October ETF Inflows Nearly $30B

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Inflows for U.S.-listed ETFs cooled down from their lofty levels of September, but remained strong in October. A net $29.8 billion flowed into the space during the month, bringing year-to-date inflows up to $225.8 billion. That's slightly more than the $215.1 billion ETFs had accumulated by the end of last October.

October's fresh record highs in U.S. stocks helped fuel the inflows. The S&P 500 topped 3,050 for the first time ever in the month, bringing year-to-date returns for the index to more than 23%. The U.S. and China are on the brink of signing a "Phase One" trade deal, while the Fed cut rates for a third time this year on Wednesday. 

Encouraged by the constructive news, investors added $6.9 billion to U.S. equity ETFs and $6 billion to international equity ETFs. Top flows winner during October included the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), the iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol U.S.A. ETF (USMV) and the iShares Edge MSCI U.S.A. Quality Factor ETF (QUAL).

Meanwhile, even though interest rates didn't do much during the month, investors were still enamored with fixed income ETFs. On net, those funds picked up more than $16 billion of fresh assets, led by the iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) and the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG). For the year as a whole, fixed income ETFs have now picked up $129 billion of fresh cash, compared with only $89 billion for equity ETFs.

 

Top Gainers (October 2019)

Ticker

Name

Issuer

Net Flows ($,mm)

AUM ($M)

% of AUM

YTD 2019 Net Flows($,M)

VTI

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard

2,608.52

127,999.44

2.04%

12,742.96

USMV

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol U.S.A. ETF

Blackrock

1,516.04

36,524.56

4.15%

12,688.13

QUAL

iShares Edge MSCI U.S.A. Quality Factor ETF

Blackrock

1,435.97

13,526.09

10.62%

4,764.77

GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

Blackrock

1,349.23

15,106.21

8.93%

7,690.15

SDY

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

State Street Global Advisors

1,261.62

20,622.73

6.12%

1,451.56

HYG

iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Blackrock

1,147.55

19,156.32

5.99%

4,982.84

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Vanguard

1,094.61

46,385.98

2.36%

7,482.41

VTV

Vanguard Value ETF

Vanguard

980.78

52,020.56

1.89%

3,478.24

EWJ

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Blackrock

863.67

12,848.78

6.72%

-4,223.60

VIG

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

Vanguard

784.96

39,596.95

1.98%

3,619.50

 

Top Gainers (Year-to-Date)

Ticker

Name

Issuer

Net Flows ($,mm)

AUM ($M)

% of AUM

October 2019 Net Flows($,M)

VTI

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard

12,742.96

127,999.44

9.96%

2,608.52

USMV

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol U.S.A. ETF

Blackrock

12,688.13

36,524.56

34.74%

1,516.04

VOO

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard

10,139.14

120,999.11

8.38%

-3,191.83

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Blackrock

9,694.00

191,481.28

5.06%

352.11

BNDX

Vanguard Total International Bond ETF

Vanguard

9,394.81

23,377.24

40.19%

614.38

TLT

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Blackrock

8,206.21

18,395.74

44.61%

422.93

GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

Blackrock

7,690.15

15,106.21

50.91%

1,349.23

IEF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Blackrock

7,652.21

18,795.77

40.71%

76.99

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Vanguard

7,482.41

46,385.98

16.13%

1,094.61

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Blackrock

7,477.96

67,748.58

11.04%

391.12