Weekly ETF Fund Flows: $7B Exits Equities
Investors scrambled out of U.S.-listed equities ETFs last week, and falling markets helped pull total assets down to $1.717 trillion.
Investors scrambled out of U.S.-listed equities ETFs last week, and falling markets helped pull total assets down to $1.717 trillion.
Investors scrambled out of U.S.-listed equities ETFs last week, and falling markets helped pull total assets down to $1.717 trillion.
Investors pulled more than $4.5 billion out of ETFs last week, and falling markets spurred on by uncertainty over the economic recovery in the U.S. and a slowdown in China helped lowered total U.S.-listed ETF assets.
In fact, $6.95 billion flowed out of U.S. equity strategies, while $518.7 million flowed into U.S. fixed-income ETFs in the week ended Thursday, March 27, as the S&P 500 fell some 17 points lower from the previous week to close at 1,849.04.
U.S.-listed ETF assets fell to $1.717 trillion from $1.734 trillion in the week ending March 21, according to data compiled by ETF.com Analytics.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY | A-98) led all equity funds, raking in $1.2 billion last week, bringing its total assets up to $158.2 billion.
At the same, the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG | A-70) led all ETF outflows, with redemptions of $2.33 billion, bringing its assets down to $18.67 billion and making it the least popular ETF last week.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 1,161.80 | 158,195.19 | 0.74% |
| EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | 758.70 | 30,531.21 | 2.55% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 737.54 | 18,755.24 | 4.09% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 | 447.79 | 53,238.82 | 0.85% |
| VEA | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets | 340.09 | 20,403.94 | 1.70% |
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate | 287.33 | 4,551.12 | 6.74% |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | 251.19 | 5,368.84 | 4.91% |
| EWW | iShares MSCI Mexico Capped | 231.64 | 2,605.30 | 9.76% |
| VGK | Vanguard FTSE Europe | 229.88 | 15,567.42 | 1.50% |
| IWD | iShares Russell 1000 Value | 195.77 | 20,958.18 | 0.94% |
Top 9 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| VIG | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation | -2,330.32 | 18,665.30 | -11.10% |
| VO | Vanguard Mid-Cap | -1,173.58 | 7,503.78 | -13.52% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -1,084.86 | 43,362.45 | -2.44% |
| VB | Vanguard Small-Cap | -982.69 | 8,728.21 | -10.12% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | -609.97 | 8,393.06 | -6.78% |
| VUG | Vanguard Growth | -559.73 | 13,482.76 | -3.99% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -489.59 | 28,335.73 | -1.70% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | -462.06 | 9,560.01 | -4.61% |
| VYM | Vanguard High Dividend Yield | -440.64 | 7,536.87 | -5.52% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -6,949.40 | 933,811.05 | -0.74% |
| International Equity | 1,275.79 | 400,779.85 | 0.32% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 518.69 | 242,471.42 | 0.21% |
| International Fixed Income | 273.64 | 21,544.26 | 1.27% |
| Commodities | 34.88 | 67,393.61 | 0.05% |
| Currency | 17.89 | 1,916.58 | 0.93% |
| Leveraged | 200.24 | 20,959.51 | 0.96% |
| Inverse | -40.58 | 20,298.55 | -0.20% |
| Asset Allocation | 47.78 | 4,193.68 | 1.14% |
| Alternatives | 77.09 | 3,661.33 | 2.11% |
| Total: | -4,543.99 | 1,717,029.85 | -0.26% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| HYEM | Market Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond | 212,311 | 5,351,767 | 504.14% |
| IWX | iShares Russell Top 200 Value | 49,846 | 1,256,217 | 504.03% |
| VIOV | Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value | 24,426 | 555,345 | 454.72% |
| VTWG | Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth | 24,787 | 539,898 | 435.63% |
| IVOV | Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value | 22,636 | 476,678 | 421.17% |
| QABA | First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank | 35,134 | 693,075 | 394.53% |
| VTHR | Vanguard Russell 3000 | 6,711 | 128,957 | 384.32% |
| SCJ | iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap | 30,213 | 549,206 | 363.56% |
| GII | SPDR S&P Global Infrastructure | 23,680 | 418,586 | 353.54% |
| SKYY | First Trust ISE Cloud Computing | 168,244 | 2,885,599 | 343.03% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil Capped | 7.80% | 116,083,678 | 4,159.52 |
| CHIX | Global X China Financials | 7.48% | 513,578 | 21.20 |
| BRAF | Global X Brazil Financials | 6.99% | 90,556 | 2.14 |
| BRXX | EGShares Brazil Infrastructure | 6.80% | 65,609 | 36.45 |
| INXX | EGShares India Infrastructure | 6.30% | 44,417 | 16.97 |
| FXI | iShares China Large-Cap | 6.29% | 183,088,006 | 4,997.53 |
| FBZ | First Trust Brazil AlphaDex | 5.95% | 8,153 | 4.75 |
| SCIN | EGShares India Small Cap | 5.86% | 22,509 | 15.80 |
| EEML | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Latin America | 5.82% | 67,986 | 12.66 |
| EZA | iShares MSCI South Africa | 5.58% | 2,786,352 | 508.79 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GRN | iPath Global Carbon ETN | -15.22% | 119,340 | 1.61 |
| GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | -11.98% | 765,281 | 46.28 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | -10.73% | 6,769,199 | 1,277.25 |
| SILJ | PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) | -10.43% | 143,459 | 4.95 |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | -9.67% | 4,460,165 | 441.48 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | -8.80% | 38,788 | 29.57 |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | -8.55% | 22,594,509 | 5,004.05 |
| PBW | PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy | -8.44% | 3,001,939 | 234.93 |
| BBH | Market Vectors Biotech | -8.34% | 2,014,271 | 580.86 |
| KWEB | KraneShares CSI China Internet | -8.18% | 537,794 | 73.64 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| RUSS | Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3X | 65.75 | -13.07 | 23.15 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 61.35 | 1.32 | 101.18 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | 56.81 | 1.32 | 8.72 |
| JNUG | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bull 3X | 36.85 | -22.17 | 75.43 |
| NUGT | Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X | 29.88 | -19.38 | 693.46 |
| TMF | Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bull 3x | 28.92 | 8.30 | 33.09 |
| GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | 25.98 | -11.98 | 46.28 |
| DRN | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x | 25.43 | 1.78 | 99.81 |
| BOIL | ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Natural Gas | 25.39 | 8.61 | 22.89 |
| UGAZ | VelocityShares 3X Long Natural Gas ETN | 24.76 | 12.83 | 72.11 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| DGAZ | VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN | -63.60 | -13.30 | 366.28 |
| JDST | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 3X | -62.43 | 17.69 | 26.53 |
| RUSL | Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X | -52.92 | 13.86 | 59.94 |
| DUST | Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X | -42.63 | 19.36 | 253.20 |
| KOLD | ProShares UltraShort DJ- UBS Natural Gas | -41.64 | -8.84 | 68.59 |
| RSXJ | Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap | -28.10 | -0.17 | 25.21 |
| YINN | Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X | -27.01 | 19.87 | 99.87 |
| TMV | Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 3x | -24.98 | -7.97 | 564.85 |
| DRV | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x | -23.70 | -2.20 | 10.32 |
| TTT | ProShares UltraPro Short 20+ Year Treasury | -23.64 | -7.81 | 114.55 |
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.
