Weekly ETF Inflows Nearly $18B

Senior ETF Analyst

Oct 17, 2022

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

Investors used last week’s pullback in stocks to pick up some of their favorite exchange-traded funds. On net, $17.6 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Friday, Oct. 14. Of that, $11.9 billion went into U.S. equity ETFs and another $3 billion went into U.S. fixed income ETFs.

Year-to-date inflows now stand at $440.4 billion, compared with $669.5 billion at this same time a year ago.

Topping last week’s inflows was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), with creations of $4.6 billion.

The fact that SPY picked up assets in a week in which the S&P 500 tumbled to fresh bear market intraday lows suggests that some may have used the pullback in stocks as a buying opportunity.

SPY is used extensively by traders, which contrasts with the buy-and-hold money that dominates competing funds like the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and the Vanguard 500 Index Fund ETF (VOO).

Since the start of the year, SPY has registered net outflows of $17.9 billion versus net inflows of $20.6 billion for IVV and $38.2 billion for VOO.

Fixed Income Inflows

Following SPY on the weekly top inflows list were the iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT), the Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VTEB) and the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI).

U.S. fixed income ETFs have had a solid year in terms of inflows despite bonds experiencing their worst performance in history in 2022.

Since the start of the year, $129.3 billion has flowed into U.S. fixed income ETFs, only behind the $204.2 billion that’s come into U.S. equity ETFs.

Yields on Treasury bonds are around 4%, while corporate bonds and municipal bonds offer the equivalent of 5% or more.

That’s attracted investors who have had to settle for paltry interest rates for much of the past decade.

For a full list of last 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	4,633.04	338,211.60	1.37%
GOVT	iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	2,727.09	25,045.06	10.89%
VTEB	Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF	1,467.27	19,746.35	7.43%
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF	955.35	246,302.75	0.39%
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	809.54	23,968.20	3.38%
BNDX	Vanguard Total International Bond ETF	729.15	44,058.72	1.65%
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	722.45	6,156.81	11.73%
SCHO	Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	662.08	10,170.07	6.51%
MUB	iShares National Muni Bond ETF	650.00	28,769.19	2.26%
BIL	SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF	644.86	25,932.44	2.49%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	-1,346.25	11,910.94	-11.30%
VCSH	Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF	-1,295.56	39,382.22	-3.29%
USMV	iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF	-437.54	27,399.81	-1.60%
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	-407.11	31,913.40	-1.28%
VCIT	Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF	-382.33	36,567.22	-1.05%
SQQQ	ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ	-376.00	4,716.35	-7.97%
JMST	JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF	-362.80	2,514.46	-14.43%
JNK	SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF	-355.97	5,420.33	-6.57%
ITOT	iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF	-318.55	38,152.72	-0.83%
BSV	Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF	-313.49	38,071.24	-0.82%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	11,850.13	3,596,151.63	0.33%
International Equity	1,872.26	1,001,987.46	0.19%
U.S. Fixed Income	3,004.23	1,084,354.89	0.28%
International Fixed Income	205.74	130,415.55	0.16%
Commodities	-155.56	128,533.73	-0.12%
Currency	35.57	4,468.85	0.80%
Leveraged	812.92	41,129.29	1.98%
Inverse	-54.57	26,175.56	-0.21%
Asset Allocation	28.19	15,645.49	0.18%
Alternatives	-39.62	8,867.94	-0.45%
Total:	17,559.29	6,037,730.39	0.29%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	204,199.29	3,596,151.63	5.68%
International Equity	70,099.74	1,001,987.46	7.00%
U.S. Fixed Income	129,327.51	1,084,354.89	11.93%
International Fixed Income	3,961.10	130,415.55	3.04%
Commodities	1,115.98	128,533.73	0.87%
Currency	1,973.49	4,468.85	44.16%
Leveraged	18,977.54	41,129.29	46.14%
Inverse	8,107.89	26,175.56	30.98%
Asset Allocation	305.12	15,645.49	1.95%
Alternatives	2,294.83	8,867.94	25.88%
Total:	440,362.48	6,037,730.39	7.29%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
MORT	VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF	7.66%	1,455,950	144.53
REM	iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF	7.52%	24,853,125	547.08
AMZA	InfraCap MLP ETF	5.69%	164,533	307.04
CNXT	VanEck ChiNext ETF	5.37%	54,349	19.73
URNM	Sprott Uranium Miners ETF	5.28%	1,292,282	865.27
MSGR	Direxion mRNA ETF	4.91%	2,145	3.42
KBWD	Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF	4.88%	264,560	330.14
MLPO	Credit Suisse S&P MLP Index ETN	4.67%	9,779	27.94
GREK	Global X MSCI Greece ETF	4.59%	53,861	97.38
FTXN	First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF	4.55%	1,059,013	1,179.72

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
UNL	United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP	93.33%	2.07%	39.91
PFIX	Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF	89.36%	1.34%	362.06
UNG	United States Natural Gas Fund LP	84.47%	2.63%	512.61
GAZ	iPath Series B Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN	82.18%	2.22%	19.79
PXE	Invesco Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production ETF	69.91%	3.41%	302.34
IEO	iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF	62.54%	4.09%	1,055.13
JJE	iPath Series B Bloomberg Energy Subindex Total Return ETN	61.28%	0.62%	7.79
RJN	Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Energy TR ETN	57.19%	-0.48%	7.79
FENY	Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF	55.91%	4.12%	1,564.11
FCG	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	55.77%	3.48%	964.19

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 has worked for 13 years. He creates a variety of content for the platform, including news articles, analysis pieces, videos and podcasts.

Before joining etf.com, Sumit was the managing editor and commodities analyst for Hard Assets Investor. In those roles, he was responsible for most of the operations of HAI, a website dedicated to education about commodities investing.

Though he still closely follows the commodities beat, Sumit covers a much broader assortment of topics for etf.com, with a particular focus on stock and bond exchange-traded funds.

He is the host of etf.com’s Talk ETFs, a popular video series that features weekly interviews with thought leaders in the ETF industry. Sumit is also co-host of Exchange Traded Fridays, etf.com’s weekly podcast series.

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys climbing the city’s steep hills, playing chess and snowboarding in Lake Tahoe.

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Weekly ETF Inflows Nearly $18B

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