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ETF Fund Flows: GLD Adds $553.6 Million
By Dave Nadig and Olivier Ludwig | January 30, 2012

Related ETFs: XLF / EEM / UUP / GLD / MDY / SPY

Investors plowed $553.6 million into the SPDR Gold ETF (NYSEArca: GLD), making it the No. 1 ETF on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list and helping propel U.S.-listed ETF assets to a record.

Net flows totaled $1.29 billion and total assets under management rose to $1.152 trillion, breaking the previous record of $1.150 trillion, set on Thursday, Jan. 26. Stocks finished mostly lower, but an upswing in financial shares helped the S&P 500 preserve its fourth week of gains.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 74.17 points, or .0.58 percent, to close at 12,660.46, capping the first week that the Dow closed at a loss. Stocks were down on news from the U.S. Commerce Department saying that while growth in the fourth quarter was fastest in the past 18 months, it was still less than economists expected. The S&P 500 was down 2.10 points, or 0.16 percent, to close at 1,316.33.

The SPDR S&P Mid Cap 400 ETF (NYSEArca: MDY) had inflows of $210.6 million, making it the No. 2 fund on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10” Creations list. The No. 3 fund on the list was the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (NYSEArca: EEM). It pulled in $207.8 million.

Bonds had a strong day on Friday, with U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs gathering $422.5 million.

Redemptions

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY) had outflows of $928.2 million, making it the No. 1 ETF on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10” redemptions list.

The No. 2 fund on the redemptions list was the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSEArca: UUP), which had outflows of $132.1 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLF), which had outflows of $61.47 million.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker Name Net Flows ($,mm) AUM ($, mm) AUM % Change
GLD SPDR Gold 553.64 70,513.73 1%
MDY SPDR S&P MidCap 400 210.63 10,330.91 2%
EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets 207.75 37,055.31 1%
VWO Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets 203.47 49,727.71 0%
JNK SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond 192.57 10,548.91 2%
QQQ PowerShares QQQ 165.99 30,590.45 1%
TLT iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond 118.05 3,364.43 4%
SLV iShares Silver 105.76 10,339.59 1%
DLN WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend 93.26 1,101.46 9%
HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond 89.95 13,132.70 1%


Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker Name Net Flows ($,mm) AUM ($, mm) AUM % Change
SPY SPDR S&P 500 -928.20 99,710.07 -1%
UUP PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish -132.06 1,549.50 -8%
XLF Financial Select SPDR -61.47 6,744.96 -1%
XLE Energy Select SPDR -60.73 8,275.34 -1%
CIU iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond -54.06 4,486.57 -1%
IWM iShares Russell 2000 -39.87 15,798.50 -0%
IVV iShares S&P 500 -39.64 28,181.20 -0%
USO United States Oil -38.26 1,346.75 -3%
KBE SPDR S&P Bank -36.18 1,355.54 -3%
CLY iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond -34.89 319.83 -10%


ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class

Net Flows ($, mm) AUM ($, mm) % of AUM
U.S. Equity -418.86 516,890.73 -0.08%
International Equity 758.10 278,766.53 0.27%
U.S. Fixed Income 422.46 185,786.20 0.23%
International Fixed Income 40.15 13,183.48 0.30%
Commodities 687.03 115,675.71 0.59%
Currency - 4,176.55 0.00%
Leveraged -27.05 13,196.71 -0.20%
Inverse -188.43 20,802.04 -0.91%
Asset Allocation 3.06 1,012.17 0.30%
Alternatives 23.18 2,833.64 0.82%
Total: 1,299.63 1,152,323.75 0.11%


Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker Name Average Volume
(30 Day)		 1-Day Volume % of Average
IWL iShares Russell Top 200 36,354 835,000 2297%
PSCF PowerShares S&P SmallCap Financials 18,732 308,108 1645%
PFM PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio 332,629 3,175,613 955%
HYS Pimco 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond 15,417 104,332 677%
PID PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio 378,145 2,438,973 645%
PSCT PowerShares S&P SmallCap Information Technology 55,509 353,864 637%
XPH SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals 75,331 443,534 589%
PSCH PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care 32,423 186,056 574%
BIK SPDR S&P BRIC 40 173,315 977,934 564%
SPLV PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility 1,008,058 5,391,512 535%


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

Ticker Name 1-Day Performance 1-Day Volume AUM ($, mm)
GRN iPath Global Carbon ETN 18.83% 3,280 1.43
GAZ iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN 5.71% 250,906 50.37
SOCL Global X Social Media 5.19% 16,195 1.41
KWT Market Vectors Solar Energy 5.18% 30,192 13.60
TAN Guggenheim Solar 4.97% 871,688 83.12
UNG United States Natural Gas 4.63% 33,149,930 988.00
XBI SPDR S&P Biotech 4.10% 260,206 524.30
NAGS Teucrium Natural Gas Fund 3.93% 6,903 1.29
EU WisdomTree Euro Debt 3.71% 3,531 4.89
UNL United States 12 Month Natural Gas 3.33% 37,242 19.92

Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker Name 1-Day Performance 1-Day Volume AUM ($, mm)
TSXV Global X S&P TSX Venture 30 Canada -7.68% 3,700 2.87
NIB iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Total Return ETN -3.75% 88,197 20.35
VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN -2.14% 16,859,930 650.68
VIIX VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN -2.14% 5,164 25.39
VIXY ProShares VIX Short-Term -2.13% 99,542 30.56
SGG iPath Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Total Return ETN -1.92% 16,205 33.95
PEK Market Vectors China -1.83% 1,400 16.06
VXZ iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN -1.81% 336,826 187.57
VIXM ProShares VIX Mid-term -1.77% 28,034 82.04
USV ETRACS CMCI Silver Total Return ETN -1.76% 9,200 7.61

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.