Weekly Inflows Total $13B
Investors continued to add to their ETF holdings during the first week of December.
ETF inflows continued to mount during the first week of the final month of the year. According to FactSet, U.S.-listed ETFs added $13.1 billion of new money during the week ending Thursday, Dec. 7. Year-to-date inflows now stand at $437 billion.
The vast majority of this week's flows, $9.8 billion, went into U.S. equity ETFs. Stock investors were elated after the Senate passed its tax bill last weekend. The S&P 500 briefly touched a fresh record high of 2,665 on Monday.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was the biggest individual ETF winner, with inflows of $4.6 billion. That was followed by inflows of a little more than $1 billion each for the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) and the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM).
Notable Outflows
On the other hand, three smart-beta products had notable outflows during the week. The iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF (USMV), the iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (MTUM) and the iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) had outflows ranging from $400 million to $800 million.
Other asset classes also had inflows during the period, but they were much more modest. International equity ETFs took in $998 billion in total; U.S. fixed-income ETFs garnered $819 million; and international fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $364 million.
For a full list of this week's top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 4,633.68 | 258,044.13 | 1.83% |
XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | 1,059.52 | 9,547.87 | 12.48% |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 1,034.51 | 46,396.72 | 2.28% |
IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 863.96 | 140,185.21 | 0.62% |
XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund | 842.21 | 32,896.46 | 2.63% |
DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | 779.24 | 21,005.90 | 3.85% |
SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF | 518.08 | 7,220.06 | 7.73% |
IWD | iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF | 504.64 | 39,990.45 | 1.28% |
VB | Vanguard Small-Cap ETF | 500.72 | 21,077.35 | 2.43% |
VTV | Vanguard Value ETF | 483.34 | 35,879.20 | 1.37% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
QQQ | PowerShares QQQ Trust | -951.04 | 57,877.44 | -1.62% |
LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | -894.56 | 38,801.21 | -2.25% |
XLI | Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund | -841.35 | 12,187.38 | -6.46% |
USMV | iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF | -783.08 | 15,000.22 | -4.96% |
MTUM | iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF | -671.94 | 5,170.73 | -11.50% |
VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | -514.45 | 81,226.57 | -0.63% |
QUAL | iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF | -432.23 | 4,116.89 | -9.50% |
XLV | Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund | -401.85 | 16,725.24 | -2.35% |
HEDJ | WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund | -360.83 | 8,256.02 | -4.19% |
SCZ | iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | -356.99 | 9,982.03 | -3.45% |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
U.S. Equity | 9,759.05 | 1,873,103.20 | 0.52% |
International Equity | 998.19 | 770,561.17 | 0.13% |
U.S. Fixed Income | 819.01 | 521,762.44 | 0.16% |
International Fixed Income | 364.42 | 57,449.76 | 0.63% |
Commodities ETFs | 279.66 | 65,069.18 | 0.43% |
Currency | -9.98 | 1,285.33 | -0.78% |
Leveraged | 1,141.80 | 32,612.79 | 3.50% |
Inverse | -120.03 | 16,477.32 | -0.73% |
Asset Allocation | -6.03 | 8,808.91 | -0.07% |
Alternatives | -140.31 | 4,220.10 | -3.32% |
Total: | 13,085.79 | 3,351,350.20 | 0.39% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1 Week Average Volume | % of Average |
PFI | PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio | 8,785 | 32,785 | 373.18% |
RBUS | Nationwide Risk-Based U.S. Equity ETF | 1,229 | 3,445 | 280.28% |
IWX | iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF | 10,252 | 28,969 | 282.57% |
KCE | SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF | 10,946 | 32,025 | 292.58% |
RJA | Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Agriculture TR ETN | 36,640 | 87,291 | 238.24% |
ZROZ | PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon US Treasury Index ETF | 16,401 | 50,087 | 305.40% |
OUSM | O’Shares FTSE Russell Small Cap Quality Dividend ETF | 21,673 | 50,602 | 233.48% |
PRN | PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio | 12,190 | 24,613 | 201.91% |
PTF | PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio | 10,882 | 27,077 | 248.82% |
PICK | iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF | 140,779 | 374,210 | 265.81% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
NGE | Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF | 7.32% | 407,575 | 67.36 |
URA | Global X Uranium ETF | 6.87% | 3,412,912 | 344.14 |
EQRR | ProShares Equities for Rising Rates ETF | 3.90% | 52,663 | 15.57 |
SPVM | PowerShares S&P 500 Value With Momentum Portfolio | 3.82% | 9,415 | 2.84 |
GCE | Claymore CEF Index-Linked GS Connect ETN | 3.69% | 17,856 | 7.51 |
CHEP | AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund | 3.36% | 1,589 | 1.27 |
AYT | iPath GEMS Asia 8 ETN | 3.33% | 6,026 | 1.45 |
TUR | iShares MSCI Turkey ETF | 3.25% | 1,829,795 | 357.72 |
QAT | iShares MSCI Qatar Capped ETF | 3.03% | 86,856 | 49.63 |
FTXD | First Trust Nasdaq Retail ETF | 2.71% | 2,545 | 1.06 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
XIVH | VelocityShares VIX Short Volatility Hedged ETN | 101.36% | 0.79% | 68.02 |
ARKK | ARK Innovation ETF | 84.84% | -2.35% | 291.28 |
ARKW | ARK Web x.0 ETF | 81.11% | -1.13% | 189.92 |
CXSE | WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund | 70.22% | -1.66% | 122.03 |
CQQQ | Guggenheim China Technology ETF | 66.37% | -4.20% | 416.82 |
EMQQ | Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF | 59.89% | -1.55% | 367.22 |
KWEB | KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF | 59.49% | -1.49% | 1,126.64 |
BOTZ | Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF | 56.73% | -2.56% | 1,385.51 |
REMX | VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF | 55.97% | -7.76% | 138.73 |
SCIF | VanEck Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF | 55.51% | -1.60% | 366.27 |
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.