ETF Investors Add $39B As Markets Hit Record Highs
Investors continued to pour money into U.S.-listed ETFs last week, adding $38.6 billion in new assets during the week ending Friday, Oct. 24.
U.S. equity ETFs led the charge with $18.3 billion in inflows as the S&P 500 climbed to fresh record highs. International equity ETFs followed suit, pulling in $9.8 billion, while U.S. fixed income ETFs added another $9.7 billion amid falling yields and growing rate-cut expectations.
Equity Leaders
The usual heavyweights topped the inflow leaderboard. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) brought in $5.6 billion, while the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) added $3.1 billion. Among international funds, the JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF (BBEU) stood out with $1.6 billion in inflows, which was the largest of any non-U.S. equity fund.
One of the more surprising appearances on the list was the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA), which attracted $1.4 billion, suggesting some interest in the long-standing blue-chip benchmark.
Bond ETFs Benefit From Lower Yields
Bond funds also saw robust demand as the 10-year Treasury yield hovered near 4%, close to its lows for the year. A cooler-than-expected inflation print bolstered expectations for another rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s meeting this Wednesday.
The iShares 7–10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) and the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) were the top draws in fixed income, each seeing significant inflows.
On the outflow side, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) led redemptions, alongside the WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR) and the Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV).
For a full list of last week’s top ETF inflows and outflows, see the tables below.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change< |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 5,611.63 | 783,633.23 | 0.72 |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust Series I | 3,053.75 | 398,010.59 | 0.77 |
| BBEU | JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF | 1,569.24 | 7,475.70 | 20.99 |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | 1,371.98 | 41,957.94 | 3.27 |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1,208.04 | 40,315.30 | 3.00 |
| AGG | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 1,131.86 | 135,550.12 | 0.84 |
| GOVT | iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF | 1,091.13 | 32,500.66 | 3.36 |
| VGSH | Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF | 1,066.22 | 24,635.92 | 4.33 |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 1,063.80 | 143,105.66 | 0.74 |
| SPLG | SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF | 946.25 | 93,719.20 | 1.01 |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | -4,348.84 | 678,333.41 | -0.64 |
| USFR | WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund | -1,001.08 | 16,742.94 | -5.98 |
| BSV | Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | -862.02 | 38,834.53 | -2.22 |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | -793.94 | 28,164.74 | -2.82 |
| FDN | First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund | -447.85 | 7,470.37 | -5.99 |
| IAU | iShares Gold Trust | -377.53 | 64,505.34 | -0.59 |
| ULTY | YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF | -372.46 | 2,727.50 | -13.66 |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | -370.03 | 18,697.91 | -1.98 |
| VMBS | Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF | -315.73 | 14,824.49 | -2.13 |
| COWZ | Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | -267.79 | 18,397.09 | -1.46 |
ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| Alternatives | -43.40 | 12,614.81 | -0.34% |
| Asset Allocation | 336.78 | 30,453.95 | 1.11% |
| Commodities E T Fs | -348.37 | 301,816.86 | -0.12% |
| Currency | -252.13 | 183,884.21 | -0.14% |
| International Equity | 9,779.29 | 2,151,812.76 | 0.45% |
| International Fixed Income | 1,544.79 | 344,861.02 | 0.45% |
| Inverse | -125.27 | 14,592.80 | -0.86% |
| Leveraged | -211.98 | 156,186.18 | -0.14% |
| Us Equity | 18,280.48 | 7,920,211.04 | 0.23% |
| Us Fixed Income | 9,670.46 | 1,855,484.68 | 0.52% |
| Total: | 38,630.65 | 12,971,918.31 | 0.30% |
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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