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ETF Fund Flows: SPY Nets $756.7 Million
By Alex Ulam and Olivier Ludwig | February 09, 2012

Related ETFs: CSJ / EFA / EEM / IWM / SPY / VWO

Investors poured $756.7 million into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list, as total U.S.-listed ETFs rose to yet another record high. Stocks recorded modest gains on news that Greece might actually be on the verge of making a debt deal.

Net flows were $1.12 billion and total assets under management rose to a new record of $1.183 trillion from the previous record of almost $1.177 trillion set on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up by 5.75 points, or 0.04 percent, to close at 12,883.95. Stocks were up in response to positive news coming from Greece as well as renewed confidence in the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 was up 2.91 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 1,349.96.

The No. 2 fund on the Top 10 Creations list was the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (NYSEArca: VWO), which had inflows of $458.4 million. The No. 3 fund was the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: EEM), which had inflows of $216.5 million.

Redemptions

The No. 1 fund on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list was the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSEArca: EFA), which had outflows of $486.6 million.

The No. 2 fund on the redemptions list was the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSEArca: IWM), which had outflows of $285.3 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond Fund (NYSEArca: CSJ), which had outflows of $188.4 million.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
SPY	SPDR S&P 500	756.67	99,709.10	1%
VWO	Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets	458.43	53,878.98	1%
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	216.51	39,877.76	1%
HYG	iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond	189.42	13,584.12	1%
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR	163.43	2,937.54	6%
JNK	SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond	110.32	11,131.29	1%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond	104.06	18,822.94	1%
VNQ	Vanguard REIT	88.33	10,837.60	1%
USO	United States Oil	72.05	1,338.58	6%
EBND	SPDR Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Local Bond	69.61	126.56	122%

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker	Name	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($, mm)	AUM % Change
EFA	iShares MSCI EAFE	-486.63	38,897.96	-1%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	-285.28	17,385.57	-2%
CSJ	iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond	-188.35	9,103.68	-2%
XLE	Energy Select SPDR	-154.83	7,883.21	-2%
XLP	Consumer Staples Select SPDR	-154.28	4,890.51	-3%
FXY	CurrencyShares Japanese Yen	-108.80	364.80	-23%
DIA	SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust	-102.96	11,729.72	-1%
XLI	Industrial Select SPDR	-98.69	3,754.91	-3%
IWO	iShares Russell 2000 Growth	-66.47	3,935.68	-2%
XLU	Utilities Select SPDR	-62.91	6,642.95	-1%

ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	367.42	531,524.91	0.07%
International Equity	349.40	291,179.24	0.12%
U.S. Fixed Income	262.38	187,115.51	0.14%
International Fixed Income	108.03	13,410.40	0.81%
Commodities	125.18	117,772.91	0.11%
Currency	-96.43	3,857.67	-2.50%
Leveraged	-30.73	13,735.48	-0.22%
Inverse	-16.76	19,901.44	-0.08%
Asset Allocation	-1.29	1,047.66	-0.12%
Alternatives	54.55	3,181.50	1.71%
Total:	1,121.75	1,182,726.74	0.09%

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker	Name	Average Volume (30 Day)	1-Day Volume	% of Average
TUZ	PIMCO 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury	22,443	148,973	664%
GXC	SPDR S&P China	157,287	1,037,412	660%
PSK	SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock	32,594	209,977	644%
RYJ	Guggenheim Raymond James SB-1 Equity	20,113	90,351	449%
WDTI	WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund	115,385	514,666	446%
GML	SPDR S&P Emerging Latin America	18,689	83,360	446%
GAF	SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa	6,115	27,038	442%
EXI	iShares S&P Global Industrials	41,995	183,109	436%
BSCH	Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 Corporate Bond	43,297	180,912	418%
PSCD	PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary	20,720	84,423	407%

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

Ticker	Name	1-Day Performance	1-Day Volume	AUM ($, mm)
EWHS	iShares MSCI Hong Kong Small Cap	6.04%	4,400	5.48
TAN	Guggenheim Solar	4.82%	1,344,748	99.61
KWT	Market Vectors Solar Energy	4.45%	61,240	16.32
PTM	ETRACS CMCI Long Platinum Total Return ETN	4.13%	93,309	46.48
FUE	ELEMENTS MLCX Biofuels Total Return ETN	3.64%	2,694	2.11
ALUM	Global X Aluminum	3.57%	1,988	3.33
CHII	Global X China Industrials	3.53%	15,863	5.14
HAO	Guggenheim China Small Cap	3.50%	110,891	165.86
CHIM	Global X China Materials	3.50%	5,422	3.13
CHXX	EGShares INDXX China Infrastructure	3.50%	3,055	14.46

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%	4,054	3.03
GRN	iPath Global Carbon ETN	-5.04%	1,840	1.46
IRY	SPDR S&P International Health Care	-4.88%	2,050	17.57
UNG	United States Natural Gas	-1.70%	15,217,731	934.67
GDXJ	Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners	-1.68%	2,415,066	2,488.31
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech	-1.65%	359,673	538.18
NAGS	Teucrium Natural Gas Fund	-1.46%	3,466	1.22
GLDX	Global X Gold Explorers	-1.46%	5,775	30.25
BDCS	ETRACS Wells Fargo Business Company Index ETN	-1.39%	3,825	9.69
GERJ	Market Vectors Germany Small-Cap	-1.24%	1,450	3.12

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.