ETF Inflows Notch New Monthly Record

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ETFs registered blazing hot inflows during October, led by U.S. equity and U.S. fixed income ETFs. The month’s haul—$91.5 billion—was a new monthly record, edging past the inflows of $91.1 billion seen in March of this year and the $91.2 billion seen in November 2020.

Of the inflows, $52.5 billion went into U.S. equity ETFs and $31.1 billion went into U.S. fixed income ETFs. On the other hand, commodity ETFs had net outflows of $2.9 billion.

Following October’s robust showing, year-to-date inflows for U.S.-listed ETFs now stand at just over $500 billion, compared with $725.9 billion at the same time a year ago. Though they lag behind last year’s record pace, ETF inflows in 2022 are on the cusp of surpassing 2020’s full-year total of $507.4 billion—which is the second-largest annual haul.

TIPS ETFs In Favor

The bulk of October’s inflows went into equity ETF titans like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) and the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV).

Corporate bond ETFs, like the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) and the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), were popular as well.

 

For a full list of October’s top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:

 

Top Gainers (October 2022)

Ticker

Name

Issuer

Net Flows ($,mm)

AUM ($M)

% of AUM

YTD 2022 Net Flows($,M)

SPY

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

State Street Global Advisors

13,936.93

370,096.64

3.77%

-7,801.12

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Blackrock

4,395.73

296,932.44

1.48%

23,686.13

LQD

iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Blackrock

3,657.53

34,906.07

10.48%

5,004.26

VOO

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard

3,487.73

266,869.33

1.31%

40,074.54

VTEB

Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF

Vanguard

3,443.69

20,736.81

16.61%

8,063.00

JNK

SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

State Street Global Advisors

3,140.78

8,514.08

36.89%

221.27

VTI

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard

3,101.22

262,965.30

1.18%

22,434.81

USFR

WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund

WisdomTree

2,295.90

11,888.76

19.31%

10,053.82

MBB

iShares MBS ETF

Blackrock

2,248.22

22,045.21

10.20%

88.61

BIL

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

State Street Global Advisors

2,181.72

26,381.02

8.27%

12,757.11

 

Top Gainers (Year-to-Date)

Ticker

Name

Issuer

Net Flows ($,mm)

AUM ($M)

% of AUM

October 2022 Net Flows($,M)

VOO

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard

40,074.54

266,869.33

15.02%

3,487.73

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Blackrock

23,686.13

296,932.44

7.98%

4,395.73

VTI

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard

22,434.81

262,965.30

8.53%

3,101.22

VTV

Vanguard Value ETF

Vanguard

15,637.25

102,476.45

15.26%

1,060.93

TLT

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Blackrock

13,866.08

24,689.73

56.16%

1,741.79

BIL

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

State Street Global Advisors

12,757.11

26,381.02

48.36%

2,181.72

SCHD

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF

Charles Schwab

12,194.62

40,663.37

29.99%

1,235.68

SHV

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

Blackrock

11,361.94

24,386.45

46.59%

1,280.36

TQQQ

ProShares UltraPro QQQ

ProShares

10,965.30

11,765.66

93.20%

122.48

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Vanguard

10,930.64

79,986.62

13.67%

1,013.61