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Weekly ETF Fund Flows

Weekly ETF Flows: Assets Reach Record
By Olly Ludwig | February 15, 2013

Related ETFs: TIP / JNK / GLD / VWO / BSV

Investors, heartened by an ongoing stream of economic data, plowed $3.6 billion into ETFs in the past week and, combined with a rising market, total U.S.-listed ETF assets rose to a record of almost $1.436 trillion.

The Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSV) was the past week’s most popular ETF, pulling in $476.9 million. A number of other Vanguard funds littered the Top 10 creations list, including the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index ETF (NYSEArca: VWO), which gathered $177 million.

The 10 least popular funds included the gold bullion ETF, SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) some of the market’s biggest bond funds, including the $21 billion iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (NYSEArca: TIP) and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEArca: JNK). The SPDR Gold (NYSEArca: GLD) lost $368.6 million, while JNK and TIP bled $405.6 million and $144.6 million, respectively.

The presence of gold and junk bonds on the redemptions table was consistent with growing views that the economy is finally on a definitive trajectory of healing, after more than four years of volatile trade and choppy economic data in the aftermath of the market meltdown in September 2008.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker Name Net Flows ($,mm) AUM ($, mm) AUM % Change
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond 476.87 9,960.30 5.03%
DXJ WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity 470.33 3,669.63 14.70%
VEA Vanguard MSCI EAFE 218.40 11,881.34 1.87%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 218.11 7,973.88 2.81%
VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market 198.44 27,655.70 0.72%
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets 177.44 61,416.42 0.29%
BKLN PowerShares Senior Loan 174.75 2,224.11 8.53%
SDS ProShares UltraShort S&P 500 156.20 1,910.99 8.90%
VEU Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US 153.90 9,238.80 1.69%
VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN 145.05 1,100.57 15.18%


Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker Name Net Flows ($,mm) AUM ($, mm) AUM % Change
QQQ PowerShares QQQ -543.15 31,682.55 -1.69%
JNK SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond -405.60 11,892.08 -3.30%
GLD SPDR Gold -368.57 69,973.34 -0.52%
XLE Energy Select SPDR -246.90 7,622.32 -3.14%
XRT SPDR S&P Retail -220.34 741.75 -22.90%
MDY SPDR S&P MidCap 400 -216.59 11,637.15 -1.83%
TIP iShares Barclays TIPS Bond -144.56 21,212.72 -0.68%
HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond -102.35 15,291.36 -0.66%
EWG iShares MSCI Germany -97.70 3,733.50 -2.55%
DLN WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend -96.71 1,382.43 -6.54%


ETF Weekly Daily Flows By Asset Class

Net Flows ($, mm) AUM ($, mm) % of AUM
U.S. Equity 871.31 665,549.61 0.13%
International Equity 1,753.94 359,860.52 0.49%
U.S. Fixed Income 514.05 226,196.75 0.23%
International Fixed Income 260.18 26,955.15 0.97%
Commodities -375.60 117,173.09 -0.32%
Currency 18.15 2,801.33 0.65%
Leveraged -62.30 13,914.39 -0.45%
Inverse 469.77 17,603.59 2.67%
Asset Allocation 31.25 2,791.65 1.12%
Alternatives 156.56 3,112.11 5.03%
Total: 3,637.31 1,435,958.19 0.25%


Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

Ticker Name Average Volume
(30 Day)		 1 Week Average
Volume		 % of Average
JKL iShares Morningstar Small Value 29,631 482,807 325.88%
MDYG SPDR S&P MidCap 400 Growth 7,597 117,101 308.27%
TIPZ PIMCO Broad U.S. TIPS 29,726 424,560 285.64%
VONE Vanguard Russell 1000 19,833 274,426 276.74%
LWC SPDR Barclays Long Term Corporate Bond 103,894 1,385,275 266.67%
STPZ PIMCO 1-5 Year U.S. TIPS 138,602 1,634,296 235.83%
FTA First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX 81,344 951,567 233.96%
XSD SPDR S&P Semiconductor 71,703 831,989 232.07%
MLPN Credit Suisse Cushing 30 MLP ETN 157,057 1,782,678 227.01%
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond 1,030,420 10,704,414 207.77%


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

Ticker Name Weekly Performance Weekly Volume AUM ($, mm)
GRN iPath Global Carbon ETN 27.04% 7,147 0.79
TAN Guggenheim Solar 10.75% 1,167,071 74.50
KWT Market Vectors Solar Energy 10.12% 56,494 13.81
XSD SPDR S&P Semiconductor 4.69% 831,989 70.60
PBW PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy 4.66% 2,971,772 144.10
PXJ PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services 4.66% 767,650 138.54
QCLN First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy 4.59% 24,560 16.28
IEZ iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment & Services 4.29% 677,236 393.39
XES SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 4.26% 520,677 339.08
KOL Market Vectors Coal 4.22% 777,979 256.14

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

Ticker Name Weekly Performance Weekly Volume AUM ($, mm)
VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN -5.48% 152,713,395 1,100.57
VIIX VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN -5.48% 2,454,847 12.29
GLDX Global X Gold Explorers -5.48% 808,120 37.45
VIXY ProShares VIX Short-Term -5.46% 6,323,902 163.39
SCIN EGShares India Small Cap -5.20% 36,292 23.55
INXX EGShares India Infrastructure -5.05% 38,415 56.53
SCIF Market Vectors India Small-Cap -4.95% 913,093 110.99
GAZ iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN -4.59% 492,887 32.96
SMIN iShares MSCI India Small Cap -4.46% 4,699 4.79
GDXJ Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners -4.25% 14,612,855 2,405.27

Top 10 YTD Performers

Ticker Name YTD Performance Weekly Performance AUM ($, mm)
TAN Guggenheim Solar 30.17 10.75 74.50
KWT Market Vectors Solar Energy 26.53 10.12 13.81
VNM Market Vectors Vietnam 26.41 0.69 417.38
PXJ PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services 20.37 4.66 138.54
IAI iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers 19.46 2.95 77.63
KBWC PowerShares KBW Capital Markets 18.88 2.26 9.82
XES SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 18.67 4.26 339.08
QCLN First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy 18.49 4.59 16.28
IEZ iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment & Services 17.67 4.29 393.39
PXE PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production 16.97 2.45 107.81

Bottom 10 YTD Performers

Ticker Name YTD Performance Weekly Performance AUM ($, mm)
VIIX VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN -29.65 -5.48 12.29
VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN -29.65 -5.48 1,100.57
VIXY ProShares VIX Short-Term -29.48 -5.46 163.39
GRN iPath Global Carbon ETN -23.17 27.04 0.79
VXZ iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN -22.13 -2.96 60.36
VIIZ VelocityShares VIX Mid Term ETN -22.13 -2.96 3.97
VIXM ProShares VIX Mid-term -22.08 -2.96 49.48
GLDX Global X Gold Explorers -17.82 -5.48 37.45
GGGG Global X PURE Gold Miners -10.99 -3.52 3.72
GDX Market Vectors Gold Miners -10.59 -2.79 7,615.07

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.