The SPDR S'P 500 ETF (SPY) suffered redemptions of almost $4 billion in the past week, making the world’s biggest exchange-traded fund the leading edge of net outflows. But total ETF assets rose with the market to a record.
Overall, net outflows totaled $3.89 billion, but total assets invested in U.S.-listed ETFs edged up to $1.228 trillion, a record by dint of the stock market’s gains. ETF assets ended the prior week at $1.227 trillion, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse.
The Dow Jones industrial average added 84 points, or 0.6 percent, to close on Aug. 16 at 13,250.11. It was a week of mostly light summer trading.
The most popular ETF in the past week was the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), which gathered $468.5 million. GLD, the world’s second-biggest ETF, had assets of $65.17 billion at the end of Thursday’s session.
The net outflows were fueled by equities, which recorded redemptions of more than $5 billion.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | 468.47 | 65,169.47 | 0.72% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | 272.21 | 23,689.28 | 1.16% |
| XLK | Technology Select SPDR | 253.89 | 9,973.77 | 2.61% |
| OEF | iShares S'P 100 | 152.58 | 4,860.26 | 3.24% |
| VXX | iPath S'P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 148.59 | 1,707.41 | 9.53% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 133.13 | 7,658.76 | 1.77% |
| IFGL | iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate ex-US. | 99.33 | 1,199.17 | 9.03% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 94.61 | 6,564.15 | 1.46% |
| VNQ | Vanguard REIT | 92.01 | 13,863.58 | 0.67% |
| VEU | Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US | 88.98 | 7,073.90 | 1.27% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S'P 500 | -3,921.98 | 104,344.61 | -3.62% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -719.42 | 34,401.12 | -2.05% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -701.59 | 15,099.48 | -4.44% |
| XRT | SPDR S'P Retail | -236.97 | 698.45 | -25.33% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | -214.30 | 3,604.91 | -5.61% |
| GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners | -201.55 | 8,158.64 | -2.41% |
| CIU | iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond | -131.35 | 5,265.51 | -2.43% |
| IEF | iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | -128.95 | 4,550.54 | -2.76% |
| IWO | iShares Russell 2000 Growth | -109.67 | 3,884.42 | -2.75% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | -109.42 | 3,228.59 | -3.28% |
ETF Weekly Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -5,037.07 | 566,292.08 | -0.89% |
| International Equity | 202.81 | 278,593.76 | 0.07% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 199.84 | 214,389.60 | 0.09% |
| International Fixed Income | 94.23 | 19,301.78 | 0.49% |
| Commodities | 388.65 | 107,518.88 | 0.36% |
| Currency | -46.86 | 2,845.90 | -1.65% |
| Leveraged | -64.90 | 12,593.71 | -0.52% |
| Inverse | 192.89 | 19,909.57 | 0.97% |
| Asset Allocation | 8.19 | 2,063.92 | 0.40% |
| Alternatives | 169.64 | 4,109.63 | 4.13% |
| Total: | -3,892.58 | 1,227,618.82 | -0.32% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds '$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1 Week Average Volume |
% of Average |
| CLY | iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond | 0 | 1,913,261 | 863.99% |
| PPLT | ETFS Physical Platinum | 0 | 452,811 | 328.85% |
| GOVT | iShares Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond | 0 | 2,373,035 | 320.69% |
| EWRM | Guggenheim Russell Midcap Equal Weight | 0 | 164,691 | 312.29% |
| WOOD | iShares S'P Global Timber ' Forestry | 0 | 156,292 | 312.21% |
| FYX | First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX | 0 | 398,525 | 291.79% |
| YMLP | Yorkville High Income MLP | 0 | 596,712 | 282.17% |
| PVI | PowerShares VRDO Tax-Free Weekly | 0 | 1,471,098 | 277.10% |
| GXC | SPDR S'P China | 0 | 748,517 | 267.52% |
| RYU | Guggenheim S'P Equal Weight Utilities | 0 | 108,060 | 263.41% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| URA | Global X Uranium | 8.44% | 704,381 | 152.28 |
| TDV | db-X 2040 Target Date | 6.10% | 5,953 | 30.87 |
| EWP | iShares MSCI Spain | 5.99% | 2,527,492 | 180.48 |
| GRN | iPath Global Carbon ETN | 5.83% | 15,350 | 1.31 |
| CHEP | QuantShares U.S. Market Neutral Value | 5.14% | 1,222 | 7.33 |
| GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | 4.76% | 39,130 | 8.20 |
| SNDS | Sustainable North American Oil Sands | 4.75% | 32,665 | 2.29 |
| NLR | Market Vectors Uranium + Nuclear Energy | 4.52% | 98,986 | 82.39 |
| XTL | SPDR S'P Telecom | 4.32% | 2,637 | 4.41 |
| NASI | Pax MSCI North American ESG | 4.31% | 5,469 | 10.33 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | Weekly Performance | Weekly Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -6.64% | 93,176 | 5.66 |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas | -6.59% | 50,610,943 | 1,091.74 |
| ZROZ | PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury | -6.33% | 460,888 | 117.34 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | -5.71% | 107,038 | 24.64 |
| NAGS | Teucrium Natural Gas Fund | -5.24% | 40,107 | 3.42 |
| EIPO | ETRACS Next Generation Internet ETN | -5.15% | 114,622 | 5.45 |
| CAFE | iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN | -5.10% | 14,146 | 1.22 |
| EDV | Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury | -4.97% | 249,739 | 206.33 |
| JJS | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Softs Total Return ETN | -4.85% | 86,682 | 12.55 |
| UNL | United States 12 Month Natural Gas | -4.81% | 105,341 | 45.44 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| ITB | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction | 51.14 | 3.29 | 1,033.15 |
| EGPT | Market Vectors Egypt | 43.66 | 4.14 | 48.80 |
| BBH | Market Vectors Biotech | 37.25 | 0.48 | 119.98 |
| TUR | iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market | 37.00 | 0.82 | 546.70 |
| JJG | iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return ETN | 36.73 | -2.32 | 182.89 |
| XHB | SPDR S'P Homebuilders | 36.00 | 2.94 | 1,462.34 |
| FBT | First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology | 32.52 | 1.17 | 244.70 |
| GRU | ELEMENTS MLCX Grains - Total Return ETN | 31.52 | -2.49 | 18.91 |
| XBI | SPDR S'P Biotech | 30.27 | 1.09 | 632.11 |
| WEET | iPath Pure Beta Grains ETN | 28.88 | -0.85 | 2.78 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| Ticker | Name | YTD Performance | Weekly Performance | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -74.45 | -6.64 | 5.66 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -67.71 | -1.29 | 131.65 |
| VXX | iPath S'P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -67.60 | -1.03 | 1,707.41 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -67.57 | -0.92 | 23.62 |
| VXAA | ETRACS 1-Month S'P 500 VIX Futures ETN | -66.85 | -12.96 | 2.85 |
| VXBB | ETRACS 2-Month S'P 500 VIX Futures ETN | -54.14 | -11.23 | 4.08 |
| VXCC | ETRACS 3-Month S'P 500 VIX Futures ETN | -43.03 | -0.32 | 5.37 |
| VXDD | ETRACS 4-Month S'P 500 VIX Futures ETN | -38.03 | 0.00 | 5.72 |
| VXZ | iPath S'P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -33.38 | 0.27 | 189.74 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | -33.12 | -5.71 | 24.64 |
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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