2020 ETF Inflows Top $350B After Strong Oct.

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Sat, Oct 31, 2020, 10:00 PM 14 min read

A rocky showing for global stocks didn't stop investors from adding to their ETF holdings in October. On net, $36.3 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs during the month, pushing year-to-date inflows up to $354.4 billion. That compares to $225.8 billion at the end of last October.

The S&P 500 sagged 2.7% during October as investors weighed rising coronavirus cases and the upcoming presidential election against the potential for a vaccine later this year. Still, U.S. equity ETFs pulled in $5.6 billion of fresh cash during the month, led by the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) and the iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU).

International stocks also lagged in October, but they too picked up net inflows, to the tune of $8.6 billion. The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) led that segment, with inflows of $2.6 billion.

Fixed Income ETFs Unfazed

Meanwhile, U.S. fixed income ETFs maintained their position atop the flows charts for 2020. The segment had net inflows of $19 billion during October, with $2 billion heading into the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) and $1.6 billion heading into the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT).

Those inflows came in the face of a sell-off in Treasuries. The U.S. 10-year Treasury bond yield hit a four-month high during October, topping 0.87% for the first time since June (bond yields and prices move inversely).

Investors have been consistently adding to their U.S. fixed income ETF holdings throughout the year. The segment now has year-to-date inflows of $160 billion, outpacing the $91 billion that's gone into U.S. equity ETFs.

For a full list of the top inflows and outflows for October and the year as a whole, see the tables below:

Top Gainers (October 2020)

Ticker	Name	Issuer	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($M)	% of AUM	YTD 2020 Net Flows($,M)
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF	Vanguard	3,759.84	163,635.35	2.30%	21,839.67
VXUS	Vanguard Total International Stock ETF	Vanguard	2,601.48	28,260.24	9.21%	11,078.92
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	Vanguard	1,978.41	64,108.78	3.09%	13,269.44
ESGU	iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF	Blackrock	1,961.49	10,478.23	18.72%	8,321.25
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	Blackrock	1,648.08	19,795.10	8.33%	-561.87
MBB	iShares MBS ETF	Blackrock	1,487.75	23,829.24	6.24%	2,282.80
BNDX	Vanguard Total International Bond ETF	Vanguard	1,446.05	33,964.45	4.26%	8,735.84
EMB	iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF	Blackrock	1,399.64	17,483.12	8.01%	2,332.86
VCSH	Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF	Vanguard	1,383.69	34,127.37	4.05%	7,814.39
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	Blackrock	1,178.56	81,734.87	1.44%	9,290.68

Top Gainers (Year-to-Date)

Ticker	Name	Issuer	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($M)	% of AUM	October 2020 Net Flows($,M)
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	Vanguard	23,824.73	157,286.99	15.15%	216.27
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF	Vanguard	21,839.67	163,635.35	13.35%	3,759.84
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	State Street Global Advisors	20,307.24	75,623.38	26.85%	-628.65
LQD	iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	Blackrock	17,553.58	56,464.24	31.09%	1,150.75
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Invesco	15,929.60	130,921.16	12.17%	-105.38
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	Vanguard	13,269.44	64,108.78	20.70%	1,978.41
VCIT	Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF	Vanguard	12,218.37	39,497.68	30.93%	659.67
VXUS	Vanguard Total International Stock ETF	Vanguard	11,078.92	28,260.24	39.20%	2,601.48
IAU	iShares Gold Trust	Blackrock	9,586.69	31,680.34	30.26%	558.12
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	Blackrock	9,290.68	81,734.87	11.37%	1,178.56

Biggest Losers (October 2020)

Ticker	Name	Issuer	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($M)	% of AUM	YTD 2020 Net Flows($,M)
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	State Street Global Advisors	-7,354.70	280,255.43	-2.62%	-31,510.79
EFA	iShares MSCI EAFE ETF	Blackrock	-1,525.82	44,707.61	-3.41%	-11,770.43
HYG	iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	Blackrock	-1,019.21	24,669.07	-4.13%	5,749.03
NEAR	iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF	Blackrock	-997.43	4,398.61	-22.68%	-2,036.59
BBEU	JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF	JPMorgan Chase	-984.87	3,805.34	-25.88%	745.41
IYG	iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF	Blackrock	-808.39	957.94	-84.39%	-124.72
IJR	iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	Blackrock	-782.84	41,594.32	-1.88%	217.90
USMV	iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF	Blackrock	-694.03	32,244.99	-2.15%	-2,507.81
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	State Street Global Advisors	-628.65	75,623.38	-0.83%	20,307.24
IGIB	iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	Blackrock	-603.86	10,910.46	-5.53%	940.73

Biggest Losers (Year-to-Date)

Ticker	Name	Issuer	Net Flows ($,mm)	AUM ($M)	% of AUM	October 2020 Net Flows($,M)
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	State Street Global Advisors	-31,510.79	280,255.43	-11.24%	-7,354.70
EFA	iShares MSCI EAFE ETF	Blackrock	-11,770.43	44,707.61	-26.33%	-1,525.82
IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	Blackrock	-5,762.31	55,253.09	-10.43%	0.00
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	Blackrock	-4,917.12	24,522.92	-20.05%	60.68
IJH	iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	Blackrock	-4,615.92	43,918.24	-10.51%	-370.93
FLOT	iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF	Blackrock	-3,963.83	5,693.55	-69.62%	0.00
VWO	Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF	Vanguard	-3,904.40	61,628.50	-6.34%	6.67
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	Blackrock	-3,737.82	40,357.41	-9.26%	774.08
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan ETF	Blackrock	-3,231.84	10,471.86	-30.86%	647.57
IWF	iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF	Blackrock	-3,123.14	56,717.16	-5.51%	-190.98

Asset Classes (October 2020)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	5,566.83	2,594,762.65	0.21%
International Equity	8,562.46	859,522.42	1.00%
U.S. Fixed Income	19,012.62	937,931.74	2.03%
International Fixed Income	3,461.14	112,837.15	3.07%
Commodities	-333.53	144,862.20	-0.23%
Currency	-295.43	1,926.84	-15.33%
Leveraged	-544.83	34,945.15	-1.56%
Inverse	321.92	14,585.68	2.21%
Asset Allocation	290.08	11,842.95	2.45%
Alternatives	306.94	5,635.42	5.45%
Total:	36,348.19	4,718,852.21	0.77%

Asset Classes (Year-to-Date)

	Net Flows ($, mm)	AUM ($, mm)	% of AUM
U.S. Equity	90,934.04	2,594,762.65	3.50%
International Equity	22,673.41	859,522.42	2.64%
U.S. Fixed Income	159,618.04	937,931.74	17.02%
International Fixed Income	16,938.99	112,837.15	15.01%
Commodities	45,290.27	144,862.20	31.26%
Currency	589.59	1,926.84	30.60%
Leveraged	2,774.05	34,945.15	7.94%
Inverse	13,183.01	14,585.68	90.38%
Asset Allocation	2,341.83	11,842.95	19.77%
Alternatives	76.55	5,635.42	1.36%
Total:	354,419.77	4,718,852.21	7.51%

October 2020 ETF Issuer League Table

Issuer	Net Flows ($,M)	AUM ($,M)	% of AUM	YTD 2020 Net Flows($,M)
Blackrock	11,241.31	1,764,452.82	0.64%	79,785.85
Vanguard	18,880.43	1,290,577.51	1.46%	151,011.58
State Street Global Advisors	-4,263.17	736,618.77	-0.58%	20,413.81
Invesco	-574.12	252,305.37	-0.23%	10,514.97
Charles Schwab	1,020.13	168,152.60	0.61%	9,246.20
First Trust	945.72	95,060.67	0.99%	8,955.98
VanEck	308.91	46,466.49	0.66%	1,197.24
ProShares	1,167.10	43,510.20	2.68%	16,139.94
JPMorgan Chase	710.81	39,461.34	1.80%	10,609.88
WisdomTree	125.51	33,109.86	0.38%	-1,948.51
PIMCO	594.34	24,748.15	2.40%	2,665.21
Fidelity	467.04	19,752.67	2.36%	2,868.50
Goldman Sachs	169.65	19,307.72	0.88%	1,923.39
Deutsche Bank	967.17	18,271.51	5.29%	2,591.03
ARK	2,074.08	17,569.27	11.81%	9,440.37
Mirae Asset	689.89	15,058.38	4.58%	3,741.98
Direxion	-648.97	14,286.93	-4.54%	5,698.47
Northern Trust	45.13	12,810.98	0.35%	-1,562.87
Franklin Templeton	65.47	7,983.83	0.82%	2,410.28
Aberdeen Standard Investments	8.06	5,898.46	0.14%	2,000.12
SS&C	72.22	5,715.10	1.26%	-1,530.32
Pacer Advisors	103.50	5,225.75	1.98%	101.30
CICC	465.01	5,177.22	8.98%	1,426.80
Exchange Traded Concepts	138.30	4,878.27	2.84%	1,886.41
Victory Capital	85.49	4,850.91	1.76%	-116.55
US Commodity Funds	-455.09	4,471.67	-10.18%	5,212.25
John Hancock	-15.79	4,311.77	-0.37%	-148.87
ETFMG	113.56	3,943.83	2.88%	450.20
Innovator	148.56	3,764.50	3.95%	1,436.53
Janus Henderson	354.98	3,528.57	10.06%	2,050.37
Principal	28.10	3,449.27	0.81%	209.55
The Hartford	-45.02	3,367.90	-1.34%	-389.45
New York Life	127.70	3,364.59	3.80%	111.59
American Century Investments	155.15	2,860.14	5.42%	1,615.40
Barclays Capital Inc.	235.85	2,675.33	8.82%	-1,238.42
Amplify Investments	193.66	2,219.58	8.72%	1,136.38
Nuveen Securities	51.52	2,064.36	2.50%	1,010.68
US Global Investors	132.16	1,840.93	7.18%	1,729.05
BMO	0.00	1,457.07	0.00%	550.86
GraniteShares	-9.47	1,435.40	-0.66%	576.05
Toroso Investments	4.50	1,234.98	0.36%	702.24
Vident	-17.26	1,204.20	-1.43%	-269.59
Prudential	22.71	1,191.05	1.91%	309.80
O’Shares Investments	95.44	1,148.03	8.31%	322.11
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	68.10	935.46	7.28%	256.25
Davis Advisers	-2.93	908.72	-0.32%	147.77
UBS	-59.17	887.97	-6.66%	-2,817.96
AdvisorShares	15.95	877.10	1.82%	271.50
Aptus Capital Advisors	78.39	867.53	9.04%	389.82
Cambria	-16.55	795.09	-2.08%	228.28
Transamerica Funds	0.00	692.20	0.00%	-49.43
Inspire	37.74	600.98	6.28%	147.59
Defiance ETFs	72.90	598.96	12.17%	387.84
Main Management	-6.28	555.13	-1.13%	1.48
Virtus Investment Partners	0.05	542.59	0.01%	-181.84
EMPIRICAL FINANCE LLC	34.89	536.70	6.50%	111.35
Credit Suisse Group AG	13.00	481.89	2.70%	-1,550.25
Nationwide	-3.17	443.45	-0.71%	65.67
The Motley Fool	4.95	434.69	1.14%	85.07
Merk	13.87	414.11	3.35%	175.36
BNY Mellon	18.29	364.67	5.02%	125.77
Al Marketing LLC	-7.03	363.98	-1.93%	-41.20
Sprott, Inc.	2.37	363.43	0.65%	48.25
Renaissance Capital	92.15	352.74	26.12%	270.40
Timothy Plan	-2.95	327.62	-0.90%	86.67
WBI	-5.31	319.35	-1.66%	-112.28
Teucrium	-46.01	318.59	-14.44%	135.86
Tortoise	6.10	302.51	2.02%	-49.77
Liquid Strategies	6.88	265.79	2.59%	150.60
ClearShares	29.95	259.07	11.56%	57.78
Regents Park Funds	-10.25	227.36	-4.51%	130.68
Howard Capital Management	5.02	227.02	2.21%	90.15
AGF	-13.78	225.98	-6.10%	94.86
Reality Shares	10.00	212.65	4.70%	87.02
Swedish Export Credit	-0.66	195.98	-0.34%	-32.04
Citigroup Inc	0.28	189.07	0.15%	2.64
TrimTabs	-5.36	184.12	-2.91%	46.33
Distillate Capital	3.56	177.65	2.01%	111.33
EntrepreneurShares, LLC	-2.96	175.19	-1.69%	24.49
Roundhill Investments	7.16	175.11	4.09%	138.33
Redwood Investment Management	0.51	152.57	0.34%	45.89
Intangible Capital	-0.01	152.57	-0.01%	1.33
Tuttle Tactical Management, LLC	-3.39	123.14	-2.75%	104.92
Core Alternative Capital	-2.63	119.82	-2.20%	11.79
Donald L. Hagan LLC	1.32	113.52	1.16%	106.09
Arrow Funds	-2.80	103.02	-2.72%	-9.85
Strategy Shares	13.58	101.36	13.39%	73.99
OBP Capital LLC	5.63	94.90	5.93%	33.47
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	8.02	87.11	9.21%	27.34
Gadsden	2.20	83.81	2.62%	28.29
Exponential ETFs	-1.49	71.22	-2.10%	0.35
Cboe Vest Financial LLC	4.38	66.50	6.59%	18.62
Natixis	-4.07	60.65	-6.70%	-1.40
iM Global Partner	-1.30	59.97	-2.18%	27.27
Pacific Life	0.00	55.22	0.00%	0.00
Highland Capital Management	-10.99	50.10	-21.93%	-215.22
Toews Corp.	0.00	49.66	0.00%	44.10
TrueMark Investments	2.65	49.05	5.41%	46.17
Wahed Invest LLC	0.00	48.50	0.00%	22.31
Premise Capital	-2.74	48.49	-5.66%	11.15
Syntax Advisors	0.00	47.17	0.00%	-31.26
Metaurus Advisors	0.00	46.86	0.00%	0.01
CornerCap Investment Counsel, Inc.	13.57	38.50	35.24%	40.19
Pettee Investors	1.55	34.72	4.46%	24.59
Advisors Asset Management	1.15	34.58	3.34%	-3.07
Absolute Investment Advisers LLC	1.19	31.43	3.79%	31.16
ProcureAM	0.00	28.58	0.00%	19.21
Beyond Investing	3.08	27.98	11.01%	14.87
Belpointe Asset Management, LLC	-0.59	27.31	-2.14%	-21.27
Little Harbor Advisors	0.00	24.90	0.00%	25.92
Impact Shares	2.65	23.67	11.19%	10.30
Change Finance	1.30	22.69	5.72%	7.94
ETF Series Solutions	0.56	21.41	2.61%	8.14
AlphaMark Advisors	0.00	19.40	0.00%	0.00
UP Fintech Holding	0.00	16.83	0.00%	3.01
Neil Azous Revocable Trust	-7.52	12.33	-60.99%	-7.52
Esoterica	0.02	12.08	0.16%	4.18
Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC	0.00	12.06	0.00%	12.90
The Leuthold Group LLC	0.68	11.86	5.73%	11.43
Alternative Access Funds LLC	2.48	9.95	24.96%	9.98
Truist	2.45	9.86	24.89%	9.08
Point Bridge Capital	0.00	8.14	0.00%	-4.78
Sage	0.00	7.85	0.00%	-10.50
Global Beta Advisors	0.00	6.52	0.00%	-0.30
Water Island Capital Partners LP	0.00	6.52	-0.03%	3.75
EquBot	0.00	5.26	0.00%	1.56
Guinness Atkinson Asset Management	0.85	4.03	21.14%	1.04
SRN Advisors	0.00	2.62	0.00%	2.50
Whitford Asset Management	-3.55	2.51	-141.66%	-1.07
Simplify Asset Management Inc.	0.00	2.45	0.00%	0.00
Grace Partners of Dupage LP	0.00	2.05	0.00%	-1.03

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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