Weekly Flows: 'XLF' Gains Assets, 'GLD' Loses
A big jump in interest rates fuels buying in the financial sector ETF, 'XLF' and selling in the physical gold ETF, 'GLD,' in the week ending Thursday, Dec.3.
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Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 701.43 | 19,541.85 | 3.72% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond | 676.54 | 11,369.74 | 6.33% |
| VEA | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets | 666.60 | 29,520.68 | 2.31% |
| EZU | iShares MSCI EMU | 546.86 | 13,385.03 | 4.26% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | 475.98 | 12,697.58 | 3.89% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | 392.47 | 24,482.83 | 1.63% |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 372.54 | 178,343.93 | 0.21% |
| VEU | Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US | 271.86 | 13,727.82 | 2.02% |
| XLK | Technology Select SPDR | 257.15 | 13,787.45 | 1.90% |
| AGG | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond | 239.02 | 29,909.88 | 0.81% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | -535.31 | 21,675.67 | -2.41% |
| FXE | CurrencyShares Euro | -425.14 | 382.62 | -52.63% |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -366.52 | 5,699.67 | -6.04% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -307.68 | 42,174.37 | -0.72% |
| IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology | -266.57 | 7,878.77 | -3.27% |
| XRT | SPDR S&P Retail | -226.75 | 714.15 | -24.10% |
| IEI | iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | -221.81 | 4,941.18 | -4.30% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -218.43 | 28,292.03 | -0.77% |
| BIL | SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill | -178.16 | 2,000.89 | -8.18% |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | -168.99 | 11,185.15 | -1.49% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 3,296.53 | 1,197,546.38 | 0.28% |
| International Equity | 2,397.80 | 492,545.17 | 0.49% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 783.44 | 330,214.92 | 0.24% |
| International Fixed Income | 399.82 | 27,733.03 | 1.44% |
| Commodities | -624.48 | 46,946.15 | -1.33% |
| Currency | -425.19 | 1,830.23 | -23.23% |
| Leveraged | 124.16 | 24,271.03 | 0.51% |
| Inverse | -40.65 | 19,040.49 | -0.21% |
| Asset Allocation | 75.18 | 5,544.84 | 1.36% |
| Alternatives | -168.14 | 3,075.21 | -5.47% |
| Total: | 5,818.48 | 2,148,747.45 | 0.27% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
| FTSD | Franklin Short Duration U.S. Government | 2,869 | 14,478 | 504.58% |
| PSP | PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity | 174,115 | 511,840 | 293.97% |
| DVP | Deep Value | 6,984 | 18,721 | 268.08% |
| PHO | PowerShares Water Resources | 103,319 | 296,464 | 286.94% |
| NEAR | iShares Short Maturity Bond | 416,165 | 757,076 | 181.92% |
| PIO | PowerShares Global Water | 31,734 | 75,196 | 236.96% |
| SLX | Market Vectors Steel | 27,837 | 55,752 | 200.28% |
| CWB | SPDR Barclays Convertible Securities | 923,707 | 1,542,788 | 167.02% |
| EUO | ProShares UltraShort Euro | 1,017,142 | 1,793,095 | 176.29% |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | 148,378 | 309,276 | 208.44% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| VXF | Vanguard Extended Market | 0.00% | 711,518 | 4,155.29 |
| VPL | Vanguard FTSE Pacific | 0.00% | 3,468,984 | 3,044.97 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.00% | 16,043,626 | 2,167.39 |
| WIP | SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond | 0.00% | 856,177 | 622.47 |
| WPS | iShares International Developed Property | 0.00% | 38,038 | 153.81 |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 0.00% | 158,388,131 | 19,541.85 |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | 0.00% | 55,350,159 | 5,559.19 |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 0.00% | 35,209,418 | 11,722.65 |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | 0.00% | 44,263,695 | 7,640.89 |
| WMCR | Guggenheim Wilshire Micro-Cap | 0.00% | 9,529 | 21.14 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| VXF | Vanguard Extended Market | 0.00% | 711,518 | 4,155.29 |
| VPL | Vanguard FTSE Pacific | 0.00% | 3,468,984 | 3,044.97 |
| XBI | SPDR S&P Biotech | 0.00% | 16,043,626 | 2,167.39 |
| WIP | SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond | 0.00% | 856,177 | 622.47 |
| WPS | iShares International Developed Property | 0.00% | 38,038 | 153.81 |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 0.00% | 158,388,131 | 19,541.85 |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | 0.00% | 55,350,159 | 5,559.19 |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 0.00% | 35,209,418 | 11,722.65 |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | 0.00% | 44,263,695 | 7,640.89 |
| WMCR | Guggenheim Wilshire Micro-Cap | 0.00% | 9,529 | 21.14 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CNXT | Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext | 46.93% | 4.39% | 59.25 |
| DXJH | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care | 35.30% | -1.72% | 19.54 |
| ASHS | Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China-A Shares Small Cap ETF | 29.46% | 1.61% | 36.80 |
| FDN | First Trust Dow Jones Internet | 23.83% | -0.81% | 4,813.96 |
| PNQI | PowerShares NASDAQ Internet | 21.94% | 0.63% | 286.18 |
| EDEN | iShares MSCI Denmark Capped | 21.42% | 2.87% | 73.28 |
| EIRL | iShares MSCI Ireland Capped | 19.86% | 0.87% | 169.82 |
| PSCH | PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care | 18.73% | -2.25% | 247.88 |
| KWEB | KraneShares CSI China Internet | 18.28% | 1.26% | 152.99 |
| CHOC | iPath Pure Beta Cocoa ETN | 18.06% | 2.54% | 9.47 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| GAZ | iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN | -74.49% | -10.05% | 4.99 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN | -59.00% | 6.07% | 3.07 |
| PLTM | First Trust ISE Global Platinum | -51.07% | -5.37% | 4.72 |
| KOL | Market Vectors Coal | -50.44% | -2.53% | 46.48 |
| FCG | First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas | -50.33% | -3.87% | 189.39 |
| XME | SPDR S&P Metals and Mining | -47.76% | 0.06% | 236.70 |
| YMLP | Yorkville High Income MLP | -47.06% | -7.84% | 113.64 |
| JJN | iPath Bloomberg Nickel Subindex Total Return ETN | -45.90% | -0.28% | 5.62 |
| AMZA | InfraCap Active MLP | -45.19% | -9.46% | 17.33 |
| MLPY | Morgan Stanley Cushing MLP High Income ETN | -44.52% | -9.31% | 56.15 |
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.
