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Investors on Wednesday pulled a total of $761 million out of two popular gold ETFs, while continuing to pile into equity funds, suggesting anxiety in financial markets may be easing, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse.com.
The SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) topped redemptions yesterday as investors cashed in $690 million worth of the second-biggest U.S. ETF. They also yanked $71 million out of the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDX).
That said, the $273.3 million that exited the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEArca: IWM) was consistent with the stock market’s downward movement on Wednesday, as the small-cap fund is often a gauge of appetite for risk. Stock prices were weighed on by the Federal Reserve’s “Beige Book” report saying that while the economy continues to recover in the U.S., growth is increasingly sluggish.
The top of the creations list was meanwhile populated by the usual suspects, starting with the large-cap SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), which added $1.21 billion in assets. Investors also poured $616.8 million into the PowerShares QQQ (NYSEArca: QQQQ) of Nasdaq’s 100-biggest companies and $315 million into the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (NYSEArca: EEM).
Total assets in the more than 1,000 U.S. ETFs now listed in the U.S. dipped to $834.94 billion, as the stock market’s losses offset total creations of $3.08 billion.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell on Wednesday 39.81, or 0.38 percent, to 10,497.88.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| SPY |
SPDR S&P 500 |
1,207.52 |
73,363.32 |
2% |
| QQQQ |
PowerShares QQQ |
616.80 |
18,805.60 |
3% |
| EEM |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets |
315.01 |
38,764.78 |
1% |
| MDY |
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 |
280.02 |
9,122.83 |
3% |
| XLU |
Utilities Select Sector SPDR |
243.55 |
3,880.48 |
7% |
| CSJ |
Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond |
208.55 |
6,976.05 |
3% |
| XLP |
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR |
196.15 |
3,192.12 |
7% |
| DIA |
Dow Diamonds |
194.32 |
8,512.62 |
2% |
| XLY |
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR |
131.88 |
1,824.45 |
8% |
| XLF |
Financial Select Sector SPDR |
126.13 |
5,926.50 |
2% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| GLD |
SPDR Gold |
-690.04 |
47,680.80 |
-1% |
| XRT |
SPDR S&P Retail |
-275.47 |
387.56 |
-42% |
| IWM |
iShares Russell 2000 |
-273.30 |
15,093.24 |
-2% |
| SH |
ProShares Short S&P500 |
-76.41 |
2,349.66 |
-3% |
| GDX |
Market Vectors Gold Miners |
-71.05 |
6,422.59 |
-1% |
| EWJ |
iShares MSCI Japan |
-64.23 |
4,566.07 |
-1% |
| FAS |
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x |
-58.46 |
1,658.04 |
-3% |
| TBT |
ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury |
-49.98 |
4,678.40 |
-1% |
| XOP |
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production |
-32.40 |
425.30 |
-7% |
| IVE |
iShares S&P 500 Value |
-32.02 |
3,735.81 |
-1% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| U.S. Equity |
2,884.92 |
363,097.57 |
0.79% |
| International Equity |
463.84 |
217,379.29 |
0.21% |
| U.S. Fixed Income |
477.31 |
121,689.19 |
0.39% |
| International Fixed Income |
13.37 |
4,877.01 |
0.27% |
| Commodity |
-705.92 |
77,433.38 |
-0.91% |
| Currency |
-33.15 |
5,197.66 |
-0.64% |
| Inverse |
-8.99 |
21,131.15 |
-0.04% |
| Leveraged |
-106.34 |
11,376.91 |
-0.93% |
| Blend |
- |
734.06 |
0.00% |
| Alternatives |
95.25 |
12,026.55 |
0.79% |
| Total: |
3,080.28 |
834,942.77 |
0.37% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| CRBQ |
Jefferies TR/J CRB Global Commodity Equity |
10,421 |
70,410 |
676% |
| IXC |
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector |
142,203 |
742,067 |
522% |
| PJP |
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio |
9,410 |
44,032 |
468% |
| TAN |
Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy |
418,137 |
1,799,568 |
430% |
| UCI |
UBS E-TRACS CMCI Total Return ETN |
4,274 |
15,700 |
367% |
| FRN |
Claymore/BNY Mellon Frontier Markets |
67,528 |
237,760 |
352% |
| MLN |
Market Vectors Long Municipal |
13,357 |
46,480 |
348% |
| FDL |
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders |
20,847 |
71,997 |
345% |
| PCY |
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio |
304,009 |
1,047,868 |
345% |
| PXJ |
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio |
68,298 |
226,647 |
332% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and >1,000 Shares Traded
| GSW |
GlobalShares FTSE All World |
20.56% |
3,864 |
3.73 |
| RFF |
Grail RP Financials |
5.67% |
2,000 |
2.52 |
| LD |
iPath Dow Jones-UBS Lead Subindex Total Return ETN |
4.23% |
3,900 |
4.84 |
| IPF |
SPDR S&P International Financial Sector |
4.11% |
2,413 |
15.45 |
| EUFN |
iShares MSCI-Europe Financials |
3.91% |
9,346 |
12.27 |
| TDV |
TDX Independence 2040 |
3.21% |
1,028 |
32.37 |
| IFEU |
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe |
2.34% |
2,812 |
8.11 |
| UAG |
UBS E-TRACS CMCI Agriculture Total Return ETN |
2.22% |
7,830 |
6.03 |
| NLR |
Market Vectors Nuclear Energy |
2.20% |
27,925 |
166.13 |
| WREI |
Wilshire US REIT |
2.17% |
4,050 |
5.55 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and >1,000 Shares Traded
| GSZ |
GlobalShares FTSE All Cap Asia Pac ex Japan |
-8.69% |
1,800 |
5.70 |
| GDX |
Market Vectors Gold Miners |
-3.68% |
8,291,545 |
6,422.59 |
| XME |
SPDR S&P Metals and Mining |
-3.56% |
3,357,741 |
724.56 |
| XHB |
SPDR S&P Homebuilders |
-3.48% |
6,621,060 |
753.48 |
| AGF |
PowerShares DB Agriculture Long ETN |
-3.37% |
1,345 |
2.47 |
| KWT |
Market Vectors Solar Energy |
-2.86% |
5,338 |
26.04 |
| PSAU |
PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals Portfolio |
-2.86% |
3,261 |
44.86 |
| DBS |
PowerShares DB Silver |
-2.86% |
5,114 |
74.10 |
| SIVR |
ETFS Physical Silver |
-2.82% |
270,878 |
163.46 |
| SLV |
iShares Silver |
-2.70% |
6,902,726 |
5,203.89 |
Disclaimer: All data as of 6 a.m. Eastern following the day noted in the headline. Data is believed to be accurate; however, transient market data is often subject to subsequent revision and correction by the exchanges. |
