Javier Ghersi/Moment via Getty Images
For the second week in three, market participants have been net retractors of fund assets, including both conventional funds and exchange-traded funds, as investors withdrew over $15.7B for the week ending February 7.
Outflow Overview
Equity funds led the outflow charge, losing $17.3B. Additionally, money market funds experienced withdrawals of $955M, commodity funds saw outflows of $457M, and mixed assets funds lost $136M. On the other hand, fixed income funds added $2.9B, and alternative funds brought in $291M.
On the inflow side, the two equity-focused exchange-traded funds that attracted the most net new money were the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and the JPMorgan Global Select Equity ETF (JGLO), with IVV adding $1.7B and JGLO adding $940M.
Asset-Specific Trends
Conversely, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) experienced the largest capital outflow of $11B, followed by the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) which lost $2.7B.
The fixed income-based exchange-traded funds that saw the largest cash influx were the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) adding $722M and the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) adding $677M. Meanwhile, the most significant outflows were seen by the SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (BIL) which lost $1.9B and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD) experiencing $835M in withdrawals.
This fund flow data is as per the latest Refinitiv Lipper fund flow report.
