Investors poured assets into U.S. Treasury ETFs Thursday, with more than $278.3 million finding its way into the iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP - News), as they continued to look for the safety of U.S.-issued debt in the face of escalating concerns surrounding Europe’s financial stability.
Indeed, demand for U.S. government bonds was such that yields on the 10-year U.S. Treasury dropped to a record low at one point Thursday. Yields drop when bond prices rise.
Other Treasury funds such as the iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF - News) and the iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEI - News) were among the most popular ETFs, each gathering $86 million in new assets.
Overall U.S. ETF assets climbed marginally to $1.137 trillion. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 26.41 points lower, or down 0.21 percent, at 12,393.45, putting an end to its seven-month gaining streak.
The iShares S'P 500 ETF (IVV - News) raked in $184.7, million while a pair of Direxion bull and bear plays on the U.S. small-cap segment were also popular.
Redemptions
The SPDR S'P 500 Fund (SPY - News)—the world’s largest equities ETF—shed $401 million on Thursday, bringing its total assets to $96.6 billion.
Four sector SPDRs tapping into the financial, materials, consumer discretionary and industrial sectors were also among the least popular funds, each shedding anywhere from 2.5 to 4.2 percent of assets.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| TIP | iShares Barclays TIPS Bond | 278.28 | 23,677.74 | 1.19% |
| IVV | iShares S'P 500 | 184.73 | 28,323.07 | 0.66% |
| TNA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x | 92.63 | 921.50 | 11.17% |
| IEF | iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | 86.78 | 5,304.18 | 1.66% |
| IEI | iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | 86.27 | 3,117.97 | 2.85% |
| VOO | Vanguard S'P 500 | 81.20 | 4,410.80 | 1.88% |
| TZA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x | 74.12 | 636.78 | 13.17% |
| FAS | Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x | 70.88 | 1,280.48 | 5.86% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 60.45 | 6,291.10 | 0.97% |
| MDY | SPDR S'P MidCap 400 | 59.03 | 9,108.18 | 0.65% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S'P 500 | -401.08 | 96,643.30 | -0.41% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -178.63 | 5,524.84 | -3.13% |
| TLT | iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -152.47 | 3,786.39 | -3.87% |
| XLB | Materials Select SPDR | -91.29 | 2,073.23 | -4.22% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | -83.99 | 3,247.48 | -2.52% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | -83.18 | 3,007.79 | -2.69% |
| EWW | iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market | -82.04 | 1,011.77 | -7.50% |
| THD | iShares MSCI Thailand Investable Market | -60.03 | 667.00 | -8.26% |
| AAXJ | iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan | -45.97 | 1,660.10 | -2.69% |
| XRT | SPDR S'P Retail | -32.11 | 782.43 | -3.94% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -605.07 | 518,116.42 | -0.12% |
| International Equity | -312.81 | 251,902.34 | -0.12% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 515.50 | 206,538.27 | 0.25% |
| International Fixed Income | 54.37 | 16,288.32 | 0.33% |
| Commodities | 14.51 | 102,860.13 | 0.01% |
| Currency | -3.93 | 3,088.66 | -0.13% |
| Leveraged | 233.39 | 12,360.29 | 1.89% |
| Inverse | 218.11 | 19,690.61 | 1.11% |
| Asset Allocation | - | 1,852.51 | 0.00% |
| Alternatives | -7.66 | 4,298.11 | -0.18% |
| Total: | 106.41 | 1,136,995.66 | 0.01% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds '$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| EQL | ALPS Equal Weight | 18,735 | 249,256 | 1,330.46% |
| WPS | iShares S'P Developed Ex-US. Property | 12,489 | 136,053 | 1,089.41% |
| RJI | ELEMENTS Rogers International Commodity - Total Return ETN | 676,916 | 5,494,850 | 811.75% |
| PBP | PowerShares S'P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio | 164,273 | 1,298,910 | 790.70% |
| DEW | WisdomTree Global Equity Income | 11,479 | 72,067 | 627.82% |
| DJP | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Total Return ETN | 376,676 | 1,952,105 | 518.25% |
| INDY | iShares S'P India Nifty 50 | 122,120 | 597,780 | 489.50% |
| IEI | iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | 387,155 | 1,803,661 | 465.88% |
| WOOD | iShares S'P Global Timber ' Forestry | 24,856 | 110,937 | 446.33% |
| ACWX | iShares MSCI ACWI ex US | 158,606 | 662,545 | 417.73% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| AGF | PowerShares DB Agriculture Long ETN | 2.89% | 1,175 | 10.49 |
| SKOR | IQ South Korea Small Cap | 2.50% | 4,348 | 5.59 |
| FAA | Guggenheim Airline | 2.30% | 12,935 | 15.46 |
| JSC | SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan | 2.26% | 5,773 | 82.18 |
| EGPT | Market Vectors Egypt | 2.23% | 31,938 | 42.00 |
| GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | 2.08% | 6,870 | 2.84 |
| DFJ | WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend | 2.03% | 18,342 | 173.38 |
| COW | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Total Return ETN | 1.96% | 61,142 | 52.83 |
| KROO | IQ Australia Small Cap | 1.95% | 6,642 | 13.48 |
| PMNA | PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio | 1.91% | 9,587 | 18.55 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -8.05% | 46,300 | 10.72 |
| CVRT | PowerShares Convertible Securities | -5.68% | 3,360 | 9.04 |
| IDXJ | Market Vectors Indonesia Small Cap | -4.67% | 1,800 | 4.41 |
| INR | Market Vectors Indian Rupee/USD ETN | -2.78% | 2,773 | 2.45 |
| EMER | IQ Emerging Markets Mid Cap | -2.78% | 1,200 | 1.51 |
| PKOL | PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio | -2.68% | 3,948 | 9.65 |
| XME | SPDR S'P Metals and Mining | -2.57% | 3,927,541 | 588.10 |
| SOYB | Teucrium Soybeans | -2.52% | 16,112 | 4.47 |
| IPN | SPDR S'P International Industrial | -2.50% | 12,100 | 7.93 |
| KOL | Market Vectors Coal | -2.37% | 372,919 | 160.28 |
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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