ETFGI reports that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in US reached a new record high of US$4.28 trillion at the end of November 2019
LONDON— December 19, 2019 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in US gained net inflows of US$50.94 billion in November, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$274.04 billion. Assets invested in the US ETFs/ETPs industry have increased by 3.1%, from US$4.15 trillion at the end of October, to $4.28 trillion, according to ETFGI's November 2019 US ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Highlights
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Assets invested in the US ETF/ETP industry reached a new high record of $4.28 trillion.
- Assets are up 26.2% year to date which is greater than the 20.2% CAGR over the past 10 years.
- ETFs/ETPs listed in US attracted $50.94 billion in net inflows in November - equity products gathered $40.38 Bn while fixed income gathered $8.63 Bn.
- Year-to-date net inflows of $274.04 billion are the 2ndhighest behind November 2017 with $468.37 billion
“During November the S&P 500 gained 3.6% as global markets were resistant to fears of inflation and showed optimism on the trade talks. Global equities as measured by the S&P Global BMI were up 2.5% and the
S&P Emerging BMI gained 0.1%.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.
Growth in US ETF and ETP assets as of the end of November 2019
At the end of November 2019, the US ETF/ETP industry had 2,346 ETFs/ETPs, from 151 providers on 3 exchanges.
In November 2019, ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $50.94 billion. Equity ETFs/ETPs listed in US gathered net inflows of $40.38 billion in November, bringing YTD net inflows for 2019 to $124.80 billion, less than the
$173.07 billion in net inflows Equity products had attracted for the corresponding period to November 2018.
Fixed Income ETFs/ETPs listed in US attracted net inflows of $8.63 billion in November, bringing YTD net inflows for 2019 to $117.45 billion, substantially more than the $61.19 billion in net inflows for the corresponding period to November 2018. Commodity ETFs/ETPs reported outflows of $1.34 billion, bringing the YTD net inflows to
$8.38 billion for 2019, which is significantly greater than the $2.84 billion in net outflows for the corresponding period to November 2018.
Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $28.04 billion in November, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY US)gathered $6.64 billion alone.
Top 20 ETFs by net new assets November 2019: US
|
Name |
Ticker |
Assets |
NNA |
NNA |
|
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust |
SPY US |
291,129.85 |
(8,679.79) |
6,636.95 |
|
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF |
IEFA US |
71,431.87 |
10,205.88 |
2,724.60 |
|
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF |
VOO US |
126,904.64 |
12,917.30 |
1,882.19 |
|
Invesco QQQ Trust |
QQQ US |
82,859.08 |
1,910.65 |
1,440.77 |
|
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund |
VYM US |
28,692.65 |
3,357.14 |
1,263.48 |
|
iShares MSCI Japan ETF |
EWJ US |
14,158.93 |
(2,866.97) |
1,203.58 |
|
iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF |
QUAL US |
15,284.55 |
5,954.87 |
1,196.64 |
|
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF |
AGG US |
67,158.26 |
6,399.52 |
1,070.56 |
|
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF |
IJR US |
46,764.54 |
2,946.45 |
1,070.10 |
|
iShares MSCI USA Size Factor ETF |
SIZE US |
1,454.55 |
1,133.31 |
1,022.54 |
|
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund |
XLF US |
26,436.98 |
(1,874.51) |
943.87 |
|
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF |
IEMG US |
57,147.59 |
3,757.18 |
930.10 |
|
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF |
VTI US |
132,081.71 |
13,578.85 |
919.61 |
|
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund |
XLK US |
25,581.41 |
1,147.89 |
911.02 |
|
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF |
BND US |
47,473.97 |
8,589.77 |
897.98 |
|
Vanguard Value ETF |
VTV US |
54,503.44 |
4,383.09 |
867.18 |
|
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF |
VXUS US |
17,321.75 |
5,520.63 |
857.90 |
|
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF |
VGK US |
14,013.19 |
(730.09) |
750.41 |
|
iShares MBS ETF |
MBB US |
20,137.17 |
7,455.57 |
733.94 |
|
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF |
EEM US |
26,463.12 |
(4,610.49) |
720.03 |
The top 10 ETPs by net new assets collectively gathered $1.50 billion in November. The Velocity Shares Daily 3x Long Natural Gas ETN (UGAZ US)gathered $472 million alone.
Top 10 ETPs by net new assets November 2019:US
|
Name |
Ticker |
Assets |
NNA |
NNA |
|
UGAZ US |
923.70 |
1316.83 |
471.88 |
|
|
VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN |
TVIX US |
891.77 |
2,004.69 |
206.23 |
|
iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN |
VXX US |
928.17 |
1,264.57 |
169.47 |
|
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures |
UVXY US |
579.45 |
1,001.86 |
158.60 |
|
C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes Miller/Howard Strategic Dividend Reinvestor |
DIVC US |
143.18 |
144.54 |
144.54 |
|
C-Tracks Miller/Howard MLP Fundamental Index ETN |
MLPC US |
81.10 |
82.53 |
82.53 |
|
VelocityShares 3x Inverse Crude Oil ETN |
DWT US |
327.69 |
245.55 |
79.49 |
|
iShares Gold Trust |
IAU US |
16,828.56 |
3,730.21 |
77.53 |
|
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF |
VIXY US |
297.35 |
346.63 |
59.37 |
|
United States Natural Gas Fund LP |
UNG US |
314.57 |
83.96 |
51.73 |
Investors have tended to invest in core Equity and core Fixed Income ETFs.
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