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Weekly ETF Fund Flows

Weekly ETF Flows: SPY, GLD Steal The Show
By Olly Ludwig | August 24, 2012

Related ETFs: TLT / DIA / GLD / SPY

The world’s two biggest exchange-traded funds were the most popular ETFs in the past week, as investors flocked to stocks and to gold amid speculation that the Federal Reserve might be on the verge of soon launching a new round of quantitative easing.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY) and SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD), the gold ETF, gathered $2.29 billion and $1.20 billion, respectively. Overall, net inflows were positive to the tune of $6.69 billion, and total U.S.-listed ETF assets climbed to $1.235 trillion in the five trading days ended Aug. 23, from $1.228 trillion in the prior week, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse.

Those flows were enough to offset declining stock markets that moved lower in range-bound trade amid all the speculation about what the Fed might do at its next policy meeting. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 192.62 points, or 1.4 percent, to end the five-day trading period at 13,250.11.

Equities as an asset class pulled in more than $4 billion, while commodities added $1.43 billion.

The least-popular ETF in the past week was the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust (NYSEArca: DIA), which suffered outflows of $382.3 million.

Right behind DIA in the No. 2 slot was the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSEArca: TLT). The $3.5 billion bond fund recorded redemptions of $235.0 million.

 

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker Name Net Flows ($,mm) AUM ($, mm) AUM % Change
SPY SPDR S&P 500 2,293.63 105,652.51 2.22%
GLD SPDR Gold 1,203.50 68,859.34 1.78%
QQQ PowerShares QQQ 704.24 35,024.31 2.05%
IWM iShares Russell 2000 668.27 15,627.13 4.47%
VWO Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets 518.74 54,448.56 0.96%
VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN 251.16 2,007.14 14.30%
IAU iShares Gold Trust 246.84 10,077.76 2.51%
VNQ Vanguard REIT 158.82 13,961.23 1.15%
TZA Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x 141.93 1,042.65 15.76%
XLF Financial Select SPDR 126.02 6,667.98 1.93%


Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker Name Net Flows ($,mm) AUM ($, mm) AUM % Change
DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust -382.28 11,356.96 -3.26%
TLT iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund -234.98 3,500.56 -6.29%
XLV Health Care Select SPDR -202.15 4,623.41 -4.19%
XLP Consumer Staples Select SPDR -171.27 5,797.21 -2.87%
TNA Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x -139.11 536.06 -20.60%
XLI Industrial Select SPDR -122.18 3,440.45 -3.43%
XLU Utilities Select SPDR -114.62 6,173.54 -1.82%
IEF iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond -96.22 4,511.47 -2.09%
TBT ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury -94.55 2,990.67 -3.06%
MDY SPDR S&P MidCap 400 -83.95 9,321.51 -0.89%


ETF Weekly Daily Flows By Asset Class

Net Flows ($, mm) AUM ($, mm) % of AUM
U.S. Equity 3,434.98 564,691.00 0.61%
International Equity 889.29 279,731.79 0.32%
U.S. Fixed Income 379.35 216,257.52 0.18%
International Fixed Income 67.47 19,541.71 0.35%
Commodities 1,433.01 113,148.80 1.27%
Currency 62.22 2,923.00 2.13%
Leveraged -223.50 12,482.54 -1.79%
Inverse 352.93 20,059.06 1.76%
Asset Allocation 25.38 2,080.72 1.22%
Alternatives 264.48 4,442.69 5.95%
Total: 6,685.60 1,235,358.81 0.54%


Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker Name Average Volume
(30 Day)		 1 Week Average
Volume		 % of Average
KLD iShares MSCI USA ESG Select Social 12,800 278,982 435.90%
DGT SPDR Global Dow 8,857 188,375 425.38%
SPHB PowerShares S&P 500 High Beta 100,122 1,944,594 388.45%
GXC SPDR S&P China 139,207 2,288,832 328.84%
SLYG SPDR S&P SmallCap 600 Growth 3,676 59,444 323.43%
NY iShares NYSE 100 2,921 45,293 310.14%
PPLT ETFS Physical Platinum 68,674 1,038,512 302.45%
PALL ETFS Physical Palladium 62,671 919,956 293.58%
FLOT iShares Floating Rate Note 76,743 1,095,683 285.55%
FXY CurrencyShares Japanese Yen 171,369 2,364,394 275.94%


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

Ticker Name Weekly Performance Weekly Volume AUM ($, mm)
PALL ETFS Physical Palladium 11.76% 919,956 511.82
SLVP iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners 9.75% 9,295 2.10
JJT iPath Dow Jones-UBS Tin Total Return ETN 9.46% 6,951 7.74
DBS PowerShares DB Silver 8.42% 124,482 63.19
SIVR ETFS Physical Silver 8.19% 1,527,914 534.71
SLV iShares Silver Trust 8.15% 72,121,806 9,525.00
PTM ETRACS CMCI Long Platinum Total Return ETN 8.08% 224,740 35.60
WITE ETFS Physical WM Basket 8.04% 17,276 37.73
PGM iPath Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Total Return ETN 7.83% 46,376 31.13
EU WisdomTree Euro Debt 7.75% 132,933 4.31

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

Ticker Name Weekly Performance Weekly Volume AUM ($, mm)
VNM Market Vectors Vietnam -9.78% 1,137,827 275.44
RRF WisdomTree Global Real Return -7.82% 1,149 4.86
CVOL C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility -6.64% 200,250 6.01
BTAH QuantShares U.S. Market Neutral Beta -6.13% 1,240 3.64
CHEP QuantShares U.S. Market Neutral Value -5.39% 5,500 7.25
FCG First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas -3.97% 1,438,511 440.59
BRXX EGShares Brazil Infrastructure -3.45% 152,794 73.60
XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production -3.45% 18,825,295 917.18
BRAZ Global X Brazil Mid Cap -3.44% 60,530 20.87
PSI PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors -3.31% 13,242 18.61

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker Name YTD Performance Weekly Performance AUM ($, mm)
ITB iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction 50.21 -0.61 1,044.86
EGPT Market Vectors Egypt 43.97 0.22 50.21
JJG iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return ETN 40.33 2.63 178.07
BBH Market Vectors Biotech 38.02 0.56 120.46
TUR iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market 37.75 0.54 557.20
WEET iPath Pure Beta Grains ETN 37.00 6.30 2.88
XHB SPDR S&P Homebuilders 36.41 0.30 1,535.34
GRU ELEMENTS MLCX Grains - Total Return ETN 34.56 2.31 19.34
FBT First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology 32.98 0.35 245.32
XBI SPDR S&P Biotech 31.73 1.12 634.16

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 6.01
VXAA ETRACS 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN -68.21 -4.11 2.73
VIXY ProShares VIX Short-Term -66.83 2.70 153.62
VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN -66.76 2.61 2,007.14
VIIX VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN -66.68 2.73 22.91
VXBB ETRACS 2-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN -52.82 2.87 4.19
VXCC ETRACS 3-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN -40.99 3.58 5.56
VXDD ETRACS 4-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN -38.03 0.00 5.72
JO iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN -32.63 0.74 25.02
CAFE iPath Pure Beta Coffee ETN -31.81 0.66 1.22

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.