Weekly Flows Positive Despite Market Turmoil

U.S.-listed ETFs on track for second-largest annual inflows ever.

etf.com Staff

Dec 28, 2018

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With only two trading sessions unaccounted for, ETFs are on track to collect their second-largest annual inflow ever in 2018. Following this week’s $2.5 worth of inflows, the year-to-date inflows total for U.S.-listed ETFs rose to $309 billion, second only to 2017’s $476.1 billion haul.

In impressive fashion, ETFs had strong inflows throughout December, even as the U.S. stock market tumbled relentlessly. The S&P 500 briefly fell 20% below its all-time highs, spooked by global growth concerns spurred on by the U.S.-China trade war, Brexit and Fed rate hikes.

During this week specifically—the final full trading week of the year—investors pulled a modest $3.8 billion from U.S. equity ETFs. But inflows for international equity and U.S. fixed-income ETFs more than made up for that.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), with $8.4 billion worth of inflows, and the iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV), with $2.1 billion worth of inflows, were two of the biggest winners during the week.

On the other hand, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) and the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) shed assets.

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	8,375.76	243,625.80	3.44%
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	2,375.54	61,292.54	3.88%
SHV	iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF	2,072.28	20,164.49	10.28%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	1,121.02	146,254.64	0.77%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1,039.47	41,027.84	2.53%
SHY	iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	808.51	20,475.83	3.95%
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	750.90	31,931.67	2.35%
IWB	iShares Russell 1000 ETF	657.11	17,016.94	3.86%
ACWI	iShares MSCI ACWI ETF	489.57	10,096.11	4.85%
BIL	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF	470.72	8,294.80	5.67%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	-3,415.34	88,692.10	-3.85%
IVW	iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF	-2,372.95	19,512.75	-12.16%
IVE	iShares S&P 500 Value ETF	-1,656.78	14,290.49	-11.59%
IJS	iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF	-867.06	5,277.38	-16.43%
RPG	Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF	-749.00	1,982.91	-37.77%
VTV	Vanguard Value ETF	-741.31	40,378.15	-1.84%
JNK	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF	-701.71	6,714.91	-10.45%
IJJ	iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF	-642.39	5,413.90	-11.87%
MDY	SPDR S&P Midcap 400 ETF Trust	-570.00	16,141.24	-3.53%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	-566.32	12,129.69	-4.67%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	-3,826.23	1,857,060.45	-0.21%
International Equity	2,838.25	723,009.43	0.39%
U.S. Fixed Income	3,228.07	585,550.12	0.55%
International Fixed Income	-631.12	64,893.83	-0.97%
Commodities	921.99	61,757.05	1.49%
Currency	54.67	1,802.84	3.03%
Leveraged	152.18	28,342.93	0.54%
Inverse	-610.02	12,510.94	-4.88%
Asset Allocation	143.99	9,201.98	1.56%
Alternatives	192.27	5,245.73	3.67%
Total:	2,464.06	3,349,375.31	0.07%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	132,933.28	1,857,060.45	7.16%
International Equity	69,099.59	723,009.43	9.56%
U.S. Fixed Income	85,396.97	585,550.12	14.58%
International Fixed Income	10,241.44	64,893.83	15.78%
Commodities	647.94	61,757.05	1.05%
Currency	-56.99	1,802.84	-3.16%
Leveraged	7,726.56	28,342.93	27.26%
Inverse	1,105.56	12,510.94	8.84%
Asset Allocation	1,395.71	9,201.98	15.17%
Alternatives	503.15	5,245.73	9.59%
Total:	308,993.20	3,349,375.31	9.23%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
QLTA	iShares Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond ETF	50,316	342,427	680.56%
FRAK	VanEck Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF	119,183	777,869	652.67%
EZJ	ProShares Ultra MSCI Japan	2,829	14,689	519.18%
GNMA	iShares GNMA Bond ETF	26,095	115,435	442.36%
USRT	iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF	333,725	1,450,641	434.68%
ONEV	SPDR Russell 1000 Low Volatility Focus	7,780	31,296	402.26%
ACSI	American Customer Satisfaction ETF	5,210	18,891	362.56%
JPMF	JPMorgan Managed Futures Strategy ETF	2,897	10,379	358.30%
BEMO	Aptus Behavioral Momentum ETF	13,765	48,735	354.04%
DBJP	Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF	522,368	1,698,696	325.19%

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.

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