Weekly ETF Inflows Total $8.5B

Senior ETF Analyst

May 25, 2018

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

A relatively calm week in financial markets encouraged investors to add a solid $8.5 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs this week. According to FactSet, $6.2 billion went into U.S. equity ETFs and $2.2 billion went into U.S. fixed-income ETFs during the week ending Thursday, May 24.

Year-to-date inflows for all U.S.-listed ETFs now stand at $117 billion.

Equity markets didn’t do much this week. The S&P 500 edged up from a closing level of 2,713 last Friday to last trade at 2,719.

Bond markets saw a bit more action, with the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield falling from last week’s high of 3.12% all the way down to 2.92% today amid political concerns related to North Korea and Italy.

Rate Hikes?

Meanwhile, minutes to the Federal Reserve’s last meeting suggested some Fed members would be would be OK with inflation temporarily moving above 2%—comments that somewhat dampened rate hike expectations.

Taking a look at inflows and outflows for individual ETFs, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) was the biggest winner of the week, with creations of $625 million, followed by the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA) and the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV).

On the other hand, the iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (EFV) topped the outflows list, with weekly redemptions of $828 million. It was followed by the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) and the iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF (IBB).

For a full list of this week’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below.

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Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	624.74	45,939.00	1.38%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust	609.94	21,905.02	2.86%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	590.46	152,670.18	0.39%
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund	560.18	33,238.01	1.71%
JNK	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF	552.81	9,749.81	6.01%
XLE	Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	499.85	19,844.87	2.58%
IEFA	iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	417.14	59,505.60	0.71%
EMB	iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF	388.12	11,916.35	3.37%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	364.44	32,583.42	1.13%
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	298.26	266,955.34	0.11%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
EFV	iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF	-828.17	5,948.00	-12.22%
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan ETF	-330.02	20,848.45	-1.56%
IBB	iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF	-295.04	8,729.67	-3.27%
XBI	SPDR S&P BIOTECH ETF	-291.82	5,070.74	-5.44%
BIL	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF	-192.18	3,381.22	-5.38%
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	-187.61	39,140.37	-0.48%
VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate ETF	-182.26	29,760.56	-0.61%
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	-173.39	307.98	-36.02%
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	-170.96	35,301.64	-0.48%
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	-169.09	55,166.60	-0.31%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	6,170.61	1,997,728.54	0.31%
International Equity	-243.52	844,206.79	-0.03%
U.S. Fixed Income	2,238.77	540,288.25	0.41%
International Fixed Income	356.86	63,551.00	0.56%
Commodities	12.39	69,923.77	0.02%
Currency	-13.08	1,262.52	-1.04%
Leveraged	101.47	36,583.80	0.28%
Inverse	-82.44	13,491.67	-0.61%
Asset Allocation	49.06	9,307.16	0.53%
Alternatives	-49.49	4,325.55	-1.14%
Total:	8,540.63	3,580,669.05	0.24%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
FLJP	Franklin FTSE Japan ETF	5,618	27,739	493.74%
OILB	iPath Series B S&P GSCI Crude Oil ETN	10,026	43,351	432.38%
HYGH	iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF	27,448	112,091	408.37%
LOWC	SPDR MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF	5,406	15,941	294.85%
ROAM	Hartford Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF	22,039	47,711	216.48%
CSF	VictoryShares U.S. Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index ETF	8,930	21,706	243.05%
PDBC	PowerShares Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio	1,242,277	2,851,101	229.51%
MNA	IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF	125,249	226,317	180.69%
VONG	Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF	53,373	96,351	180.52%
TUR	iShares MSCI Turkey ETF	520,022	987,408	189.88%

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 Total $8.5B

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