Investors plowed $490.7 million into the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (VWO - News) yesterday, as stocks moved down despite simultaneous central bank actions around the world aimed at rekindling flagging global economic growth.
Overall, total assets invested in U.S.-listed ETFs fell to $1.197 trillion from $1.200 trillion on Tuesday, July 3, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse. Flows were positive to the tune of $458.6 million, with overall flows into equities topping $1.1 billion.
The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE - News) was the No. 2 fund on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list, gathering $204.5 million.
The PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ - News) that targets Nasdaq’s 100 biggest nonfinancial companies gathered $100.6 million, lifting its assets to $33.44 billion, and making it yesterday’s third-most-popular ETF.
A number of bond funds littered IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list yesterday, and outflows from U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs totaled $355.0 million.
Yesterday’s least popular ETF was the leveraged ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (UST - News), which lost $583.8 million to redemptions.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| VWO | Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets | 490.68 | 51,905.92 | 0.95% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 204.47 | 7,412.61 | 2.84% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 100.63 | 33,446.78 | 0.30% |
| EMB | iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond | 91.74 | 4,816.14 | 1.94% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | 89.20 | 3,533.39 | 2.59% |
| VXX | iPath S'P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 77.40 | 1,688.31 | 4.80% |
| EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | 70.99 | 34,537.61 | 0.21% |
| IWN | iShares Russell 2000 Value | 57.50 | 4,046.84 | 1.44% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 53.98 | 6,333.52 | 0.86% |
| EZU | iShares MSCI EMU | 48.62 | 726.57 | 7.17% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| UST | ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury | -583.84 | 133.86 | -81.35% |
| SPY | SPDR S'P 500 | -136.77 | 108,613.16 | -0.13% |
| TLT | iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -113.21 | 3,559.86 | -3.08% |
| FXH | First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX | -106.47 | 572.45 | -15.68% |
| CSJ | iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond | -83.66 | 9,705.02 | -0.85% |
| IVV | iShares S'P 500 | -82.39 | 30,327.12 | -0.27% |
| IEF | iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | -75.78 | 5,055.28 | -1.48% |
| IEI | iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | -61.55 | 2,449.49 | -2.45% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -61.11 | 15,517.87 | -0.39% |
| AGG | iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond | -55.66 | 15,327.39 | -0.36% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 367.07 | 554,048.56 | 0.07% |
| International Equity | 797.11 | 267,031.28 | 0.30% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -355.03 | 209,902.81 | -0.17% |
| International Fixed Income | 126.38 | 17,563.94 | 0.72% |
| Commodities | -6.08 | 107,650.51 | -0.01% |
| Currency | 0.90 | 3,001.91 | 0.03% |
| Leveraged | -629.58 | 12,953.29 | -4.86% |
| Inverse | 79.97 | 19,009.88 | 0.42% |
| Asset Allocation | - | 1,908.07 | 0.00% |
| Alternatives | 77.87 | 4,072.15 | 1.91% |
| Total: | 458.62 | 1,197,142.40 | 0.04% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds '$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| JKH | iShares Morningstar Mid Growth | 10,427 | 152,958 | 1,466.94% |
| GBF | iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond | 18,665 | 235,292 | 1,260.60% |
| VGLT | Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond | 29,389 | 347,025 | 1,180.82% |
| MLPI | ETRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure ETN | 54,694 | 587,785 | 1,074.67% |
| EZM | WisdomTree MidCap Earnings | 9,928 | 89,643 | 902.97% |
| PXF | PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio | 66,447 | 554,590 | 834.64% |
| KXI | iShares S'P Global Consumer Staples | 62,386 | 482,822 | 773.93% |
| PXH | PowerShares FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets Portfolio | 107,780 | 814,585 | 755.79% |
| STIP | iShares Barclays 0-5 Year TIPS Bond | 32,432 | 217,320 | 670.09% |
| DEF | Guggenheim Defensive Equity | 22,397 | 147,920 | 660.46% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| FUE | ELEMENTS MLCX Biofuels Total Return ETN | 7.65% | 14,618 | 2.46 |
| AGF | PowerShares DB Agriculture Long ETN | 6.18% | 9,155 | 12.40 |
| JJE | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Energy Total Return ETN | 5.97% | 1,800 | 11.55 |
| EMCD | SPDR BofA Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Corporate Bond | 4.94% | 1,300 | 15.16 |
| BLND | ETRACS DJ-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Blended Futures ETN | 4.91% | 5,320 | 10.00 |
| WEAT | Teucrium Wheat | 4.76% | 20,128 | 3.10 |
| GRU | ELEMENTS MLCX Grains - Total Return ETN | 4.65% | 140,818 | 16.45 |
| UGEM | EGShares Utilities GEMS | 4.47% | 15,975 | 2.66 |
| JJG | iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return ETN | 4.38% | 315,976 | 179.39 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | 4.28% | 5,304 | 6.71 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| EWP | iShares MSCI Spain | -4.83% | 787,263 | 169.77 |
| EWI | iShares MSCI Italy | -4.73% | 735,884 | 143.62 |
| FEZ | SPDR Euro STOXX 50 | -3.41% | 567,461 | 619.99 |
| EWQ | iShares MSCI France | -3.17% | 1,927,398 | 278.21 |
| IPU | SPDR S'P International Utilities | -3.09% | 7,549 | 13.46 |
| NORW | Global X FTSE Norway | -3.09% | 54,051 | 44.15 |
| EZU | iShares MSCI EMU | -3.01% | 876,192 | 726.57 |
| EWO | iShares MSCI Austria Investable Market | -2.95% | 11,701 | 53.88 |
| PIN | PowerShares India Portfolio | -2.88% | 905,150 | 387.52 |
| EUFN | iShares MSCI-Europe Financials | -2.86% | 18,544 | 21.90 |
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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