ETF Fund Flows: IWM, VWO Add $1 Billion - IndexUniverse.com

Investors poured $661.5 million into the small-cap iShare Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEArca: IWM) and $369.3 million into the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: VWO) on Monday, as stock markets bounced higher on beginning-of-the-year optimism related to manufacturing. Between the market’s gains and net inflows of almost $2 billion, total assets in U.S. ETFs shot up to just above $1.019 trillion, a new record, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse.com. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 93.24 points to 11.670.75, as strong reports on manufacturing worldwide fueled optimism about the global economic recovery. Investors also plowed $290.2 million into the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEArca: TLT), a day after they pulled $254.8 million out of the popular long-dated Treasurys fund. The ETF now has total assets of $2.72 million. Rounding out the top 10 funds in inflows was the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEArca: EWZ), which pulled in $91.8 million. The large-cap Brazil fund now has $11. 96 billion in assets. Redemptions The PowerShares QQQ Trust (NasdaqGM: QQQQ) of Nasdaq’s 100-biggest companies was yesterday’s least-popular fund, with outflows of $420.5 million, followed by the Vanguard Total Stock Market Fund (NYSEArca: VTI), which suffered redemptions of $288.0 million. The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: LQD) was third on the outflows list, bleeding $108.6 million in asset. Two popular commodities funds were also on IndexUniverse.com’s redemption list yesterday. The United States Commodity Funds Natural Gas ETF (NYSEArca: UNG) had redemptions of $60.2 million in assets, while the United States Commodity Fund Oil ETF (NYSEArca: USO) bled $31.2 million in assets. Top 10 Creations (All ETFs) IWM iShares Russell 2000 661.46 18,485.07 4% VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets 369.28 45,331.55 1% TLT iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond 290.20 2,742.83 12% IVV iShares S&P 500 216.92 26,291.73 1% SPY SPDR S&P 500 209.75 91,104.26 0% VEA Vanguard Europe Pacific 126.74 5,439.54 2% IJR iShares S&P SmallCap 600 101.24 6,989.24 1% HYG iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond 98.36 7,403.91 1% IEF iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond 93.61 3,032.99 3% EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil 91.80 11,964.26 1% Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs) QQQQ PowerShares QQQ -420.54 22,003.53 -2% VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market -287.96 18,147.43 -2% LQD iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond -108.62 13,034.32 -1% UNG United States Natural Gas -60.16 2,815.56 -2% MUB S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond -50.17 1,926.72 -3% IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth -37.59 12,667.40 0% XLF Financial Select SPDR -37.52 7,604.57 0% SHY iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond -33.58 8,101.29 0% VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN -33.30 1,377.47 -2% USO United States Oil -31.23 1,791.88 -2% ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class U.S. Equity 903.34 455,989.64 0.20% International Equity 721.18 282,115.67 0.26% U.S. Fixed Income 321.22 132,334.07 0.24% International Fixed Income 5.30 6,578.38 0.08% Commodities -43.06 101,728.74 -0.04% Currency - 4,746.04 0.00% Leveraged -37.67 13,349.46 -0.28% Inverse 33.12 18,585.41 0.18% Asset Allocation 5.22 504.90 1.03% Alternatives -33.30 3,523.09 -0.95% Total: 1,875.35 1,019,455.41 0.18% Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM UTH Utilities HOLDRS 15,909 174,400 1096% MLPN Credit Suisse Cushing 30 MLP 143,816 1,329,060 924% DTD WisdomTree Total Dividend 15,698 92,693 590% IGN iShares S&P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking 84,627 471,058 557% EWO iShares MSCI Austria Investable Market 221,683 1,186,916 535% REMX Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals 432,458 2,133,172 493% RWO SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate 48,641 217,628 447% CSM ProShares Credit Suisse 130/30 15,724 68,848 438% RWK RevenueShares Mid Cap 30,384 128,127 422% JKK iShares Morningstar Small Growth 20,986 85,984 410% Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and >1,000 Shares Traded REMX Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals 6.79% 2,133,172 240.94 UNG United States Natural Gas 5.32% 59,232,804 2,815.56 EIRL iShares MSCI Ireland Capped Investable Market 4.72% 8,615 3.03 VNM Market Vectors Vietnam 4.66% 335,495 244.54 TDX TDX Independence In-Target 4.12% 3,609 15.60 GAZ iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub Total Return ETN 3.98% 273,627 124.96 LIT Global X Lithium 3.83% 554,609 147.77 TDN TDX Independence 2030 3.25% 7,783 33.25 UNL United States 12 Month Natural Gas , LP 3.13% 34,750 36.24 PKOL PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio 3.04% 22,575 28.32 Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and >1,000 Shares Traded UBM UBS E-TRACS CMCI Industrial Metals Total Return ETN -3.15% 2,642 6.33 VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN -2.98% 7,182,922 1,377.47 BAL iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub Total Return ETN -2.16% 88,256 55.39 COW iPath Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub Total Return ETN -1.85% 56,737 63.93 EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury -1.74% 37,523 129.90 VIIZ VelocityShares VIX Mid Term ETN -1.68% 1,200 4.52 FUE ELEMENTS MLCX Biofuels Total Return ETN -1.61% 1,919 2.72 CORN Teucrium Corn -1.41% 78,570 42.35 VXZ iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN -1.32% 502,543 692.52 GXG Global X/InterBolsa FTSE Colombia 20 -1.29% 76,711 169.76 Disclaimer: All data as of 6 a.m. Eastern following the day noted in the headline. 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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