Weekly ETF Flows: Equity ETFs Popular

Mar 14, 2014

Reviewed by: etf.com Staff

Edited by: etf.com Staff

More than $5 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs last week, but falling markets helped pull total assets lower to $1.718 trillion.

Investors poured more than $5 billion into ETFs last week, but markets fell on weak economic data in China and heightened tension between Russia and Ukraine, helping to pull total U.S.-listed ETF assets lower.

About $4.4 billion flowed into U.S. equity strategies, while $976 million flowed into U.S. fixed-income ETFs in the week ended Thursday, March 13. The S&P 500 Index edged lower after reaching record highs in the same week-earlier period.

U.S.-listed ETF assets fell to $1.718 trillion in the past week from $1.739 trillion on Thursday, March 7, according to data compiled by ETF.com Analytics.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY | A-98) led all equity funds, raking in $2.3 billion last week, bringing its total assets up to $158.7 billion.

The ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (UST) led all ETF outflows, with redemptions of $744 million, bringing its assets down to $45 million and making it the least popular ETF last week.

UST has experienced outflows of some $2.9 billion in the past two weeks, as investors continue to trim their exposure to Treasurys in anticipation of rising interest rates, fueled by the Federal Reserve’s tapering of its bond-buying program.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500	2,295.00	158,698.31	1.47%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	1,752.98	29,584.24	6.30%
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market	461.18	19,172.17	2.46%
GLD	SPDR Gold	414.66	35,773.99	1.17%
GDX	Market Vectors Gold Miners	362.31	8,957.49	4.22%
XLF	Financial Select SPDR	345.58	18,163.03	1.94%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	264.77	52,885.69	0.50%
SSO	ProShares Ultra S&P 500	261.12	3,112.43	9.16%
VNQ	Vanguard REIT	246.67	20,970.15	1.19%
UWM	ProShares Ultra Russell 2000	243.88	1,812.49	15.55%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
UST	ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury	-743.66	45.09	-94.28%
XOP	SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	-546.80	492.78	-52.60%
QQQ	PowerShares QQQ	-435.41	45,650.72	-0.94%
XLE	Energy Select SPDR	-376.63	8,433.64	-4.27%
EWZ	iShares MSCI Brazil Capped	-284.37	3,635.19	-7.26%
XLU	Utilities Select SPDR	-282.19	5,089.41	-5.25%
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	-280.29	29,540.08	-0.94%
XLP	Consumer Staples Select SPDR	-254.64	5,348.13	-4.54%
OIH	Market Vectors Oil Services	-225.92	1,148.47	-16.44%
JNK	SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond	-194.97	10,204.55	-1.87%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	4,361.99	937,644.46	0.47%
International Equity	-210.15	396,979.54	-0.05%
U.S. Fixed Income	975.77	240,863.00	0.41%
International Fixed Income	-56.11	21,156.69	-0.27%
Commodities	472.52	70,226.32	0.67%
Currency	25.79	1,932.30	1.33%
Leveraged	-120.49	21,368.94	-0.56%
Inverse	-365.62	20,299.34	-1.80%
Asset Allocation	11.58	4,121.04	0.28%
Alternatives	-58.93	3,618.15	-1.63%
Total:	5,036.35	1,718,209.77	0.29%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
ATMP	Barclays ETN+ Select MLP ETN	116,546	2,734,937	469.33%
PLW	PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury	217,341	4,605,764	423.83%
CMBS	iShares CMBS	15,731	267,571	340.19%
JJC	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Copper Total Return ETN	50,309	838,821	333.47%
TWOK	SPDR Russell 2000	18,695	307,845	329.34%
WMCR	Guggenheim Wilshire Micro-Cap	20,638	330,001	319.80%
INDA	iShares MSCI India	319,803	4,817,518	301.28%
TNDQ	RBS NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot ETN	12,410	167,211	269.47%
IMLP	iPath S&P MLP ETN	10,292	134,975	262.30%
EMCB	WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond	9,868	129,028	261.52%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
WEAT	Teucrium Wheat	5.77%	405,512	13.66
INXX	EGShares India Infrastructure	5.69%	42,047	15.93
BAL	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Total Return ETN	4.20%	81,742	25.22
INDY	iShares India 50	4.18%	860,479	467.26
GREK	Global X FTSE Greece 20	3.75%	1,964,549	240.00
EPI	WisdomTree India Earnings	3.73%	22,578,471	868.15
IDXJ	Market Vectors Indonesia Small Cap	3.66%	170,421	6.47
CTNN	iPath Pure Beta Cotton ETN	3.51%	1,430	2.09
INP	iPath MSCI India ETN	3.11%	237,461	349.36
VNM	Market Vectors Vietnam	3.01%	1,400,422	507.08

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
COPX	Global X Copper Miners	-9.59%	341,103	29.31
CU	First Trust ISE Global Copper	-8.45%	55,310	27.47
JJC	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Copper Total Return ETN	-7.94%	838,821	81.44
CPER	United States Copper	-7.53%	37,181	1.98
ERUS	iShares MSCI Russia Capped	-6.53%	3,238,688	204.68
RBL	SPDR S&P Russia	-6.29%	267,817	13.55
RSX	Market Vectors Russia	-6.25%	45,774,399	918.49
RSXJ	Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap	-5.90%	523,470	19.52
ESR	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe	-5.63%	105,650	128.97
DBB	PowerShares DB Base Metals	-5.12%	1,256,229	297.60

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
JNUG	Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bull 3X	129.06	3.40	90.02
RUSS	Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3X	102.46	23.09	21.79
NUGT	Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X	92.41	4.27	917.52
JO	iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN	89.32	1.48	168.96
CAFE	iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN	82.24	1.41	9.36
GLDX	Global X Gold Explorers	45.98	0.80	46.15
UGLD	VelocityShares 3X Long Gold ETN	45.77	6.71	46.64
SILJ	PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers)	40.02	-2.81	6.05
GDXJ	Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners	38.93	1.21	2,290.45
GRN	iPath Global Carbon ETN	36.38	-4.76	2.05

Bottom 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
JDST	Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X	-73.92	-6.17	20.87
DGAZ	VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN	-60.23	0.67	411.43
DUST	Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X	-58.45	-5.60	233.93
RUSL	Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X	-57.93	-19.68	24.90
KOLD	ProShares UltraShort DJ- UBS Natural Gas	-38.26	1.52	88.84
YINN	Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X	-34.24	-10.19	77.86
DGLD	VelocityShares 3X Inverse Gold ETN	-34.19	-6.76	15.90
BRZU	Direxion Daily Brazil Bull 3x	-33.09	-8.57	9.83
LBJ	Direxion Daily Latin America Bull 3X	-30.80	-6.71	16.27
DSLV	VelocityShares 3X Inverse Silver ETN	-30.43	-2.31	20.89

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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