.89	-3.95	214.02
KOLD	ProShares UltraShort DJ- UBS Natural Gas	-40.27	2.34	68.12
BXDB	Barclays Short B Leveraged Inverse S&P 500 TR ETN	-32.54	-27.34	1.49
SOXS	Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X	-31.62	-11.29	15.45
GASX	Direxion Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3X Shares	-29.36	-13.56	10.08
DRV	Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x	-27.66	-5.19	12.11
RSXJ	Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap	-25.38	3.79	32.47

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.

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Weekly ETF Flows: Equity ETFs Add $6.5B

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