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The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY) was the most popular exchange-traded fund in the past week, with investors pouring fresh money into both stock and bond funds even as the stock market edged downward.
SPY pulled in $2.05 billion and the iShares Barclays Short Treasury Bond Fund (NYSEArca: SHV) gathered $231.4 million. U.S. equities as a class attracted $2.47 billion, while U.S. fixed income added just over $1 billion in new money.
Overall, net inflows totaled $3.90 billion in the five-day trading period ended Aug. 30, though total U.S.-listed ETF assets dipped to $1.232 trillion from $1.234 trillion in the week ended Aug. 23, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse.
Assets were pulled down by a stock market that edged lower in the five-day period. The Dow Jones industrial average eased to just over 13,000 in the week after settling at 13,057.46 the prior week. The market was mostly quiet ahead of comments on Friday by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Bernanke, speaking at the central bank’s annual summer retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyo., suggested the Fed was at the ready to step in and stimulate the world’s biggest economy with fresh asset purchases, but stopped short of serving up any tangible plans. The Dow was up almost 180 points, or 1.1 percent, on the news.
Among the other noteworthy creations last week was the $161.8 million that flowed into the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD), the world’s biggest gold bullion ETF. In all, as an asset class, commodities gathered $402.1 million.
Last week’s least popular ETF was the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSEArca: IWM). It suffered redemptions of $500.9 million.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| SPY |
SPDR S&P 500 |
2,051.53 |
107,546.78 |
1.94% |
| SHV |
iShares Barclays Short Treasury Bond |
231.42 |
2,611.98 |
9.72% |
| MDY |
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 |
228.36 |
9,546.52 |
2.45% |
| TIP |
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond |
205.22 |
23,229.49 |
0.89% |
| JNK |
SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond |
171.32 |
11,879.08 |
1.46% |
| GLD |
SPDR Gold |
161.75 |
68,819.95 |
0.24% |
| VB |
Vanguard Small-Cap |
148.48 |
4,400.64 |
3.49% |
| USO |
United States Oil |
137.98 |
1,289.05 |
11.99% |
| VEA |
Vanguard MSCI EAFE |
115.33 |
8,885.24 |
1.32% |
| VBK |
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth |
111.93 |
2,154.95 |
5.48% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| IWM |
iShares Russell 2000 |
-500.87 |
15,182.60 |
-3.19% |
| OIH |
Market Vectors Oil Services |
-209.57 |
1,016.97 |
-17.09% |
| FXI |
iShares FTSE China 25 |
-181.66 |
4,255.18 |
-4.09% |
| SLV |
iShares Silver Trust |
-102.49 |
9,529.48 |
-1.06% |
| BWX |
SPDR Barclays Capital International Treasury Bond |
-96.41 |
1,865.38 |
-4.91% |
| IWB |
iShares Russell 1000 |
-89.77 |
6,365.21 |
-1.39% |
| TLT |
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond |
-88.66 |
3,443.35 |
-2.51% |
| LQD |
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond |
-71.82 |
24,003.86 |
-0.30% |
| SHY |
iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond |
-59.11 |
8,810.22 |
-0.67% |
| XLY |
Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR |
-56.59 |
3,237.15 |
-1.72% |
ETF Weekly Daily Flows By Asset Class
| U.S. Equity |
2,465.97 |
566,916.94 |
0.43% |
| International Equity |
-178.30 |
272,815.77 |
-0.07% |
| U.S. Fixed Income |
1,047.62 |
217,791.69 |
0.48% |
| International Fixed Income |
56.92 |
19,562.04 |
0.29% |
| Commodities |
402.08 |
113,271.54 |
0.35% |
| Currency |
-32.26 |
2,869.10 |
-1.12% |
| Leveraged |
-14.57 |
12,395.93 |
-0.12% |
| Inverse |
-9.48 |
20,057.06 |
-0.05% |
| Asset Allocation |
18.08 |
2,095.33 |
0.86% |
| Alternatives |
147.44 |
4,625.87 |
3.19% |
| Total: |
3,903.50 |
1,232,401.26 |
0.32% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| PXJ |
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services |
83,933 |
1,825,755 |
435.05% |
| EQIN |
Russell Equity Income |
1,824 |
36,664 |
402.12% |
| GMM |
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets |
23,912 |
461,377 |
385.90% |
| VTWO |
Vanguard Russell 2000 |
24,970 |
406,936 |
325.94% |
| VXUS |
Vanguard Total International Stock |
193,181 |
2,998,923 |
310.48% |
| TDTF |
FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS |
68,758 |
1,046,262 |
304.33% |
| EMCB |
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond |
12,028 |
169,760 |
282.29% |
| LIT |
Global X Lithium |
27,906 |
387,567 |
277.77% |
| LVOL |
Russell 1000 Low Volatility |
17,735 |
232,366 |
262.04% |
| SHV |
iShares Barclays Short Treasury Bond |
329,559 |
4,005,447 |
243.08% |
Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| NIB |
iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Total Return ETN |
10.02% |
384,001 |
44.82 |
| CHOC |
iPath Pure Beta Cocoa ETN |
9.60% |
36,383 |
5.11 |
| RRF |
WisdomTree Global Real Return |
6.95% |
3,662 |
4.84 |
| FUE |
ELEMENTS MLCX Biofuels Total Return ETN |
3.77% |
1,150 |
2.06 |
| USV |
ETRACS CMCI Silver Total Return ETN |
3.41% |
4,080 |
6.80 |
| SOYB |
Teucrium Soybeans |
3.26% |
164,355 |
12.82 |
| BDG |
PowerShares DB Base Metals Long ETN |
3.11% |
1,450 |
1.35 |
| EGPT |
Market Vectors Egypt |
3.08% |
146,291 |
51.50 |
| VNM |
Market Vectors Vietnam |
2.56% |
988,685 |
269.96 |
| JJN |
iPath Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Total Return ETN |
2.49% |
2,830 |
6.74 |
Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| KWT |
Market Vectors Solar Energy |
-9.47% |
10,857 |
10.87 |
| TAN |
Guggenheim Solar |
-9.24% |
154,749 |
42.58 |
| EMT |
EGShares Emerging Markets Metals & Mining |
-7.33% |
19,146 |
11.40 |
| PLTM |
First Trust ISE Global Platinum |
-6.94% |
35,003 |
7.35 |
| EMMT |
iShares MSCI-Emerging Markets Materials |
-6.83% |
9,467 |
6.35 |
| KOL |
Market Vectors Coal |
-6.78% |
723,526 |
172.98 |
| CVOL |
C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility |
-6.64% |
197,274 |
6.15 |
| GDXJ |
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners |
-6.63% |
15,867,167 |
2,461.16 |
| LGEM |
EGShares Basic Materials GEMS |
-6.47% |
10,600 |
2.58 |
| CHIM |
Global X China Materials |
-6.44% |
30,283 |
2.13 |
Top 10 YTD Performers
| ITB |
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction |
51.23 |
0.67 |
1,089.22 |
| EGPT |
Market Vectors Egypt |
48.41 |
3.08 |
51.50 |
| JJG |
iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return ETN |
42.24 |
1.36 |
181.37 |
| BBH |
Market Vectors Biotech |
38.84 |
0.60 |
126.33 |
| WEET |
iPath Pure Beta Grains ETN |
38.73 |
1.27 |
2.93 |
| XHB |
SPDR S&P Homebuilders |
37.24 |
0.60 |
1,540.79 |
| GRU |
ELEMENTS MLCX Grains - Total Return ETN |
36.00 |
1.07 |
20.40 |
| TUR |
iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market |
34.82 |
-2.12 |
547.90 |
| FBT |
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology |
33.56 |
0.44 |
246.57 |
| XBI |
SPDR S&P Biotech |
32.89 |
0.88 |
635.76 |
Bottom 10 YTD Performers
| CVOL |
C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility |
-74.45 |
-6.64 |
6.15 |
| VXAA |
ETRACS 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN |
-68.21 |
-4.11 |
2.73 |
| VIXY |
ProShares VIX Short-Term |
-66.48 |
1.07 |
176.72 |
| VXX |
iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN |
-66.45 |
0.93 |
2,140.83 |
| VIIX |
VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN |
-66.42 |
0.78 |
23.31 |
| VXBB |
ETRACS 2-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN |
-53.07 |
1.88 |
4.17 |
| VXCC |
ETRACS 3-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN |
-41.63 |
1.35 |
5.50 |
| VXDD |
ETRACS 4-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN |
-37.53 |
0.80 |
5.76 |
| KWT |
Market Vectors Solar Energy |
-34.69 |
-9.47 |
10.87 |
| TAN |
Guggenheim Solar |
-33.60 |
-9.24 |
42.58 |
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. |
