Weekly ETF Inflows Top $11B

Senior ETF Analyst

Jul 19, 2019

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

A fresh wave of inflows for U.S.-listed ETFs pushed the year-to-date haul above last year’s levels. On net, investors added $11.5 billion to ETFs this week, sending year-to-date inflows to $140.7 billion, ahead of last year’s pace of $137.1 billion.

The U.S. stock market stayed near record highs this week, buoyed by better-than-expected earnings reports and expectations of a Fed rate cut later this month.

U.S. equity ETFs pulled in $8.7 billion in new money in the week ending Thursday, July 18. Flows winners included the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), the First Trust Capital Strength ETF (FTCS), the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSLC) and the iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol U.S.A. ETF (USMV).

MBB Picks Up $515M

Other asset classes weren’t as popular as U.S. equities this week, but they still ended up with net inflows. U.S. fixed income funds pulled in $1.4 billion, and commodity ETFs gathered $807 million.

The iShares MBS ETF (MBB) and the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) were the biggest winners in those segments, with inflows of $515 million and $638 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, on the outflows side, the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF), the Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF) and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) were the biggest losers.

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	3,949.81	280,652.87	1.41%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	1,147.64	181,442.86	0.63%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust	655.12	22,619.61	2.90%
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	638.45	36,931.63	1.73%
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	619.25	118,293.66	0.52%
MBB	iShares MBS ETF	515.41	17,971.51	2.87%
FTCS	First Trust Capital Strength ETF	470.12	3,028.78	15.52%
XLP	Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	413.76	12,372.50	3.34%
GSLC	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF	350.86	5,616.53	6.25%
USMV	iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol U.S.A. ETF	335.88	30,320.71	1.11%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	-337.75	16,519.13	-2.04%
VXF	Vanguard Extended Market ETF	-317.32	7,150.81	-4.44%
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund	-285.79	17,675.47	-1.62%
VGT	Vanguard Information Technology ETF	-266.62	20,974.03	-1.27%
EMB	iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF	-259.08	15,480.92	-1.67%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	-208.08	18,583.76	-1.12%
XLU	Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	-194.94	10,000.03	-1.95%
VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate ETF	-165.39	34,438.71	-0.48%
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	-154.11	4,219.45	-3.65%
FDN	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund	-150.52	9,037.38	-1.67%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	8,771.83	2,285,802.06	0.38%
International Equity	150.96	833,243.56	0.02%
U.S. Fixed Income	1,404.98	688,649.30	0.20%
International Fixed Income	243.06	78,808.87	0.31%
Commodities	807.35	69,871.40	1.16%
Currency	0.76	1,446.56	0.05%
Leveraged	-201.56	38,290.53	-0.53%
Inverse	144.06	12,050.46	1.20%
Asset Allocation	39.90	9,781.73	0.41%
Alternatives	173.46	4,780.56	3.63%
Total:	11,534.79	4,022,725.02	0.29%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	50,084.69	2,285,802.06	2.19%
International Equity	9,790.79	833,243.56	1.18%
U.S. Fixed Income	69,955.39	688,649.30	10.16%
International Fixed Income	9,169.73	78,808.87	11.64%
Commodities	1,321.56	69,871.40	1.89%
Currency	-345.50	1,446.56	-23.88%
Leveraged	-3,915.06	38,290.53	-10.22%
Inverse	3,850.82	12,050.46	31.96%
Asset Allocation	-159.02	9,781.73	-1.63%
Alternatives	966.77	4,780.56	20.22%
Total:	140,720.18	4,022,725.02	3.50%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
FLCO	Franklin Liberty Investment Grade Corporate ETF	144,883	1,335,404	921.71%
OCIO	ClearShares OCIO ETF	391	3,177	811.72%
SNLN	Highland iBoxx Senior Loan ETF	120,699	547,703	453.78%
ESG	FlexShares STOXX U.S. ESG Impact Index Fund	3,616	15,263	422.05%
FEUZ	First Trust Eurozone AlphaDEX ETF	22,515	82,720	367.40%
PREF	Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF	5,792	19,038	328.68%
AADR	AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF	10,019	28,517	284.62%
IYH	iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF	60,892	157,614	258.84%
USMC	Principal U.S. Mega-Cap Multi-Factor Index ETF	15,721	37,693	239.77%
DBP	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	41,620	83,734	201.18%

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

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
SILJ	ETFMG Prime Junior Silver ETF	4.39%	674,256	71.88
SLVP	iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF	3.10%	299,464	75.57
YOLO	AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF	3.05%	250,865	60.68
THCX	Innovation Shares Cannabis ETF	2.88%	345,674	10.09
SIL	Global X Silver Miners ETF	2.85%	879,219	377.99
PGM	iPath Series B Bloomberg Platinum Subindex Total Return ETN	2.74%	1,070	3.72
KARS	KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF	2.43%	39,816	34.09
SLVO	Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETN	2.39%	31,388	21.13
MJ	ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF	2.24%	1,763,052	1,104.80
CHIH	Global X MSCI China Health Care ETF	2.24%	3,736	1.60

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
TAN	Invesco Solar ETF	55.80%	0.07%	397.79
PTF	Invesco DWA Technology Momentum ETF	47.62%	-0.58%	252.89
AGT	iShares MSCI Argentina and Global Exposure ETF	41.70%	-2.31%	26.87
PBW	Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF	41.62%	-0.65%	177.96
ARGT	Global X MSCI Argentina ETF	41.60%	-2.66%	103.06
IPO	Renaissance IPO ETF	40.52%	0.52%	58.70
ARKG	ARK Genomic Revolution ETF	39.91%	-0.39%	454.31
IPAY	ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF	38.74%	-0.49%	653.13
GREK	Global X MSCI Greece ETF	38.59%	-0.32%	402.73
FINX	Global X FinTech ETF	37.89%	-0.49%	443.69

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 Top $11B

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