ETF Fund Flows (Week Ending 1/4/08)
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Our new report captures the largest creation/redemption activity in the ETF space.
Note: A number of readers wrote me last week to point out, correctly, that many ETF creations are done to facilitate short sales; that is, an institutional investor will create shares of an ETF so they can loan them out in the lucrative short-selling market. It's impossible to separate those creations from traditional "long" creations, but you can get a feel for it by examining the various funds on the list.
Largest Net Creations
Some interesting funds turn up on the top creation list for the week ending January 4, 2008. The iShares S&P 500 ETF (IVV) leads all funds with $813 million in new shares—which is especially interesting when you consider that its sister fund, the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) had the largest number of shares redeemed for the week (over $9 billion).
Second on the creation list is the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ), with a surprising new creation surge worth $284 million. Short sales? Someone with a sudden love for real estate? You tell me.
After that, the UltraShort S&P 500 ProShares (SDS) shows up next on the creation list. Unlike other funds, there's no mistaking which way investors were betting there. (Shorting the UltraShort ProShares would be unusual, I think.)
The Market Vectors - Gold Miners ETF (GDX) appears on the list for the second time in two weeks, posting more than $100 million in creations for the second week running.
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Top 20 ETFs By Creation Activity - Week Ending January 4, 2008 | |||
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Fund |
Ticker |
Creations |
Dollar Value |
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iShares S&P 500 |
IVV |
5,750,000 |
$812,647,500 |
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Vanguard REIT ETF |
VNQ |
5,002,020 |
$284,464,877 |
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UltraShort S&P 500 ProShares |
SDS |
3,375,000 |
$196,323,750 |
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Market Vectors Gold Miners |
GDX |
2,500,000 |
$124,525,000 |
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iShares S&P GSCI Nat Res |
IGE |
900,000 |
$120,501,000 |
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Retail HOLDRS |
RTH |
1,250,000 |
$109,400,000 |
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Market Vectors-Agribusiness |
MOO |
1,900,000 |
$108,870,000 |
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iShares Russell 1000 Growth |
IWF |
1,700,000 |
$99,331,000 |
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iShares MSCI EAFE |
EFA |
1,200,000 |
$92,724,000 |
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iShares Leh 1-3 Year Treas. |
SHY |
1,100,000 |
$90,805,000 |
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Vanguard Total Bond |
BND |
1,100,000 |
$85,030,000 |
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iShares MSCI Germany |
EWG |
2,400,000 |
$83,520,000 |
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iShares S&P Global 100 |
IOO |
1,000,000 |
$78,700,000 |
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SPDR S&P Retail |
XRT |
2,300,000 |
$71,047,000 |
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Vanguard Europe Pacific |
VEA |
1,503,540 |
$70,861,840 |
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PowerShares DB Agriculture |
DBA |
2,000,000 |
$68,260,000 |
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iShares Silver Trust |
SLV |
400,000 |
$60,552,000 |
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iShares Russell 1000 Value |
IWD |
750,000 |
$58,230,000 |
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Market Vectors Russia |
RSX |
1,100,000 |
$57,486,000 |
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iShares Lehman TIPS |
TIP |
500,000 |
$53,390,000 |
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Data from AMEX | |||
Largest Net Redemptions
In terms of net redemptions, investors pulled nearly $10 billion out of SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) last week. They also made major redemptions in other broad market funds, such as the iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) and PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ).
Beyond that, the Select Sector SPDR family shows up in force, with redemptions coming in the Financials, Industrials, Energy, Technology, Health Care and Consumer Discretionary ETFs.
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Top 20 ETFs By Redemption Activity - Week Ending January 4, 2008 | |||
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Fund |
Ticker |
Redemptions |
Dollar Value |
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S&P 500 SPDR |
SPY |
(70,200,000) |
($9,895,392,000) |
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iShares Russell 2000 |
IWM |
(37,300,000) |
($2,692,687,000) |
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PowerShares QQQ Trust |
QQQQ |
(30,550,000) |
($1,475,259,500) |
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S&P 400 MidCap SPDR |
MDY |
(5,825,000) |
($864,721,250) |
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iShares MSCI-Emerging Markets |
EEM |
(4,500,000) |
($663,210,000) |
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DJIA DIAMONDS |
DIA |
(3,750,000) |
($479,662,500) |
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Select Sector SPDR-Financial |
XLF |
(12,300,000) |
($337,143,000) |
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iShares DJ US Real Estate |
IYR |
(4,350,000) |
($266,872,500) |
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iShares Leh 20+ Year Treas. |
TLT |
(2,500,000) |
($235,400,000) |
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Select Sector SPDR-Industrial |
XLI |
(5,150,000) |
($193,640,000) |
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Oil Services HOLDRS |
OIH |
(1,009,400) |
($189,333,158) |
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iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 |
FXI |
(950,000) |
($163,466,500) |
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Select Sector SPDR-Energy |
XLE |
(1,950,000) |
($152,080,500) |
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iShares Russell 1000 |
IWB |
(1,350,000) |
($103,707,000) |
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Select Sector SPDR-Cons. Stpls |
XLP |
(2,950,000) |
($82,747,500) |
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UltraShort QQQ ProShares |
QID |
(1,725,000) |
($73,485,000) |
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Select sector SPDR-Technology |
XLK |
(2,800,000) |
($70,140,000) |
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Select Sector SPDR-Health Care |
XLV |
(2,000,000) |
($69,580,000) |
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Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF |
RSP |
(1,499,650) |
($67,334,285) |
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Select Sector SPDR-Cons Disc |
XLY |
(2,050,000) |
($63,160,500) |
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Data from AMEX | |||
Written by Matthew Hougan
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