Weekly ETF Inflows Total $12B
The bulk of that went into U.S. equity ETFs.
Investors added $11.5 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Friday, Aug. 19. That brought year-to-date inflows up to $393 billion, compared with $563.2 billion at this same time a year ago.
The bulk of last week’s inflows went into U.S. equity ETFs, which picked up $12.3 billion of new money. International fixed income ETFs registered net inflows of around $590 million. On the other hand, international equity, U.S. fixed income and commodity ETFs all had net outflows during the period.
For a full list of last week’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund | 1,553.06 | 33,715.43 | 4.61% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1,310.98 | 320,593.17 | 0.41% |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust | 1,192.94 | 183,197.16 | 0.65% |
| SPLV | Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF | 1,180.06 | 12,983.63 | 9.09% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 1,137.08 | 282,609.09 | 0.40% |
| VCIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 656.82 | 43,252.09 | 1.52% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 632.69 | 284,734.16 | 0.22% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 468.67 | 36,402.69 | 1.29% |
| SCHD | Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF | 383.84 | 39,436.82 | 0.97% |
| CWB | SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF | 331.83 | 4,726.65 | 7.02% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| BIL | SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | -1,060.84 | 16,119.62 | -6.58% |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | -736.65 | 392,692.30 | -0.19% |
| SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF | -716.47 | 18,792.59 | -3.81% |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | -702.21 | 25,753.45 | -2.73% |
| BBEU | JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF | -567.37 | 3,314.71 | -17.12% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | -442.80 | 15,012.08 | -2.95% |
| MUB | iShares National Muni Bond ETF | -441.40 | 28,478.12 | -1.55% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold Trust | -398.30 | 56,129.11 | -0.71% |
| ARKK | ARK Innovation ETF | -280.25 | 8,978.93 | -3.12% |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | -211.61 | 15,963.71 | -1.33% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 12,344.76 | 4,149,337.72 | 0.30% |
| International Equity | -623.07 | 1,162,030.05 | -0.05% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -773.42 | 1,124,754.78 | -0.07% |
| International Fixed Income | 589.78 | 143,381.07 | 0.41% |
| Commodities | -433.12 | 142,882.53 | -0.30% |
| Currency | -20.15 | 3,999.60 | -0.50% |
| Leveraged | -199.89 | 58,665.61 | -0.34% |
| Inverse | 646.55 | 22,056.80 | 2.93% |
| Asset Allocation | -88.66 | 17,639.72 | -0.50% |
| Alternatives | 82.07 | 8,116.70 | 1.01% |
| Total: | 11,524.85 | 6,832,864.58 | 0.17% |
Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 175,345.53 | 4,149,337.72 | 4.23% |
| International Equity | 67,813.22 | 1,162,030.05 | 5.84% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 102,223.15 | 1,124,754.78 | 9.09% |
| International Fixed Income | 7,010.10 | 143,381.07 | 4.89% |
| Commodities | 6,864.64 | 142,882.53 | 4.80% |
| Currency | 1,406.78 | 3,999.60 | 35.17% |
| Leveraged | 18,209.92 | 58,665.61 | 31.04% |
| Inverse | 12,237.44 | 22,056.80 | 55.48% |
| Asset Allocation | 365.84 | 17,639.72 | 2.07% |
| Alternatives | 1,538.10 | 8,116.70 | 18.95% |
| Total: | 393,014.72 | 6,832,864.58 | 5.75% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| PSIL | AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF | 16.10% | 193,097 | 9.26 |
| PBUG | Pacer iPath Gold Trendpilot ETN | 15.35% | 2,214 | 22.29 |
| GRN | iPath Series B Carbon ETN | 6.90% | 212,288 | 80.52 |
| PXI | Invesco DWA Energy Momentum ETF | 6.24% | 151,989 | 223.33 |
| KEUA | KraneShares European Carbon Allowance Strategy ETF | 5.91% | 35,412 | 24.05 |
| XOP | SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF | 5.84% | 21,491,708 | 5,001.64 |
| PXE | Invesco Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production ETF | 5.74% | 448,303 | 284.04 |
| FCG | First Trust Natural Gas ETF | 5.68% | 4,334,037 | 867.81 |
| KSET | KraneShares Global Carbon Offset Strategy ETF | 5.68% | 4,294 | 7.59 |
| IEO | iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF | 5.38% | 1,162,264 | 958.81 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| RJN | Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Energy TR ETN | 63.28% | 3.13% | 11.37 |
| MLPO | Credit Suisse S&P MLP Index ETN | 28.46% | -7.43% | 29.28 |
| RJI | Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Total Return ETN | 21.71% | -0.83% | 122.95 |
| TADS | The Active Dividend Stock ETF | 17.40% | 0.00% | 122.95 |
| NVMZ | TrueShares Structured Outcome ETF - November | 14.66% | 122.95 | |
| FUE | ELEMENTS Linked to the ICE BofAML Commodity Index eXtra Biofuels - Total Return ETN | 11.23% | -1.92% | 1.57 |
| SULR | SmartETFs Sustainable Energy II ETF | 8.64% | 1.57 | |
| VIXM | ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF | 5.53% | 0.53% | 87.70 |
| RJA | Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Agriculture TR ETN | 4.97% | -3.92% | 176.86 |
| GRU | ELEMENTS Linked to ICE BofAML Commodity index eXtra Grains - Total Return ETN | 4.65% | -4.81% | 8.16 |
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.
