YTD ETF Inflows Total $131B

Senior ETF Analyst

May 22, 2020

Reviewed by: Sumit Roy

Edited by: Sumit Roy

U.S. stocks edged up to their highest levels since early March this week, helping to bolster ETF inflows. On net, $12 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Thursday, May 21. Year-to-date net inflows now stand at $131 billion, ahead of the $73.5 billion seen at this same time last year.

While U.S. equity ETFs had solid inflows of $3.6 billion during the week, U.S. fixed income ETFs were the most popular segment, with inflows of $7.9 billion. Continued support from the Federal Reserve's Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) bolstered prices and sentiment for corporate bond ETFs.

Fed Continues To Buy

The iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) each had weekly inflows of more than $1 billion. Thus far, the Fed has purchased $1.8 billion of corporate bond ETFs under the SMCCF, though it has yet to reveal exactly which funds those are.

In addition to corporate bond ETFs, investors favored the tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) this week. QQQ gathered $3.3 billion of new money as prices for the fund hovered just below its record highs set in Feburary. Meanwhile, gold traded around recent highs of $1,750/oz thanks to strong investor demand. On a year-to-date basis, GLD has had inflows of $11.8 billion.

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
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	3,276.54	107,216.86	3.06%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	2,564.80	36,211.02	7.08%
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	1,418.89	47,615.19	2.98%
JNK	SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF	1,066.08	11,150.59	9.56%
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	1,023.84	22,336.26	4.58%
VCIT	Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF	718.79	28,759.61	2.50%
SLV	iShares Silver Trust	564.89	7,991.85	7.07%
VCSH	Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF	493.87	25,474.67	1.94%
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	423.01	62,509.91	0.68%
ACWI	iShares MSCI ACWI ETF	417.97	10,795.24	3.87%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	-2,186.30	263,854.11	-0.83%
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	-977.57	71,410.20	-1.37%
FIHD	UBS AG FI Enhanced Global High Yield ETN	-722.15	86.24	-837.32%
XLP	Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	-609.15	14,189.99	-4.29%
VIG	Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF	-462.87	41,125.01	-1.13%
FXI	iShares China Large-Cap ETF	-412.10	3,410.90	-12.08%
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	-357.96	184,495.82	-0.19%
VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate ETF	-343.74	25,715.44	-1.34%
IEFA	iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	-340.64	61,999.82	-0.55%
SCHF	Schwab International Equity ETF	-315.77	18,268.96	-1.73%

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	3,594.54	2,314,076.14	0.16%
International Equity	-735.16	732,325.52	-0.10%
U.S. Fixed Income	7,887.78	822,268.66	0.96%
International Fixed Income	473.79	87,190.47	0.54%
Commodities ETFs	1,461.53	115,074.84	1.27%
Currency	-158.82	2,017.81	-7.87%
Leveraged	-1,471.49	33,157.15	-4.44%
Inverse	696.96	18,694.43	3.73%
Asset Allocation	23.27	9,083.77	0.26%
Alternatives	213.30	4,544.56	4.69%
Total:	11,985.71	4,138,433.35	0.29%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	52,333.84	2,314,076.14	2.26%
International Equity	-17,427.98	732,325.52	-2.38%
U.S. Fixed Income	51,556.24	822,268.66	6.27%
International Fixed Income	672.52	87,190.47	0.77%
Commodities ETFs	27,088.31	115,074.84	23.54%
Currency	706.15	2,017.81	35.00%
Leveraged	5,911.43	33,157.15	17.83%
Inverse	11,476.35	18,694.43	61.39%
Asset Allocation	-8.12	9,083.77	-0.09%
Alternatives	-1,327.84	4,544.56	-29.22%
Total:	130,980.91	4,138,433.35	3.16%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1 Week Average Volume	% of Average
JPMF	JPMorgan Managed Futures Strategy ETF	31,870	254,012	797.02%
JPMB	JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Sovereign Bond ETF	15,126	59,119	390.86%
INKM	SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF	56,244	218,689	388.82%
SUSL	iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF	95,599	375,140	392.41%
JPHF	JPMorgan Diversified Alternatives ETF	28,074	166,134	591.77%
TOK	iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF	14,456	105,101	727.06%
MDYG	SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Growth ETF	346,298	1,144,893	330.61%
HYLV	IQ S&P High Yield Low Volatility Bond ETF	36,183	115,123	318.17%
ULST	SPDR SSgA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF	61,745	187,421	303.54%
IMOM	Alpha Architect International Quantitative Momentum ETF	17,078	49,183	287.99%

Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker	Name	Weekly Performance	Weekly Volume	AUM ($, mm)
GAZZF	iPath Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN	33.33%	10,390	0.00
GSC	GS Connect S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity TR Strategy ETN	22.67%	1,347	0.00
DODXF	Elements Dogs of the DOW Dow Jones High Yield Select 10 Total Return ETN	15.04%	5,302	17.60
AMZA	InfraCap MLP ETF	11.64%	378,929	125.90
POTX	Global X Cannabis ETF	11.14%	151,927	10.02
BDRY	Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF	10.79%	1,274,976	22.18
JETS	US Global Jets ETF	10.08%	11,956,768	722.61
AWAY	ETFMG Travel Tech ETF	9.97%	36,032	3.46
BUY	USCF SummerHaven SHPEI Index Fund	9.67%	7,351	21.44
PGM	iPath Series B Bloomberg Platinum Subindex Total Return ETN	9.61%	1,039	4.19

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker	Name	YTD Performance	Weekly Performance	AUM ($, mm)
VXX	iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN	138.29%	-1.56%	762.13
VIXY	ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF	137.81%	-1.66%	172.09
VIIX	VelocityShares Daily Long VIX Short-Term ETN	137.32%	-2.03%	50.41
XVZ	iPath S&P 500 Dynamic VIX ETN	92.45%	-1.40%	5.90
VIXM	ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF	88.49%	-2.00%	63.67
VXZ	iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN	87.98%	-2.26%	27.13
GRNTF	iPath Global Carbon ETN	74.64%	0.00%	4.89
CLIX	ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF	44.44%	-0.25%	189.44
ARKG	ARK Genomic Revolution ETF	39.05%	3.83%	1,031.88
ZROZ	PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon US Treasury Index ETF	30.40%	-2.79%	376.58

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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YTD ETF Inflows Total $131B

YTD ETF Inflows Total $131B

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