Weekly ETF Inflows Top $11B
Year-to-date inflows now stand near $141 billion, ahead of year-ago level.
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 >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| FLCO | Franklin Liberty Investment Grade Corporate ETF | 144,883 | 1,335,404 | 921.71% |
| OCIO | ClearShares OCIO ETF | 391 | 3,177 | 811.72% |
120,699 | 547,703 | 453.78% | ||
| ESG | FlexShares STOXX U.S. ESG Impact Index Fund | 3,616 | 15,263 | 422.05% |
| FEUZ | First Trust Eurozone AlphaDEX ETF | 22,515 | 82,720 | 367.40% |
| PREF | Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF | 5,792 | 19,038 | 328.68% |
| AADR | AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF | 10,019 | 28,517 | 284.62% |
| IYH | iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF | 60,892 | 157,614 | 258.84% |
15,721 | 37,693 | 239.77% | ||
| DBP | Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund | 41,620 | 83,734 | 201.18% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, 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.
