Weekly Inflows Total $13B

Senior ETF Analyst

Dec 08, 2017

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

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.

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 Inflows Total $13B

Weekly Inflows Total $13B

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