U.S. ETFs Pull In $19B As Bond Funds Dominate Weekly Flows
Investors poured nearly $19 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs during the week ending Friday, Aug. 8, pushing year-to-date inflows to more than $696 billion.
U.S. fixed income ETFs were the clear winners, raking in $15.3 billion—about seven times the $2.2 billion that went into U.S. equity ETFs.
The S&P 500 climbed back to its late-July record high last week but stopped short of breaking into new territory. The Nasdaq 100, however, did notch fresh all-time highs.
On the bond side, rates stayed within their recent range even as expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut intensified. The CME FedWatch Tool now shows more than a 90% probability of a cut at the Fed’s September meeting.
Top Individual ETF Flows
The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC) led all ETFs with $3.8 billion of inflows. Alphabet and Meta—its two largest holdings—both hovered in record-high territory last week.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) followed with $3.3 billion in new money.
Two ultra-short-term bond ETFs also made the top 10: the iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV) with $2.3 billion in inflows, and the SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (BIL) with $1.6 billion.
Other notable fixed income winners included the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), each pulling in more than $1 billion.
For a full list of last week’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| XLC | Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund | 3,800.73 | 27,845.93 | 13.65 |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 3,258.15 | 714,311.76 | 0.46 |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 3,097.01 | 645,766.10 | 0.48 |
| VCSH | Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 2,416.75 | 37,626.73 | 6.42 |
| SGOV | iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF | 2,344.44 | 53,966.22 | 4.34 |
| BIL | SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | 1,568.89 | 42,758.91 | 3.67 |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 1,514.58 | 28,199.35 | 5.37 |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 1,048.62 | 17,795.20 | 5.89 |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 1,035.31 | 514,876.19 | 0.20 |
GLDM | SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust | 923.31 | 16,700 | 6 |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | -11,313.77 | 646,841.36 | -1.75 |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust Series I | -3,544.00 | 360,135.36 | -0.98 |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | -1,146.26 | 26,079.92 | -4.40 |
| ARKK | ARK Innovation ETF | -814.13 | 7,107.78 | -11.45 |
| XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund | -575.43 | 51,268.79 | -1.12 |
| IWB | iShares Russell 1000 ETF | -469.34 | 41,738.15 | -1.12 |
| FBTC | Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund | -417.09 | 23,634.52 | -1.76 |
| SSO | ProShares Ultra S&P 500 | -405.92 | 6,677.21 | -6.08 |
| KRE | SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF | -356.61 | 2,850.34 | -12.51 |
| ARKB | ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Ben of Int | -333.69 | 5,324.87 | -6.27 |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| Alternatives | 111.76 | 10,578.96 | 1.06% |
| Asset Allocation | 266.79 | 26,543.06 | 1.01% |
| Commodities E T Fs | 2,209.73 | 229,172.54 | 0.96% |
| Currency | -1,128.88 | 179,915.76 | -0.63% |
| International Fixed Income | 1,537.52 | 313,181.31 | 0.49% |
| Inverse | 366.55 | 14,648.97 | 2.50% |
| Leveraged | -2,277.92 | 144,458.98 | -1.58% |
| Us Equity | 2,228.58 | 7,312,903.32 | 0.03% |
| Us Fixed Income | 15,337.45 | 1,741,200.39 | 0.88% |
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.
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